You might say I finally succumbed to the Dolmar bug, except I did it with a twist. There are numberous improvements on the 681, plus, I just think it's a better looking saw, lol. I ordered it from Baileys, where it's been on backorder. It arrived this afternoon. I put fuel in it and it popped on the 2nd pull. No missing the pop on this thing. It fired right up and ran like a dream. I tweaked the L and LA a little but did not touch the H. I let it warm up and shut it off to cool. I later put a 28" bar and Stihl RSC chain on it, fired it back up, warmed it up, and hit WOT just long enough to get a quick reading, 12,800. A fair amount rich, just like I wanted it. I then loaded it up and headed down where I've been whittling away on those big dead Oak trees that I had the 3120 in. The saw only made one cut before the video starts. So you're seeing a brand new saw, straight out of the box, and running rich.
Some have commented on soft AV springs. I didn't feel that at all. Maybe they've stiffened them up. This is also the new model that has a decomp. Thank goodness it does. Compression is already 185 PSI after this very first outing!
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Some have commented on soft AV springs. I didn't feel that at all. Maybe they've stiffened them up. This is also the new model that has a decomp. Thank goodness it does. Compression is already 185 PSI after this very first outing!
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