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[Kensie1988]

So I made a flub, I ordered a oil line tube and cap like the ones the 925s have to put in my 700 and went to put it in and it wouldn't go in so I looked and the hole hadn't even been threaded or tapped, so now I have a spare haha

 

[Kensie1988]

So I put the carb back together and it didn't work, it wont run at all now, if I turn the saw straight up fuel comes pouring out of the carburetor

 

[Boomer 87]

I don't guess you have another carb you could slap on it just to check. Are you gettin good blue spark from the plug

 

[Kensie1988]

Yea, I've checked the spark before and it worked just fine, but it just doesn't seem right that when I tilted the saw strait up 1/4 of the carb housing filled with fuel in a matter of seconds

 

[Boomer 87]

Somethings definately wrong im gonna have to ponder on your situation awhile

 

[Boomer 87]

It sounds like somethings holding the needle open like it wont seat itself. Something pushing the lever down and holding it there, is the lever return spring present, when the carbs apart, if you lightly press the lever down with a screwdriver the spring should immediately reseat the needle

 

[Kensie1988]

It sounds like somethings holding the needle open like it wont seat itself. Something pushing the lever down and holding it there, is the lever return spring present, when the carbs apart, if you lightly press the lever down with a screwdriver the spring should immediately reseat the needle

When I was putting it back together I was having trouble getting the lever to stay flush, when I push down on it, it would sometimes want to get stuck. But when I got the new lever, needle, and seat in I tested it and it seemed to work, but previous it would want to get stuck when the lever was depressed further than just a few millimeters

 

[Boomer 87]

If im thinking right fuel has no other path except through the needle and seat somethings holding it open, its gotta be to get that much raw gas. After you pull it a few times is the sparkplug wet when removed

 

[Kensie1988]

I didn't check after it flooded out of the carburetor like that, I set it aside because I was getting a little frustrated, I have pulled it before and checked and it wasn't a problem previously, but me changing out the needle and seat may have created a new problem.

 

[Boomer 87]

Sometimes on the generic rebuild kits the parts arent perfect. Ive had needles not be the right length before, man if you had a short needle fuel is gonna run non stop.

 

[astnmacgto]

This was today's project all day, the cart that I used had an old alignment machine on it, I stripped it down and drilled and bolted down the 2x6s to give it a good base and set up the breaker and spinner after that, I sorted through all the tie straps, drivers, and cutters and put them in an organizer. I think it came out pretty good.

 

[Kensie1988]

I will have to go back in and look, did you just buy another kit?

 

[Boomer 87]

I wound up reusing my old needle and seat bc the parts were wrong.

 

[Boomer 87]

I wonder if the needle was stuck the first time and the parts you replaced maybe were incorrect i hate to say this but you might remove the needle and seat and compare very closely to the original.

 

[Kensie1988]

I will get back on it after I have had time to cool down. I pulled the carb on my Dayton and put all new soft parts back in. Now I have to put it back together. Hopefully it will run right now, and I didn't just mess that one up to lol.

 

[Boomer 87]

Good luck, they can be frustrating for sure but when you get em right and there singing a nice tune its worth all the anger.

 

[Kensie1988]

I have no doubt, I just have to be patient

 

[Boomer 87]

Although when i was fighting with my stihl 041, i wasnt super mad when it blew up bc i was so tired of fighting it lol.

 

[Kensie1988]

I think I may know what the problem is, the brass washer that goes beneath the needle seat was missing, I also didn't know what it was for so I didn't but it in.

 

[Kensie1988]

This was today's project all day, the cart that I used had an old alignment machine on it, I stripped it down and drilled and bolted down the 2x6s to give it a good base and set up the breaker and spinner after that, I sorted through all the tie straps, drivers, and cutters and put them in an organizer. I think it came out pretty good.
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Very nice! And Clean! Looks like a good spot to make some chains though.