Congrats! The baking trick is a nice cheap fix. I’ve heard that some people have had short lived success with that but I’ve done it a couple times and have not had any problems.
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Welcome fellow baker (fxer);
My Farmsaw has only once lost its spark, and I am probably to blame for that happening (stored on the ground under a tarp during a GTG).
It was a fair amount of time (I'm guessing over a year) that it did not run. So far (knock on wood) I've only needed to remove the moisture that one time (several years ago). I do normally store her in a garage and about 4 feet above the floor.
Good luck to you with both of your saws.
Wishes for good health and happiness to all ArboristSiters.
Lou
My Farmsaw has only once lost its spark, and I am probably to blame for that happening (stored on the ground under a tarp during a GTG).
It was a fair amount of time (I'm guessing over a year) that it did not run. So far (knock on wood) I've only needed to remove the moisture that one time (several years ago). I do normally store her in a garage and about 4 feet above the floor.
Good luck to you with both of your saws.
Wishes for good health and happiness to all ArboristSiters.
Lou
Busted out a Pioneer log splitter today.
Welcome a board, they do multiply.
650 rebuilt, fired up and now retired.
Speaking of pioneer chainsaws kijiji has some interesting big ones today. A iel at Niagara falls all there not running 150 orb.o. and at Sundridge a p45 and p52 wanting 350 each and are running and working. They are appearing every were this week. Allan
It's a 22 inch
I’ve acquired a P41S a couple of months ago. I did the basic stuff to it. Overall cleaning.
Fuel lines, filter carb kit. Replaced the cracked reed block. New chain, bar, rim.
Ive run it a couple of times. Starts nice and idles great.
Seens to run really rich. Four stroked like crazy!
It’s had I believe the original Tillotson HS 147 on it.
Does this have a governor? Can they get stuck? Anytime I have to close the hi needle down to 3/4 to 1/3 I get a bit nervous. As a matter of fact I’ve never had to to run a hi jet like that.
Am I missing something? Possibly the inlet is set a bit high....
Fuel lines, filter carb kit. Replaced the cracked reed block. New chain, bar, rim.
Ive run it a couple of times. Starts nice and idles great.
Seens to run really rich. Four stroked like crazy!
It’s had I believe the original Tillotson HS 147 on it.
Does this have a governor? Can they get stuck? Anytime I have to close the hi needle down to 3/4 to 1/3 I get a bit nervous. As a matter of fact I’ve never had to to run a hi jet like that.
Am I missing something? Possibly the inlet is set a bit high....
That brass, slot head plug right by the choke lever is the governor.
I thought that was the governor. It’s a ball in there or something right? How can you check them? Simply unscrew it and clean it ?
There's a spring and ball in the brass plug. When the vibrations get to a certain point which would indicate over speeding, the ball rattles enough to open the governor and dump fuel supplied by a hole in the metering chamber into the main jet.
I've never had one that failed but some guys block them off. They are inserted with something like red loctite so they are difficult to remove. It's best to remove the choke shaft (watch the ball and spring in there don't get away from you) so you can get a proper sized screwdriver on it. You can make a plug out of a piece of pop or beer can by punching out a piece using a paper hole punch, drop it in the hole and put the governor back in
The other way you can block it temporarily is to block the hole where the fuel for the governor comes from. It's under the metering cover beside the metering needle.
You could use a piece of the appropriate sized "O" ring
While your in the the metering side, do check the height of the metering needle lever and make sure the spring is seated properly. It would be best to do that first before you start messing with the governor.
I’ll take a look at the inlet lever. You would think it would flood out at idle if I set it too high, but something is wrong.
I don’t want to remove it. Seems like a good fail safe. I m pretty sure I have a number of Homelite saws with Tillotson carb with a governor and none act like this. Now that I think of it the Farmsaws that I have must run the same carburetor and they are all set at around s one full turn on the hi...
I don’t want to remove it. Seems like a good fail safe. I m pretty sure I have a number of Homelite saws with Tillotson carb with a governor and none act like this. Now that I think of it the Farmsaws that I have must run the same carburetor and they are all set at around s one full turn on the hi...
I am getting ready to go get a 650 about 100 miles away. The owner says it runs with gas sprayed in carb. Hasn,t been run for 10 years . All there but clutch cover has been welded. I,m excited. Will have pictures later if I can figure how to do it. I,m not very computer savvy Allan
3 pictures of the 650 I picked up today and one of farmsaw I got last month.Will work on 650 this winter. had it running but not well. Needs work on fuel system. The farmsaw is one of the later ones with a brake. My 1980 one I bought new has no brake. Notice the weld in clutch cover of 650.
Restoring an RA, 2 saws both are pretty good, might get 2 runners only one will be painted and retired as close to original as I can. Should be ready to paint one tomorrow.
I like RA`s,
Great picture! Thasts a sweet looking saw
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A P45 is a fine saw.
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