After some more thought it would appear that someone else replaced the fuel hoses previously and plumbed it up backwards. While the saw may run like this the primer won't work at all. The primer can't push fuel into the carb (unless the needle is leaking). It can only suck it through from the metering side. This also explains the small amount of crud that I found in the carb screen even though the fuel line and filter were intact.
You are right. Slipped my brain that the primer was trying to force fuel into the carb against the inlet valve, reminds me of a post awhile back where a guy who claimed to be an Echo tech was telling everyone that the primer worked by pressurizing the fuel tank and thus forcing fuel into the carb, once again, can't do it unless you exceed the pop-off pressure of the inlet valve.
Well, I took a look at the 1950 Woodshark this afternoon and lo and behold the fuel plumbing was considerably screwed up on that one as well. This time it was in a way that the saw couldn't run. I guess that is one way that these saws die... The fuel lines rot away and then the saws get re-plumbed incorrectly and get put on a shelf until the new hoses rot out and the saw gets thrown out or given away.
After Hurricane Sally i dealt with this. Putting aside my rule of not repairing these saws temporarily, for the good of the community. Most came in with the lines backwards
If the manuals referred to these things as "purge" bulbs owners might get a better understanding of how to plumb them. When they keep being called "primers" owners think they are supposed to actually squirt fuel into the engine. Of course that would only apply to owners that read manuals.
Well the other two have more issues... Would need B & C for both. Neither have chain brakes. One has a busted clutch cover. Both need carb kits (at least), primer bulbs, and fuel hoses. I think I may gift these to someone who has more dollars than sense!
Top end rebuilds with chinese parts are really cheap and about all these saws deserve but is you have to buy OM parts they aren't worth it, main reason why a lot of these saws end up in the dumpster. Your neighbour might actually have a better saw, the Pro models have a chrome plated cylinder (non Pro's don't) so if they are properly tuned, they last longer. It also has good AV mounts but, on the other hand, it's a strato saw so it will hold a tune for about 6 days.
Just curious... How much were you able to sell it for? These thing just sit on the local CL... even rebuilt ones.
Save it for the next hurricane when the prices go up!
Well I probably have $45-50 into this one in OEM quality parts.
It turns out that the friend that I was fixing this for had just bought another new home owner saw. So now it looks like I have a loaner / spare in the stable.
Regardless of the labels on the covers, there are really only two sizes of those saws, a 35cc and a 42cc and they all use the same crankshaft. The marketing lads have decided that the length of the bar should determine what the advertised engine size should be. The EPA label gives the actual size of the engine.
