b1rdman
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YOU guys got me into this so you you get me out!
I like saws, heck I love saws (guess that's what brought me here a few years ago) but I have been able to avoid the bug that all you seem to have...Until last weekend that is.
I was at an auction last Saturday looking for a bush hog but I didn't want to pay what they were going for. I wasn't coming home empty handed or course so I picked up a 031AV for $50.
Here it is.
I get the saw home and I'm relieved to find out that it has spark and 155 psi. I did notice that the plug was bright and shiny when I pulled it to check compression. Hmmmm
In goes some fresh fuel (tank was clean and dry) and I start a pullin' (nothing). I put a splash in the cylinder and she fired for about two seconds...Not pulling fuel huh?
I figure that's ok... I'm no grease monkey but I can certainly do a carb kit or find this "impulse line" that I read about all the time.
So on the bench she goes and I commence deconstruction. I'm good at taking things apart, not so much when it comes to putting them back together (by the way, does anyone have an IPL for this rig). The first thing I notice is the filter. Man! That looks cleaner than the plug!
I don't spend much time pondering the shiny filter since I want to get the carb off and look for this "impulse line". I find it in short order but I'm more intrigued with the rubber hose from the carb to the cylinder. My new saws and the tiller I fix every freaking spring don't have that. Surely that's a prime suspect for an air leak and loss of suction. Off it comes...
I clean everything up and take a good hard look at the rubber pieces. Damn! They look brand new. Very pliable... no cracks...nothing.
This is where I realize that I'm probably in over my head. I look at my bench and there are parts all over the place. I can probably put it back together later but I figure I should focus on the carb that I set aside earlier.
The carb looks like it may have been "repaired" at some point. What do you guys think of this?
To summarize...
I contracted the disease.
I'm in over my head.
Where do I go from here?
I like saws, heck I love saws (guess that's what brought me here a few years ago) but I have been able to avoid the bug that all you seem to have...Until last weekend that is.
I was at an auction last Saturday looking for a bush hog but I didn't want to pay what they were going for. I wasn't coming home empty handed or course so I picked up a 031AV for $50.
Here it is.
I get the saw home and I'm relieved to find out that it has spark and 155 psi. I did notice that the plug was bright and shiny when I pulled it to check compression. Hmmmm
In goes some fresh fuel (tank was clean and dry) and I start a pullin' (nothing). I put a splash in the cylinder and she fired for about two seconds...Not pulling fuel huh?
I figure that's ok... I'm no grease monkey but I can certainly do a carb kit or find this "impulse line" that I read about all the time.
So on the bench she goes and I commence deconstruction. I'm good at taking things apart, not so much when it comes to putting them back together (by the way, does anyone have an IPL for this rig). The first thing I notice is the filter. Man! That looks cleaner than the plug!
I don't spend much time pondering the shiny filter since I want to get the carb off and look for this "impulse line". I find it in short order but I'm more intrigued with the rubber hose from the carb to the cylinder. My new saws and the tiller I fix every freaking spring don't have that. Surely that's a prime suspect for an air leak and loss of suction. Off it comes...
I clean everything up and take a good hard look at the rubber pieces. Damn! They look brand new. Very pliable... no cracks...nothing.
This is where I realize that I'm probably in over my head. I look at my bench and there are parts all over the place. I can probably put it back together later but I figure I should focus on the carb that I set aside earlier.
The carb looks like it may have been "repaired" at some point. What do you guys think of this?
To summarize...
I contracted the disease.
I'm in over my head.
Where do I go from here?