recoil/cyl cover removal?
Disassembly to replace a mangled crank has begun on a P51 i recently acquired. I ran into one problem and I am not sure if there is something I am missing. Maybe the all knowing chainsaw hive mind can help me out.
When I started to take the clutch and recoil covers off I ran into an issue with the recoil housing/cover. There is a small screw that is inside the bottom left of the cover that is on top of the cylinder head/spark plug area. It joins the cylinder head cover to the recoil housing. The issue is that I cannot get the recoil cover off because the cylinder cover is screwed to it and the decomp valve in this saw wont let me slide them both off. I tried to get a small flat head screw driver in there and can, but its not big enough to turn the screw thats been in there for 30 years. The decomp looks from the parts diagram that it would come out with a small socket, but no inch or metric socket would go over the valve and through the cutout hole that is in the cylinder head cover.
I am trying not to break anything and am being tender with the saw, but is there any special trick to getting these covers off, or the decomp out? I may try to get in there with another larger screwdriver but its very tight and there is no really good shot at the screw in there. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
ETA: picture with arrow of where screw is inside covers
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