tilt and stop

[spacemule]

I know what you mean about the sheathing on the earth/ground wire. I've worked on quite a few myself and they are pretty much all like that. What I don't understand is the wire wears as it is touching the inside of the plastic shroud and obviously the vibrations of the motor cause the damage. What I don't understand is how this could cause the symptom Ned describes?

There is nothing for the bare wire to ground on where it is and I don't see how a change of position, tilting the saw forward, is going to make it contact on anything?

Or maybe I'm misunderstanding you???

You'd be surprised how far a bare kill switch wire will arc.

 

[ned coed]

well fish, i've gotta tell ya - your the man. i just checked out that saw today and follwed what you said and there she was that broken stop wire. fixed it up in two minutes and in no time at all she was running fine. just goes to show what great people we have on this forum. thanks again fish.