Please let me know if this is not appropriate. Anyways, Just wanted to say thank you to all for your time and help in my previous thread of helping ID and Chain removal of my saw. I just got back in from a little run to a nearby town. I did remove the chain and bar assembly from my saw with ease to clean it, and practice the removal process. It was as easy as I thought, thanks to all the help. I was honestly overlooking things earlier and did not think it would be that easy. Reason for my thoughts are that I bought the saw at a garage sale a couple of years ago for $5 from a gentleman that just had the carburetor rebuilt but said it was not easy to start. The price was right and at the time, I did not own a chainsaw. I used it a couple of times quickly and it does take a couple of minutes to start, but I am new to all this. After buying and running a couple times, it was still hard starting then I realized that the fuel line was cracked. So my dad and I took it apart carefully as the fuel line ran through the handle assembly and we replaced it, but took a little while. So after taking a bunch of things apart to do such, I was aprehensive to do it again for the chain.
Anyways, I took the cover off, and it was plugged solid with 'moist' wood chips and fibers. I cleaned it out to the best I could, blew it out then cleaned with brake cleaner and blew it out again. I reassembled the saw and went shopping. I picked up a new sparkplug for it. The store did not have the correct Champion plug in stock, so I bought the cross-referenced NGK plug for it. So, shortly, I will head back out and replace the plug and try it out again. I will hiopefully report good news in a little bit. Once I get it running good and reliable, I will buy a new chain for it. But then the only problem will be what saw to use... The new MS171 or this old guy. I really like them both, but this is teh first saw I owned. Thanks again.
Anyways, I took the cover off, and it was plugged solid with 'moist' wood chips and fibers. I cleaned it out to the best I could, blew it out then cleaned with brake cleaner and blew it out again. I reassembled the saw and went shopping. I picked up a new sparkplug for it. The store did not have the correct Champion plug in stock, so I bought the cross-referenced NGK plug for it. So, shortly, I will head back out and replace the plug and try it out again. I will hiopefully report good news in a little bit. Once I get it running good and reliable, I will buy a new chain for it. But then the only problem will be what saw to use... The new MS171 or this old guy. I really like them both, but this is teh first saw I owned. Thanks again.