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I do not know this dealer in the least but I have to logically give the benefit of the doubt.
Anyone in this business can tell you hundreds of stories that sound very much like this one.
As stated the Husky 50 needed a bar and chain as they were completly trashed this tells me the saw had sat for very likely a long period of time.
The mentioned need for just a "simple" carb adjustment was quite likely anything BUT simple. I myself do not use gasoline stabilizer due to the fact that if the storage time window is exceeded by much, the stablizer itself along with the old fuel mix becomes the very devil in passage clogging goo and hard green varnish.
I had one customer years ago that insisted that I was wrong and would use stabilizer in his rarely used chiansaws at his vacation home. One day dropped off a saw that was three years old and looked like it had only been used once (it had) with the complaint that it would sart but not stay running. I tried to clear the carb with cleaner through the needle holes but the carb would not respond. Upon disassembly of the carberator I found green gel with green varnish deposits from one end to the other. I called him and told him he should considr a new carb but he refused to spend the 65 dollars. It took me longer to clean the carb than the cost of the new carb and when he came to pick up the saw he SCREAMED it COULDN'T be old gas I use stayBILL!
My reply was here is your repairBILL! I cut him a break and he accused me of ripping him off.
If the dealer were questioned I could very well be he would explain that the carburetor was indeed very much plugged up and it took longer than would be expected to perform what seemed like a simple repair.
If on the other hand the dealer does admit that it was a simple clean up and bar/chain swap and carb adjustment it is a rather pricey one and I would recommend seeking a different repair person.
I do not know this dealer in the least but I have to logically give the benefit of the doubt.
Anyone in this business can tell you hundreds of stories that sound very much like this one.
As stated the Husky 50 needed a bar and chain as they were completly trashed this tells me the saw had sat for very likely a long period of time.
The mentioned need for just a "simple" carb adjustment was quite likely anything BUT simple. I myself do not use gasoline stabilizer due to the fact that if the storage time window is exceeded by much, the stablizer itself along with the old fuel mix becomes the very devil in passage clogging goo and hard green varnish.
I had one customer years ago that insisted that I was wrong and would use stabilizer in his rarely used chiansaws at his vacation home. One day dropped off a saw that was three years old and looked like it had only been used once (it had) with the complaint that it would sart but not stay running. I tried to clear the carb with cleaner through the needle holes but the carb would not respond. Upon disassembly of the carberator I found green gel with green varnish deposits from one end to the other. I called him and told him he should considr a new carb but he refused to spend the 65 dollars. It took me longer to clean the carb than the cost of the new carb and when he came to pick up the saw he SCREAMED it COULDN'T be old gas I use stayBILL!
My reply was here is your repairBILL! I cut him a break and he accused me of ripping him off.
If the dealer were questioned I could very well be he would explain that the carburetor was indeed very much plugged up and it took longer than would be expected to perform what seemed like a simple repair.
If on the other hand the dealer does admit that it was a simple clean up and bar/chain swap and carb adjustment it is a rather pricey one and I would recommend seeking a different repair person.
If he wasn't such a good guy I'da told him, but I just didn't have the heart. Ya know how that is.
