Nathan Graff
ArboristSite Operative
Is it worth buying a real walbro for this saw, or is a clone good enough? I know there are some saws that I've read to not bother with the clones. Is there a good place to buy a clone?
Short story on the saw. I had a friend get it. She said the saw was hard starting, but it idled well and ran well for 10 minutes that were counted by a timer.
I got it yesterday. The saw wouldn't start no way, no how. Today, I fooled around with it by taking the carb out, and cleaning the outside, and popping off the limiter cap. Retuned the saw a bit. Saw will now start, but will not idle. If one lets off the throttle, the saw just dies. Adjusting the low speed jet does nothing. Saw runs on fast idle, and full throttle, but smokes like crazy.
Took the muffler off. Piston is not scored that I could see. Can see the machining marks the whole way across. Compression is 135 psi. Fuel is slobbering out the muffler. Spark arrestor isn't dirty that I could see. Just a very small bit of carbon build up in one area. If it hasn't ever been cleaned, the saw has hardly been used in it's life. The spark arrestor actually looks fairly new. It doesn't have a burned look to it like it's been torched off.
Short story on the saw. I had a friend get it. She said the saw was hard starting, but it idled well and ran well for 10 minutes that were counted by a timer.
I got it yesterday. The saw wouldn't start no way, no how. Today, I fooled around with it by taking the carb out, and cleaning the outside, and popping off the limiter cap. Retuned the saw a bit. Saw will now start, but will not idle. If one lets off the throttle, the saw just dies. Adjusting the low speed jet does nothing. Saw runs on fast idle, and full throttle, but smokes like crazy.
Took the muffler off. Piston is not scored that I could see. Can see the machining marks the whole way across. Compression is 135 psi. Fuel is slobbering out the muffler. Spark arrestor isn't dirty that I could see. Just a very small bit of carbon build up in one area. If it hasn't ever been cleaned, the saw has hardly been used in it's life. The spark arrestor actually looks fairly new. It doesn't have a burned look to it like it's been torched off.