Well I ordered a new zawst gasket, intake gasket, and intake shim/sleeve whatever it is. Upon further inspection I noticed the plate was a bit tweaked out with the holes curvatured up and it didn't sit flat on the carb anymore... Didn't think it was always like that. Might have just been from when I torqued the carb down with my inner tube seal behind there during the pressure and vac test.
Should be about a week for those. Stay tuned I guess, lol
Somethings just refuse to be "fixed"
I don't ever give up easy. Sometimes a wire could just be a 100,000 ohm resister until you PUT a meter on it... then magically it is a wire again!
I'd file that nubulous off the flywheel to be certain it ain't in the way and gap the Magneto with a business card (about .008 of a inch)
Just to be for darn sure that the ignition is getting all tthe magnetism it is supposed to get. Then, I would order a NEW ignition module, and try that.
At some point this little saw is gonna get up on the table and do a tap dance for us.
I'm sure I'll get ambitious in the next week or so waiting for my parts..Ifnwhen I do I'll look up some specs and testing procedure for the ignition and perhaps buck that nub off and reset the megneto.
I'd really like this saw to run like the $500Cad out the door saw this is supposed to run like... or run as well as one would assume a $500 tool should run.
Get OEM for both the carb and gasket if at all possible. I just rebuilt a blower same issue, went the China way..you know, whole fuel system for 10$ shipped. It ran but was hard to start and would not rev all the way up. I just got back to OEM yesterday totally different deal.
Yeah I don't really get how China is bucking off respectable complete fuel kits/carbs/everything included for $9.99... seems shady. Kinda like taking a quality OEM spicer u-joint out of a driveshaft then putting in a guaranteed piece of $#!# moog. lol
I'm not replacing the carb... yet. I just meant the carb/intake gasket meaning the carb to intake gasket. I'm under the belief the carb is working the way it is designed to and the ports are clean. It also hasn't been molested by brushes, pik's, ramming the needles home, etc... gonna hold off on replacing the carb.