Craftsman model 358.350210 woes

[wondervirus]

Hi, folks.

I recently bought one of these, a 20 inch gas chainsaw, and haven't had a
chance to play with it until now.

Here's my woe: starting at half choke, I yank the starter cord a few times, and
it fires right up. The chain spins slowly at idle, and if I turn the choke off, it spins
at full speed immediately... but if I goose the throttle a little, it dies.

I tried retarding the idle speed, but that will only slow the chain to a crawl, never
a stop. Also, even with this adjustment, turning off the choke acts like i've
got the throttle squeezed to Massacre.

Got any suggestions here

 

[scottr]

Starting

Your saw is the same as a Poulan 2775 . If you don't have the Craftsman operators manual for your saw then you can download one at poulan.com

 

[Kenskip1]

dies when goosed

Wonder, From this end it sounds like the low side of the carb is set way to lean.This May be why the chain is spinning. Possibly a bad clutch spring, but if you bought this new, I would take it back. Possible vacume leak.

 

[retoocs555]

Could be clutch spring. Could be a carb adjustment.

If it's new just exchange it:hmm3grin2orange:

 

[scottr]

Choke/Fast Idle

Hi, folks.

I recently bought one of these, a 20 inch gas chainsaw, and haven't had a
chance to play with it until now.

Here's my woe: starting at half choke, I yank the starter cord a few times, and
it fires right up. The chain spins slowly at idle, and if I turn the choke off, it spins
at full speed immediately... but if I goose the throttle a little, it dies.

I tried retarding the idle speed, but that will only slow the chain to a crawl, never
a stop. Also, even with this adjustment, turning off the choke acts like i've
got the throttle squeezed to Massacre.

Got any suggestions here

When starting your saw if you pull the choke out and push it back in the throttle is in the fast idle position . The cold start up procedure says to allow it to fast idle for 5 seconds before blipping the throttle to idle . The fast idle is probably what you are calling ' squeezed to massacre ' .

 

[wondervirus]

I took it back to the store & replaced it.. the new one actually settles down
after a squeeze unlike the old one.

I wasn't going to hack on something brand new, but I always like to scrounge
info for later.

Thanks for the replies, folks!