Just bought a new Echo CS 500 last Thursday. Getting ready to put it to work this weekend. I have a little experience with chainsaws, grew up cutting wood with my uncle. But this fall my wife and I bought a Blaze King to heat our home with wood. I had enough wood cut from the last few years of using a borrowed Echo CS 520 to burn for most of this winter.
I am curious about the "mods" to make it run more efficiently. Is there a place on the site to look for "how-to's" on this particular saw to do muffler modifications and some of the other things I am reading about. This year I intend to cut and split two years worth of wood (10-12 cords) and would like to do it as safely, quickly and efficiently as possible.
On a side note, does modifying things void the warranty?
Thanks for any help.
Did you get it from a dealer? If so did they tune it correctly in the shop?
I like echo saws just fine..own some..and I do not trust how they ship as regards the H screw. Crapshoot. Not familiar with that model though, so..on your own there.
Use non ethanol fuel, just hunt it down, use their echo brand mix oil, save the receipts, or better, buy the echo oil direct from a servicing dealer, save that receipt. You might could get themj to run the saw in for you for registration purposes, I dont know all their policies on that with saws bought elsewhere, but worth a shot.. If you got the saw elsewhere, take it there, offer to pay a reasonable 15 minute shop fee, whatever their minimum is for a quick carb adjust,throw some cash right on the counter while talking, and ask them nicely if they would please adjust it correctly as you intend to take care of it, and use it, and only use fresh good quality mix, and you dont want it getting toasted due to too lean of a stock carb EPA setting, if applicable.