Underwhere
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Was bucking some logs yesterday when I felt the chainsaw bog a little bit. At least I thought I did. I wasn't sure.
Suddenly I hear "clacking" coming from the saw and I immediately shut it down.
My first thought was that it had overheated and was detonating so I let it cool off for a few minutes and tried to restart it.
I gave the pull cord a tug and it was locked up.
So I started to disassemble it and noticed the spark plug was fairly loose in the cylinder. Then I noticed the ground electrode was missing.
I have a cute little scope camera and took some shots of the piston head and the cylinder walls. The head looks like it was nicked up a bit but the walls don't look too bad.
Any advice on what to do next?
I was thinking of just tossing a new plug in and running it.
Then the idea of buying a new piston and cylinder came to mind...maybe modifying it for fun. Never done that before.
I bought mine used back in 2013.
I'm assuming it is the 50cc NE version because it has a silver clutch cover but no green fuel cap.
Any guidance would be appreciated here.
Suddenly I hear "clacking" coming from the saw and I immediately shut it down.
My first thought was that it had overheated and was detonating so I let it cool off for a few minutes and tried to restart it.
I gave the pull cord a tug and it was locked up.
So I started to disassemble it and noticed the spark plug was fairly loose in the cylinder. Then I noticed the ground electrode was missing.
I have a cute little scope camera and took some shots of the piston head and the cylinder walls. The head looks like it was nicked up a bit but the walls don't look too bad.
Any advice on what to do next?
I was thinking of just tossing a new plug in and running it.
Then the idea of buying a new piston and cylinder came to mind...maybe modifying it for fun. Never done that before.
I bought mine used back in 2013.
I'm assuming it is the 50cc NE version because it has a silver clutch cover but no green fuel cap.
Any guidance would be appreciated here.