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Thanks! Will pass this along, too. There's always hope.

Thanks! Will pass this along.

Hi All -- It has been a long time since we posted. Here is an update. We never did get it to work right, so we finally wound up taking it to a local logging supply store to be diagnosed. Here is what their repairman found and did (I am cutting and pasting off of the receipt, sorry about all...

Hi Guys - been too long. He's been busy. And my theory is he's reluctant to mess with the fuel tank vent. If we can get it out, can we unclog it or should we get a new one? We made one more short video of the saw. He's pictured in this one a little. Next up: try to get the fuel tank vent...

We just read through all of your good comments. Together. He says "thank you". And that he really wants to try to replace the fuel tank vent, because he thinks that is definitely the problem. There is this other thing that happened after the 8 min video that we posted -- it started doing...

Westboast, I'll pass that on. Thanks! He's the one to answer your questions & I'll make sure he does. Sounds like new pieces of the puzzle for him. :-)

Thanks, all! I'll pass all this along. (We read it together). We're gonna post another soon, he said it stopped working as good as it did in the video. But he's gonna be encouraged. I'm gonna try to get him to narrate at least a little. Buzz, that's interesting about the fuel line squeeze...

Hi All, I've been trying to take a video of my son and the saw. First couple of tries didn't work. He took one of himself which did work, but it jumps around a lot. It's 8 min. long, too. And I asked him what he would say to everyone about it. This is what he dictated: “Here is a video of...

He's here with me now. We need to confirm exactly what the fuel tank vent is. (Husqvarna 55 air injection saw.) He says that it runs good for about 30-45 seconds. I heard it from my office, sounded like it was revving up fine. Then he says it leans out and dies after 30-45 seconds. Then he...

Ha ha. Busted! But it's very possible physically to have a 10 yr old at age 60. Though they say the risk of birth defects goes up, the older the inseminator. :-) (Not just the inseminatee. ) I like to say I was a "late bloomer." Or didn't find the right woman. Or was picky. Or wanted...

Update: this is a great conversation. I'll share the relevant parts again when he gets home from school. I think he's going to go for making a video of the saw. Might be just the saw and his voice, not sure how much he'll want to "be a star". He corrected me -- said he didn't think he needs...

Wow, that's a lot of great advice. I'm gonna pass it on. One thing I wanted to tell Westboastfaller -- my kid said 2 1/2 minutes, but I forgot his sense of time is a 10 yr old's. When I checked, it seemed more like 1 minute, maybe 1 1/4 minutes that it would run before it died. But that was...

Thank you. He's a good kid. My Dad was not mechanically inclined at all. But if he had YouTube and Internet forums like this, he woulda done a lot better. Fantastic resources. You guys might not realize -- kid was getting real frustrated about the saw when he got the new carb and it still...

Update: it was hard for him to attach fuel line back to fuel tank vent (it's the white plastic, right?). He spent more time than he wanted on that. When I finally saw that happening, I suggested the heat gun. Seemed to work real good, I'm guessing it doesn't hurt anything. He's got a new...

He's here with me, just read everyone's comments. He says "thank you for all your advice." He's in the process of changing the fuel line. He really thinks the "squishy fuel line" idea was on target. And he says if that doesn't work, he'll try everything else. He thinks that "svk" is...

Wow. Thank you all again. Can't wait to tell him all these ideas. :clap:

Thank you all. You got me a little worried, Rick. He got the carb kit called: Carburetor For Husqvarna 55 51 50 Chainsaw 503281504 Walbro WT-170-1 Fuel line, on eBay, sold by playhome7. It had 4 good product reviews (4 or 5 stars) and the seller's positive rating is over 99%, but... I sure...

One thing about a 10 yr old's sense of time is that it's different (I forgot, sorry). So here's a correction. I checked: it's more like he can get it to go for about a minute or so of idling and good revving, and then it doesn't run right, it won't rev up, sometimes it just dies. Yes, it does...

He just said, "I started when I was 9." :-)

Hi All -- Glad to be part of the group. My 10 yr old son has a question. Thanks a million in advance for your help. He has a Husqvarna chain saw (a 55) that he changed the cylinder and piston on, and he just put in a new carb. Before he changed the carb, the chain saw would start up, run...