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3 pulls on choke, 2 pulls off choke…and it started, and ran for a second…in my excitement I forgot to turn the H&L carb screws out 1 turn. 
Got it started again, got it to idle and put it briefly in a piece of Oak. My mercy! This thing is awesome! And it’s still “new”! When it gets a few tanks through it, I won’t know how to act! I know a lot of you guys have bigger and faster saws, and a 044 is probably boring to you…but after that brief time in the wood, I’m lovin’ this saw already. I’ve ran a 440 with the standard muffler cover, but my saw with the DP cover is loud at full throttle! I definitely will be wearing ear protection! It’ll have a 20” B&C on it most of the time, and I have a 28” bar with some skip chain for bigger wood.
The saw ain’t pretty, it was done on a pretty tight budget, but I’m proud of it. I messed up the air filter base and cover when I tried to restore them by buffing and a putting on a clearcoat. The pieces are still useable, just ugly. I got an air filter base from my dealer, and he’s seeing if he can find a better looking air filter cover than what’s in my pics. I needed an engine cover cause the original one was broke. Parts came from ebay, my local dealer, and folks here on AS.
Another reason why I’m so happy is because this was my first time dealing with a piston and cylinder job (cleaning up the cylinder, honing, and putting in a new piston – aftermarket piston from Bailey’s) and I’m glad the saw runs after I worked on it…actually I thank the good Lord for guiding me through it all. The piston cylinder wasn’t scored when I got it. I’m sure if I would have got a new fuel line (the old one was rotten) and used some fresh fuel, it would have started when I first got the saw. But it needed a lot of cleaning, so I just decided to go through it all. I want to thank y’all here on AS for all the info I gathered searching through past threads and posts about how to do things. I’ve learned a lot…and am still learning! Thank you to Andy (Lakeside53) and Josh (Four Paws) for the advice and answering all my questions.
This is the thread I started with pics of as I got the saw:
http://www.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?t=40266
After stripping it down to removing the cylinder (didn’t do nothing to the bottom end, everything checked out okay), it took some time to get the parts and then find the time to clean everything as best as I could and put it back together. It did pass a pressure and vacuum test. The cracks that are seen on the handle have been fixed from underneath, we’ll see how they hold up.
Kevin
Edit: I guess never did say what saw it is...but to most of you, with saw experience, can see it's a 044.
Got it started again, got it to idle and put it briefly in a piece of Oak. My mercy! This thing is awesome! And it’s still “new”! When it gets a few tanks through it, I won’t know how to act! I know a lot of you guys have bigger and faster saws, and a 044 is probably boring to you…but after that brief time in the wood, I’m lovin’ this saw already. I’ve ran a 440 with the standard muffler cover, but my saw with the DP cover is loud at full throttle! I definitely will be wearing ear protection! It’ll have a 20” B&C on it most of the time, and I have a 28” bar with some skip chain for bigger wood. The saw ain’t pretty, it was done on a pretty tight budget, but I’m proud of it. I messed up the air filter base and cover when I tried to restore them by buffing and a putting on a clearcoat. The pieces are still useable, just ugly. I got an air filter base from my dealer, and he’s seeing if he can find a better looking air filter cover than what’s in my pics. I needed an engine cover cause the original one was broke. Parts came from ebay, my local dealer, and folks here on AS.
Another reason why I’m so happy is because this was my first time dealing with a piston and cylinder job (cleaning up the cylinder, honing, and putting in a new piston – aftermarket piston from Bailey’s) and I’m glad the saw runs after I worked on it…actually I thank the good Lord for guiding me through it all. The piston cylinder wasn’t scored when I got it. I’m sure if I would have got a new fuel line (the old one was rotten) and used some fresh fuel, it would have started when I first got the saw. But it needed a lot of cleaning, so I just decided to go through it all. I want to thank y’all here on AS for all the info I gathered searching through past threads and posts about how to do things. I’ve learned a lot…and am still learning! Thank you to Andy (Lakeside53) and Josh (Four Paws) for the advice and answering all my questions.
This is the thread I started with pics of as I got the saw:
http://www.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?t=40266
After stripping it down to removing the cylinder (didn’t do nothing to the bottom end, everything checked out okay), it took some time to get the parts and then find the time to clean everything as best as I could and put it back together. It did pass a pressure and vacuum test. The cracks that are seen on the handle have been fixed from underneath, we’ll see how they hold up.
Kevin
Edit: I guess never did say what saw it is...but to most of you, with saw experience, can see it's a 044.
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