Newbie to the site. My father-in-law was given an 045 super that had been in a flood, he took most of it apart and cleaned it and then lost interest. So here is where I come in. I had been thinking of purchasing a chainsaw to clear some trees off of some property that I recently bought. So when he asked me if I wanted it, I jumped. I was raised on a farm and had cut fire wood, but I'm not a timber man and have no chainsaw rebuild experience. But being farmed raised, you need to jump in and repair things when they break, so not new to wrenching and figuring it out. I've been told that the 045 is a later model, it has a SEM ignition system. So here is what I've done so far: Took the jug off, cleaned and re-honed, washed out and cleaned crank case, install new Carber piston rings and upper rod bearing, replace crank seal on flywheel side, replaced ignition due to damage to the original, cleaned fuel tank, replaced fuel pick up filter, replaced impulse hose, put a pressure / vacuum test on the crankcase and cylinder, rebuilt carburetor and new spark plug. It's got good blue spark and it will fire for about 3 to 5 seconds and than back fires and blows the muffler apart. I've noticed that there is excessive gas at the back of the carburetor, in the cylinder and the exhaust port. So I've been adjusting diaphragm control arm to try and correct the gas flooding issue with no success. Also, don't know a lot about magnetos, but do all four magnets on the fly wheel need to have a charge, only two on one side are magnetic?
Does anyone have any ideas on going forward to get this cool old saw running? I couldn't wait on myself to finish this rebuild, so I could cut my trees on the new property, so bought a 064 from a friend that he just rebuilt.
Does anyone have any ideas on going forward to get this cool old saw running? I couldn't wait on myself to finish this rebuild, so I could cut my trees on the new property, so bought a 064 from a friend that he just rebuilt.
