MCW
Somebody's talking crap here & it ain't the tree!
Hi guys.
Just thought I'd start a thread (probably done before) where you tell a story of a nightmare saw you've had to work on. You know the ones that just keep having problems the deeper you look.
I don't work on saws anywhere near as much as many other guys on AS but here is my nightmare saw and still in the shed from a customer...
Anyway a guy brings in his dad's Dolmar PS9000 (a full time firewood cutter) to get a new fuel line on it. "Is that all that is wrong with it?" I ask. "Yup" is his reply. The split on the fuel line has blue silicone all over it.
I order a couple of fuel lines from Kyle (Edge and Engine) and as always service is top notch.
I fit the fuel line and no go. I pull the carby and as suspected there are lumps of blue silicone jammed in it everywhere.
Give her a clean and still no go. Not even popping. I check the spark and what do you know the coil is stuffed.
Ring the guy and ask again "Are you SURE the saw was running fine?". "Yep" is the reply once again.
So I stick another order through to Kyle and once again the order arrives without a hitch. Fit the coil, get a spark, so assume all is good.
Anyway all I can get is a bloody "pop" out of it but she still won't go despite near pulling my arm off. After thinking for a bit I pull the muffler to find a piston that is absolutely wrecked and I don't even have to pull the lid to know the cylinder will be a bin job as well. Despite this compression felt OK when trying to start it which was probably just the wrecked piston trying to scrape it's way along the ruined cylinder wall! I had this gut feeling that something just didn't feel quite right when pulling her over
I should have checked this to start with but was assuming the guy's son knew what he was talking about. I should have known by the state of the saw (HINT: ABUSED!) that it was more than just a fuel line...
So far he's up for $200 so I may end up with a PS9000 if he doesn't cough up, albeit one that needs a lot of tender loving care (and expensive parts).
Just thought I'd start a thread (probably done before) where you tell a story of a nightmare saw you've had to work on. You know the ones that just keep having problems the deeper you look.
I don't work on saws anywhere near as much as many other guys on AS but here is my nightmare saw and still in the shed from a customer...
Anyway a guy brings in his dad's Dolmar PS9000 (a full time firewood cutter) to get a new fuel line on it. "Is that all that is wrong with it?" I ask. "Yup" is his reply. The split on the fuel line has blue silicone all over it.
I order a couple of fuel lines from Kyle (Edge and Engine) and as always service is top notch.
I fit the fuel line and no go. I pull the carby and as suspected there are lumps of blue silicone jammed in it everywhere.
Give her a clean and still no go. Not even popping. I check the spark and what do you know the coil is stuffed.
Ring the guy and ask again "Are you SURE the saw was running fine?". "Yep" is the reply once again.
So I stick another order through to Kyle and once again the order arrives without a hitch. Fit the coil, get a spark, so assume all is good.
Anyway all I can get is a bloody "pop" out of it but she still won't go despite near pulling my arm off. After thinking for a bit I pull the muffler to find a piston that is absolutely wrecked and I don't even have to pull the lid to know the cylinder will be a bin job as well. Despite this compression felt OK when trying to start it which was probably just the wrecked piston trying to scrape it's way along the ruined cylinder wall! I had this gut feeling that something just didn't feel quite right when pulling her over
I should have checked this to start with but was assuming the guy's son knew what he was talking about. I should have known by the state of the saw (HINT: ABUSED!) that it was more than just a fuel line...
So far he's up for $200 so I may end up with a PS9000 if he doesn't cough up, albeit one that needs a lot of tender loving care (and expensive parts).
