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[buzz sawyer]

First time I've worked with a Schnacke starter. The flywheel nut has teeth and the starter pulley has matching teeth that extend and engage theJust flywheel nut when you pull the rope. The trick was to add a spacer between the flywheel and nut so the axle threads were below the teeth. The teeth on the original starter were chewed up a little so I believe it was not set up correctly. Luckily, the part on the second saw was good so I changed it over but found it extended in too far and was hitting the flywheel nut teeth. I then had to make a spacer to move the starter outward and keep the teeth clear of the flywheel nut until the rope is pulled. All came out well and I have spark now. I went ahead and put the tank and rear cone on for pics. I still need to double check everything before adding fuel and attempting to start and I don't know what to expect with the pressurized fuel tank. Still looking for an operator's manual. Here are pics.
Edit - just realized I didn't post any "before" pics. Here they are. I didn't know if the red stripes were factory or not but thought they looked cool, so I added them.

Just realized I said "axle threads" when I meant Crank threads.

 

[buzz sawyer]

Wow that saw looks amazing! Can't wait to hear it fire up!

Hopefully this week.

 

[buzz sawyer]

I put a shot of fuel in the sparkplug hole to see if it would pop - and it did. I put about 5oz. of mix in the tank and took it outside to give it a try, here is the video. It was a little rich at first so I leaned the idle mix down and tried again. Sounds like the high end is about right. I still need to work on idle speed setting and mix. I may not try a cut - don't want to put any strain on the belt than necessary. I do have another bar and chain I will put on if I try a cut.

 

[heimannm]

Very nice Buzz. I bet you can hear that saw while you are sleeping...

Mark

 

[buzz sawyer]

Very nice Buzz. I bet you can hear that saw while you are sleeping...

Mark

Not sure about hearing it but I worked on it in my dreams more than once.

 

[Piotr Pakuła]

Solo 650AV
There was a piece of fuel line and there was a broken thread on the carburettor mount. I still had to look at the ignition guide and make the first cut :-D

 

[Brufab]

Yeah no argument that it's a Lombard, I'm just pointing out what looks like some strong similarities! I'd say certainly design influence was going on.

Alot of similarities to a Remington pl5. It's Iike 1 guy designed all the saws for remington, homelite, Lombard

 

[Brufab]

I heard from a member that a homelite guy went to remington or vice versa

 

[TRTermite]

I heard from a member that a homelite guy went to remington or vice versa

?Brothers? or something different. Ken guy out of Kansas told me quite a bit but my memory once again fails me or compounds other stories into others etc...

 

[Brufab]

Yea the story I heard I think was the company pist the guy off and he switched companies. I think some homelite and remington parts are interchangeable. Might of been Heimannm who I heard it from in a thread a month or so ago.

 

[heimannm]

Not me...might be 67L36 driver, he works on quite a few of the Homelite/Remington and related models.

Mark

 

[old 040]

I'm currently resurrecting another vintage Stihl 031av, while doing some random searching on the net I came across this image of one, owned at the time by an Aussie. It's the first 031 I've seen shown as being a "FarmBoss", seams odd being that the 041av was still in production and as I remember was the model referred to as the FarmBoss. Guessing the Aussie version 031's were called the FarmBoss in that time period, but not sure what the 041av would been dubbed in the down under.....

 

[cdahl383]

This appears to be the place to post about vintage saws. Here's a few I've recently picked up. I've brought a few back to life again and some are still in the works.

- Poulan S25DA
- Poulan 3400 Counter-vibe
- Craftsman 3.7 Power Sharp
- Pioneer 620

The Poulan S25DA needed new fuel lines and fuel filter, new plug, and a carb kit. Came back to life and runs great!

The Poulan 3400 needed new fuel lines, new vent line, new o-ring for fuel cap, and a carb kit. This one came back to life too.

The Craftsman 3.7 just needed a carb kit. I cleaned the air filter and tossed in a new spark plug. It was just really flooded bad when I got it. This one is back to being functional now as well.

The last one I picked up was a Pioneer 620. I just thought it was cool, so I thought I'd see if I could get it running again. It has spark and 150psi compression. The fuel line looks pretty sad, the fuel filter fell apart, and the carb likely needs to be cleaned/rebuilt. Ordered a carb kit for it. Just waiting on that now. Hoping to get it running later this month.

I can see this is a highly addictive hobby. Fortunately, it's not all that expensive. Most of these saws I only paid $35 for with the exception of the big Pioneer that I paid $75. I think my favorite part is finding them, trying to get a decent deal on them, and then bringing them back to life. It's always cool when something has sat around forever and then you're able to bring it back to life again.