sawnami
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I recently got a Olympyk 962 chainsaw and boy is it hard to pull over.
It doesn't have a decompression valve as it is an early model (1997). Fortunately it doesn't take many revolutions for it to catch and fire up. It runs fantastic with a surprising amount of power for it's size.
I checked the compression and it is at 210 PSI. I checked for carbon buildup on the piston head and it is pretty clean. The starter is clean and doesn't seem to have any excessive wear or binding. The rope does bind in the pulley sometimes when pulling it over but it doesn't look like it's abnormally worn or stretched.
It just acts like it has a lot of compression and needs a decompression valve but there isn't a provision on the cylinder for it.
Was wondering if anyone has experienced this and if there were any suggestions to make it pull over a little easier other clamping it into a vise and pulling it over.
It doesn't have a decompression valve as it is an early model (1997). Fortunately it doesn't take many revolutions for it to catch and fire up. It runs fantastic with a surprising amount of power for it's size.
I checked the compression and it is at 210 PSI. I checked for carbon buildup on the piston head and it is pretty clean. The starter is clean and doesn't seem to have any excessive wear or binding. The rope does bind in the pulley sometimes when pulling it over but it doesn't look like it's abnormally worn or stretched.
It just acts like it has a lot of compression and needs a decompression valve but there isn't a provision on the cylinder for it.
Was wondering if anyone has experienced this and if there were any suggestions to make it pull over a little easier other clamping it into a vise and pulling it over.
