Timberman 45

Hexan · Oct 15, 2004

A friend of mine gave me a barely used homelite timberman 45cc and the saw starts just fine, accelerates pretty good, but when you squeeze the throttle all the way it dies out.

I tried adjusting the carb but could only work the low end out. The limiters on the carb screws were cut out, so theres no way for me to set the factory settings again. Any sugestions as to why it dies out when it has a wide open throttle.

I'm no pro carb adjuster, but It sounds to me like its not getting enough fuel on Hi, so I tried richening it a bit and then a lot (gave it like 3 turns of the screw)....

Hexan · Oct 15, 2004

Are they any good

Also, has anyone here tried these timberman 45's. Are they any good. I know older homelites were pretty good saws, but have also heard that theese new ones are cr@p. Any experience with theese..?

Lawn Masters · Oct 15, 2004

IMHO, the newer homelites are junk, the older ones with the alll magnesium crankcases were quality.

on the more modern ones I can point out a few things I dont like much, fixed output oilers, lasck of displacment, lack of quality, and the overall fact that they just aint as good as they used to be.

Hexan · Oct 15, 2004

Problem Solved

Problem solved
Checked out the carb adjustment screws, and it turns out that the crappy little plastic screw covers that they put on the real metal adjustment screws were slipping. So no matter if I turned it 50 times towards "rich" or "lean" the actual adjustment screw didn't turn at all.
I ripped off those little covers and wala...now she runs like new. I did a couple of test cuts on some 12x18 mahogany I had left over from my last job and: oh well... Not impressive at all, even though it's a 45cc motor, wich is quite small for a 18" bar. It looks like the compression ratio is not too agressive or something but hey; it was free and after I tore it down and cleaned it up, it looks brand new, not a scratch on it.

Guess she could be: "the loaner"