Vintage Chainsaw Collectors Lounge

[s sidewall]

You call that cruise control.

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[happysaws]

That thang runs like a hot saw. [emoji106]

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It did anyway...

Now it has no spark.
Right after I made that video, I took the clutch off (again) to try different springs (again). When I put the clutch back on, and tried to restart it, I couldn't get it to even pop.

So I pulled the spark plug. Sure enough, no spark. Tried a few different plugs (from running saws) with no luck.

Took the flywheel off, and triple checked everything. Points are gapped to .015", and they're not pitted or oily... The gap between the coil and flywheel is a snug .010".

Next I looked for a short somewhere. Nothing to be found, but just to be sure, I put shrink-wrap on all the wires.

Still no spark... So I put a different kill-switch on the 820, the "new" switch came from a saw that has spark.

Still nothing, so I tried a different condenser. No luck.

Only thing left is the coil... But the thing that I can't figure out is why would it run like a champ, then suddenly not have spark? Not only that, but I've never seen a coil go bad before..?
Any ideas?

(P.S., sorry for hijacking your thread)

 

[LonestarStihl]

That's pretty much what this thread is about [emoji51]doesn't matter if it's s vintage hotsaw or not. Kensie started it with a little spark and its grown to a family just about. Got some good guys in here who love to work on vintage saws

 

[astnmacgto]

Ummmmm sup folks

 

[s sidewall]

Check to see what the coil resistance is and coil wire.

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[s sidewall]

Something either is shorted, open or too high of resistance.

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[LonestarStihl]

Ummmmm sup folks

Yo [emoji41]

 

[astnmacgto]

Yo [emoji41]

Working til 11 in the morning

 

[s sidewall]

Almost midnight here, 6:30 comes early.

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[happysaws]

I'll mess around with it more tomorrow... 11:00 here.
[emoji42]

 

[astnmacgto]

So what sucks, is when you have a saw scheduled for delivery on Wednesday, then you get an email saying it's been moved to Thursday, then you go to bed Thursday knowing your package will be there when you get up in the afternoon, but when you get up no package.......

Then you have to go to work and still no package now I have to wait til 12 tomorrow afternoon to get it hopefully, but when I get home i gotta go straight to bed to go back to work then leave for Chicago Saturday morning right after work......

It's looking like Sunday or Monday before I'll get to open the box up.......

 

[46 Poulan]

@s sidewall glad y'all made it through with only some downed trees here and there! @46 Poulan how about you? Y'all make it ok?[/QUOTE All well here

 

[LonestarStihl]

So what sucks, is when you have a saw scheduled for delivery on Wednesday, then you get an email saying it's been moved to Thursday, then you go to bed Thursday knowing your package will be there when you get up in the afternoon, but when you get up no package.......

Then you have to go to work and still no package now I have to wait til 12 tomorrow afternoon to get it hopefully, but when I get home i gotta go straight to bed to go back to work then leave for Chicago Saturday morning right after work......

It's looking like Sunday or Monday before I'll get to open the box up.......

That does suck...I know the feeling. Had one rescheduled for the next day and I left for a 1.5 week deployment and was planning to take it with me. Had to wait til I got back actually happened a couple times [emoji19]

 

[Kensie1988]

There he is! Glad to see you came out okay!

 

[s sidewall]

That does suck...I know the feeling. Had one rescheduled for the next day and I left for a 1.5 week deployment and was planning to take it with me. Had to wait til I got back actually happened a couple times [emoji19]

They don't give y'all saws when they deploy yall, man the stinks. Make good door breachers and who would it not scare on the other side to hear a loud saw coming in after them.

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[LonestarStihl]

They don't give y'all saws when they deploy yall, man the stinks. Make good door breachers and who would it not scare on the other side to hear a loud saw coming in after them.

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I'm buying a slightly busted up 576xp for work [emoji57]

 

[astnmacgto]

And now I don't even get the weekend off...... Saturday will make day number 12 in a row

No more wedding for me

 

[happysaws]

Check to see what the coil resistance is and coil wire.

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How does one go about checking the coil's resistance?
(I have a multimeter)

 

[happysaws]

How does one go about checking the coil's resistance?
(I have a multimeter)

Figured it out...

 

[s sidewall]

Pull coil wire and measure end to end. Measure small wire terminals, measure each terminal to metal section.

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