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I couldn't help myself when I saw a 2 stroke destined for the landfill, so I snatched it up and took it to the bench. Its a Homelite 33cc Ranger Model UT10947D. After checking things over I fired it up (3 or 4 pulls) and it seemed to run normal for the first couple minutes, I didn't have any...

I don't own either of these types of saws but I was curious as to how the plugs look on these saws since they are supposed to be running on the verge of too lean. Pics would be great if anybody has some.

I know that running a 2cycle too lean it can overheat and lose compression. What ultimately gets damaged from the overheat? Rings wear out, cylinder get's scored, piston messed up? On 4 cycle it seems that its the valves that go first.

Hi all at AS.If a saw had a vac leak (not that any of mine have) would one of the first checks be to screw the idle screw right out.If the saw doesnt stop or keep high revs this could be a vac leak right? I know other problems can cause this but just applying this to vac leaks. Cheers,Chris.

Sometimes when you think you got a bargain, reality slaps on your face, from some odd reason that happens to me every time I buy something used. I found an ad online where small engine repair shop did sell Jonsered cs-2145 for 167$ which around here is not a bad price at all, saw in pic looked...