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So you're working on cleaning up some storm tangled trees and it's tricky evaluating what and how to cut things to stay safe and not get a bar pinched when Mr. Helpful shows up in tennis shoes and a saw with the chain drooping of the bottom of the bar and wants to cut something, even on the...

Thanks a lot for the info. Good to know.

It's important to learn the difference between a dull chain and a sharp one and how to sharpen a chain. What seems to be harder to learn is how to keep it sharp as long as possible and it's real simple. Don't cut dirty wood and don't let the chain touch the ground, EVER !

--Why does gasoline (ethanol free) deteriorate with time and does storage in a sealed container help slow down the process? --Does modern gasoline deteriorate faster than, say, 20 years ago? --Does "summer" gas go bad faster than "winter" gas, or vice versa? --As fuel ages, does the octane...

Should have shown a pic with the screen off the flywheel so we could see the pawls. Yes they should be free and either the springs are broken or pawls are just seized and need to be freed up and lubed.

We seem to have trouble distinguishing between hydro lock and vicious kickback. If it's hydro locked, you won't be able to rotate the engine a whole revolution, it will come to a DEAD stop without any sign of ignition or pull back on the cord and if you drain the fuel from the spark plug hole...

The only way to really determine what is going on is to use a timing light and find out where the spark is occurring with respect to TDC (spin engine with drill method). If the coil is one that has retard for easy starting, the spark should occur at 10-20deg BTDC, if it has fixed timing the...

We need some clarification here, is the engine hydro locked or not? Easy to tell if it is, just remove the plug, turn the saw upside down and with ignition off, pull the engine over and see how much fuel comes out of the cylinder. It takes a LOT more than a few teaspoons of fuel to cause hydro...

I have had the same problem with a Jonsered 2050 and confirmed that it was NOT a timing issue. Timing at pull over speed was 23deg BYDC (same as a swapped coil from a similar problem free Jonsered) and that should not present a kickback when starting. Only conclusion I could come to was the...

I've ordered a lot of stuff from them and have always been impressed with the quality but recently their shipping costs have become ridiculous. That $0.68 bearing would be more like $6.08 by the time I get it paid for in Canadian dollars.

Lately I've seen a lot of 18" poulans with skip tooth chain straight from the factory, maybe to help keep the chain from stalling when a homeowner with an underpowered saw buries the whole 18" in hardwood.

You have to disconnect the primary of the coil, it's in parallel with the points and it's resistance is so low that most cheap ohm meters can't show the difference between the points being open or closed. Will always look closed. When checking timing, remember the spark occurs when the points...

A year ago I bought a nearly new Poulan that was sold for parts because it was too badly damaged to repair. The chain brake had inadvertently been set and the owner was too clueless to figure it out. He repeatedly tried everything to get it to rev up and tried again the next day, eventually...

In our present culture we live under "lowest-common-denominator" rule, anything that is perceived to be a safety issue has laws and regulations to protect the most inept humans from injuring themselves and we all have to live by it. Someone in a drive-through spills hot coffee on themselves...

Here's a few conversations with saw owners that illustrate how they kill or at least badly injure their saws. ----I like to warm it up good before cutting so I leave it on fast idle with the chain brake on until I'm ready to cut. ----I warm it up fast by just holding it full throttle for a few...

This makes it sound like the primer is hooked up backwards. Eliminate any primer issues by pulling the primer line off the carb and plugging the carb fitting (short fuel line with a nail in the end) That saw isn't bogging because it's too rich, you would have a cloud of smoke around you if it...

What do you think you are achieving by pulling it over with the ignition off? Trying to flood it so it will start easier?

It's a good idea but it still come down to cost. To get a battery saw that will do any serious cutting it has to be at least a 40v model and when you have to buy the charger and an extra battery, they can't compete with a refurbished clearance saw or even a cheap new clone from China.

I'm hoping when you say you are going to pressure test the cylinder, you mean the crankcase? To avoid confusion, you have to stop calling the fuel pump diaphragm a "reed valve". Reed valve is an entirely different device and has nothing to do with a carb.

There are MANY reasons why people would want to buy a cheap chainsaw. Many of my customers are home yardwork/cottage people who know nothing about chainsaws and don't want to learn much, won't even learn how to sharpen a chain and for sure can't justify spending a lot of money on something that...