I recently received this chainsaw from an older customer of mine. He said, "I've had that thing forever. Its all there, just don't run anymore." It is indeed, all there. And as far as I can find, it was made in 1958 or 59, and I think you could have either a 14" or 20" blade. this one has the 14"blade. He did give me a chain for the 20" blade, but he lost the blade for it in the years that he owned it.
One of the coolest tips I have ever received. I wish i had the longer blade, but i cannot seem to find any parts for it.
I did take it apart to find out why it doesn't run. don't hate me, I was careful. First, i had to free it from the case. and find out why the recoil was stuck all the way out. That was fun. This is probably the oldest hardware i have ever worked on. Anyways,I got that fixed, then I pulled the plug. She has a good heartbeat. Good compression, so i decided not to ruin the long-set seal, and consider it good. The crank spins as it should, not sloppy at all. The carb seemed to be in working order. Learning how that all functions with the vein and diaphragm, and putting it all back together properly was a learning experience to say the least. Especially due to the fact that, as of yet, I cant seem to find the correct parts for this machine.
I determined the coil was not firing. At no fault of the points. There is also the condenser, the wire insulation was coming off. Kinda like old dry mud from a dirty old truck. It was weird, so I heat-shrink'd it and put it back in. I did do a bit of cleaning while I was in there too.
Its a nice chainsaw, seems like a hassle. Either way, I would like to restore it and chop some wood with it. maybe add it to my collection of reliable, running "wood-chuckers." Because I do enjoy finding how much wood I could chuck, when this woodchuck can chuck wood.
