thombat4
ArboristSite Guru
So I've been putting off working on this saw for over a year now. I bought it from a local police chief who bought it new however many years ago that was. I paid $80 for it in non-running condition. I figured with my knack for getting things running again that I'd have it running soon. Suffice to say it didn't happen. It sat in a container in pieces until I finally made time to really look into it. So the chief tells me he was running the saw when all of a sudden it just died on him and he couldn't get it going again. He went and bought himself a new 271 farm boss. Anyway, I replace all the usual things that i could think of that could possibly be the problem like fuel line, carb, impulse, breather and still couldn't get it going. I'd never done anything close to a piston/jug replacement before and the saw still seemed to have compression and the piston didn't "look" that bad to my untrained eye anyway. Needless to say that's exactly what the issue was. I watched a few videos, read a few threads and decided to dive into it. Yes the piston was shot. Scored and rings were "welded" in place. Would bad mix do that much damage? I will post pics when I get home later. I probably should have asked here first but I went ahead and ordered a top end overhaul kit from HL Supply. I got everything installed and it doesn't seem to want to start under normal operating procedures. This morning I poured some mix in the plug hole and it started and actually ran for almost a minute although I could tell it wanted to die...kept bogging down badly. My question to you guys that are way more knowledgeable than I am on this kinda thing is, what should I be doing at this point? What are the proper steps to take to see if I can get this saw running again? Apparently this is a very nice saw from what I've been reading. It would be sweet to get it going again. I'm not great at tuning but I can still learn and take advice! Thanks for any help.