8433jeff
Aftermarket connoisseur
Dealing with idiots lost its humor a long time ago, for me at least. "My grandpa worked on the assembly line", well, maybe he did, and maybe that's why they were such a great saw. Or maybe not. Actually, not.
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Dealing with idiots lost its humor a long time ago, for me at least. "My grandpa worked on the assembly line", well, maybe he did, and maybe that's why they were such a great saw. Or maybe not. Actually, not.
joeymt33
I bleed YELLOW!
i am with out a doubt a chainsaw rookie, its hard to find some one that I can laugh at. it may be a little mean, i couldn't resist though
Home again but it will take a few days to get back into the swing.
Nice to come home to some beautiful weather. I think out of 13 days in Europe there were only 2 days in Portugal at the beginning of the trip when it didn't rain as least sometime each 24 hours. Even so, I did enjoy last weekend in Prague and the days in Lovosice last week.
Prior to Europe I was in Australia and visited Tasmania one day including the Australian Axemans Hall of Fame in Latrobe, Tasmania.
Mark
Nice to come home to some beautiful weather. I think out of 13 days in Europe there were only 2 days in Portugal at the beginning of the trip when it didn't rain as least sometime each 24 hours. Even so, I did enjoy last weekend in Prague and the days in Lovosice last week.
Prior to Europe I was in Australia and visited Tasmania one day including the Australian Axemans Hall of Fame in Latrobe, Tasmania.
Mark
dieselsmoke
ArboristSite Operative
Welcome back, Mark. I'll bet it feels good to be back home.
Thanks for posting the pics of Prague.
Thanks for posting the pics of Prague.
Warped5
WingNut
PM 610 difficulty/question ...
Good morning thread members ...
Got my PM 610 all back together on Saturday (yes I intend to post pix, probably today) and it ran very nicely. Better than I thought it would. Now it seems to have gotten a bit tempermental ....
When starting this saw, is the throttle trigger supposed to have an interlock function where the trigger is locked at halfway until it starts?
Thanks!
Good morning thread members ...
Got my PM 610 all back together on Saturday (yes I intend to post pix, probably today) and it ran very nicely. Better than I thought it would. Now it seems to have gotten a bit tempermental ....
When starting this saw, is the throttle trigger supposed to have an interlock function where the trigger is locked at halfway until it starts?
Thanks!
Duke Thieroff
Fill your hands, you SOB!
Ted, yes there is a throttle locking mechanism.
You depress the trigger then pull the lock back, while holding the lock let go of the trigger and it should catch.
Chris
Warped5
WingNut
Thanks, Chris!
cpr
Addicted to ArboristSite
Howdy fellas. Nice story Randy.
Still out here. Been working 50-60 hours a week. Any free time I get seems to be spent under a diesel haze. Miss the saws, but they'll be there in the fall.
I'll weigh in from time to time, but won't be around much. PM me, email me, or some of you have my number, feel free to ring me up.
Still out here. Been working 50-60 hours a week. Any free time I get seems to be spent under a diesel haze. Miss the saws, but they'll be there in the fall.
I'll weigh in from time to time, but won't be around much. PM me, email me, or some of you have my number, feel free to ring me up.
Just got the tank gasket in for the 250 and I am not sure it is the right one but don't have access to the saw right now so can't check.
But, I am surprised it seems to be made out of a paper/fiber material which seems would wick the gas out of the tank instead of keep it in.
Or am I just not wise in the ways of old school technology? Is there something that needs to applied to both of the tank services to "glue" the gasket in place?
But, I am surprised it seems to be made out of a paper/fiber material which seems would wick the gas out of the tank instead of keep it in.
Or am I just not wise in the ways of old school technology? Is there something that needs to applied to both of the tank services to "glue" the gasket in place?
Warped5
WingNut
As I thought. The set screw is actually a primitive sort of 'governor' that limits the trigger travel at the top end. The 'hook' on the interlock is supposed to catch the bit of material on the end. I was debating with myself the following local mods: 1) I drill a tiny hole and then use a needle file to create a groove for the hook to grab on to, or 2) creating a small 'lip' with a dab of JB Weld. We'll see ...
promac850
formerly promac610
If you tune the saw right, it should start up without the interlock... believe it or not, mine doesn't work.
I pull the choke out, and pull until she pops (about 5-6 pulls) and half choke, pull again, she fires up the first or second pull this time. Let warm up a few seconds, then push the choke in.
When hot, no choke... usually one pull, sometimes two, very rarely three.
Warped5
WingNut
That is how it was prior-rebuild. Almost exactly. Now it does not even want to pop, ran great Saturday. I posted pix in the thead started for it.
(8433jeff
Aftermarket connoisseur
Start from the beginning again. Spark, fuel? If you rebuilt the carb, everything in its place? Not picking or beating on you, its happened to us all, especially with this series of saws for some reason. OK, there are reasons, but I'm not doing it tonight, not right now anyway.
promac850
formerly promac610
That is how it was prior-rebuild. Almost exactly. Now it does not even want to pop, ran great Saturday. I posted pix in the thead started for it.
Carby kit, fuel line, fuel filter. That would likely take care of it. I know how it feels to have something run great one day and not run worth a #### the next... been there too many times. Unfortunately, I will likely be there many more times...
Tore the 317 down today, found that the rods are fine (turned flywheel by hand, pistons and valves moved and no noises were heard) and I am pretty sure the governor took a #### on me. We got it out, did an oil change... before the oil change, she ran fine. After, bad and scary knocking sounds... shut her off... and rolled her into the barn.
All I know is if the governor is broken, the whole damn engine has to come out and be taken apart on the bench... :bang: The governors on most, if not all of these small engines are buried inside the engine, with no way to get to it without splitting the case...
Oh well, #### happens...
Warped5
WingNut
Yah, but it ran Saturday afternoon. Will check spark tomorrow .... fuel was getting to the carb. The way my life is going lately, I probablt reversed the kill switch when I reinstralled it, so now 'off' is really 'on' .... :bang:
RandyMac
Stiff Member
I finally got around to pulling the muffler on the PM800, nice and shiny. A good cleaning and we will see about finding a new home for it.
I've come to the conclusion that you can work on chainsaws too often. Good idea once in a while to take some time away from this and do something else you like. I think it puts me in a better frame of mind when I do get back to working on these "basket cases".
Eccentric
Mister Wizard
Man that's the truth. I got so burned out on working on other people's crap OPE that I walked away from it for over 10 years. A 'cool down' is needed sometimes. Going back for a 'fresh' shot at a problem helps me quite a bit.
Duke Thieroff
Fill your hands, you SOB!
I can imagine so, Aaron. All the time, same crap over and over...
A while to cool down usually does help matters. Sometimes I'll be messing with a certain problem for hours set it down and get it on the first try the next time around.
When I first started working on these things, though, even a fuel line could be challenging sometimes.
If you ever really get frustrated with the saws I believe they got a place at your job for you to really "cool down" in
Chris
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