Vintage Chainsaw Collectors Lounge

[s sidewall]

Have you been completely through the carb?

Steve

 

[s sidewall]

Rubber or solid inlet needle valve?

Steve

 

[happysaws]

Have you been completely through the carb?

Steve

No I haven't, just ordered the kit for it, and I don't like to get into the carb before I have the kit to rebuild it, or else parts get lost LOL

 

[s sidewall]

Baby food jars, good storage containers. Plus you can leave the main part of the carb soaking in some cleaning solution.

Steve

 

[Mac&Homelite]

Got almost the same symptoms with my Mac 250 saw is nearly new internally so I know use is not the problem. Thinking the main valve is to blame. Will work on it sometime this break and hopefully get it straightened out.

 

[happysaws]

Baby food jars, good storage containers. Plus you can leave the main part of the carb soaking in some cleaning solution.

Steve

Sounds like a good idea! But, what would I do with the food?

 

[s sidewall]

Folks next door got a cat, oh wait, give it to the dog.

Steve

 

[brandonstc6]

I got this kit on the way, does the black diaphragm go on top of the brown one or do I choose 1 to use? Thanks

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[Boomer 87]

Use the brown if you use ethanol fuel I use the black but I rull 100ll. Don't use both one or the other

 

[Boomer 87]

I like the black bc it's alittle softer, bit like I said it's less impervious to ethanol

 

[brandonstc6]

I like the black bc it's alittle softer, bit like I said it's less impervious to ethanol

Thanks


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[Mac&Homelite]

Back from school late last night now. Got to work on some saws a little bit today which was by far the best part of my bday, besides spending some time with the family of course. Got a pull cord on my new Homelite 350 and my jb weld repair seems to have held on the pulley cup. That saw seems to have very good compression. Got a new carb boot for it also, so I think will tear that down and clean it up and install the boot tomorrow afternoon. Then on to the problematic ms361 if I get some time. Also got one of the new stihl tachs and I am really impressed with it so far. Not the price so much, but oh well.

 

[s sidewall]

Brown, put the black one up unless you use etho free fuel.

Steve

 

[LonestarStihl]

Back from school late last night now. Got to work on some saws a little bit today which was by far the best part of my bday, besides spending some time with the family of course. Got a pull cord on my new Homelite 350 and my jb weld repair seems to have held on the pulley cup. That saw seems to have very good compression. Got a new carb boot for it also, so I think will tear that down and clean it up and install the boot tomorrow afternoon. Then on to the problematic ms361 if I get some time. Also got one of the new stihl tachs and I am really impressed with it so far. Not the price so much, but oh well.

What tach did you get? I think I have the edt-9 and its great. It was the cheaper.

 

[Mac&Homelite]

What tach did you get? I think I have the edt-9 and its great. It was the cheaper.

That's what I got too. Think it was $89 or so. Very quick response and small, much better than the import tach I got earlier.

 

[Kensie1988]

Got this little guy up and running

 

[Mac&Homelite]

Well I almost got my new to me Homelite 350 running again. Tore it mostly down and cleaned it up to replace the carb boot. Got it all put back together and broke the starter pulley again giving it a pull. Needs a couple other minor parts, but should run again easily. It was kinda fun to see all the design differences between this 350 and grandpa's 350 which was a couple years older during the teardown.

 

[s sidewall]

That Jred makes that vice look tiny.

 

[Kensie1988]

That Jred makes that vice look tiny.

Thats because that vice is tiny lol

 

[Mac&Homelite]

@brandonstc6 We want to see that new mac you got! The picture on the Mac sticky isn't very representative.