Yikes. The seal install seemed to go well. The woodruff key put up more of a fight than I expected but eventually came out without chewing it up too badly. Put the seal in with s think smear of RTV on the outside for insurance. Retested for pressure and vacuum and both held with no leak at all so I was hopeful.
But when I put the saw back together, adjusted the screws to spec and refuelled the tank, it is idling erratically again, sometimes racing when tipped on its side, and taking a second or so to come up to full throttle. I guess the next step is to empty the tank again, pull the carb and pressure/vac test again to check whether the seal opened up a bit once the saw got put back together and shook around a bit? If pressure/vac is still good, then I imagine trying carb replacement is the next step?
Was also wondering if it might just need to be run for a tank or so to break things in. Unfortunately I won't likely get the chance to do that for another month or so.
Was hoping to get the saw running again to sell it as a running saw as opposed to a project saw, but I fear I'm sitting pretty close to the break-even point between those two outcomes...
To summarize so far, I've:
- Replaced fuel & impulse lines, fuel filter, & spark plug
- Full carb cleanout and installed carb kit from dealer
- Replace leaking flywheel side oil seal.
