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MattG
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Yeah, interesting. I'll bear that in mind. When I next strip it.I rebuilt an 064 @ 8 years ago for a customer. He brought me a Golf piston to use. After I put it back together, It would
stop at the bottom of the stroke. I compared the piston closely with the old one, and the difference was that the inner lip
of the bottom of the piston had a bevel on the oem, and the aftermarket one didn't, and the piston bottom was hitting the
counterweight. Which is why I was curious as to the saw's history.
If this was my saw, I would pull the cylinder and have a look around in the crankcase to be safe.
Bad news, got back from job. Took off flywheel cover - no obstruction. Stripped off clutch, worm drive etc. - no obstruction. I didn't test the carb - have a busy night. Anyway I threw it back together and the thing was locked up again!!! I loosened the plug and turned it by hand, then reassembled AGAIN, and it's ok again. I then test started it and it was ok.
I hate intermittent faults!! I did think "well perhaps you're too much of a wimp" to have one of these saws. But when it's ok, I find it pretty easy to turn over. In fact I can usually quite easily either turn the crank a couple of rotattions by hand on the flywheel, with the plug in, or by the rope. It's just that on these odd of occasions this weird thing is happening.
The only other thing I've done lately is changed the clutch (the carrier and drum). I used stihl parts and I cant see anything obvious wrong with how I fitted them.
Harley - I'm guessing that thing you mentioned with the piston would happen all the time - not interrmittently?