Why would someone put this in a saw

[Ax-man]

This is one of those Homelite SEZ e-bay special part saws. I bought this donor saw to help fix up a couple of local saws I bought, you know the type, will start through the carb but won't run ect, ect, blah , blah

Why would anyone put this in the reeds of the intake????? The saw also had black tape around the trigger, no doubt the saw had problems idling and running but this patch up fix takes first place over using plastic fish tank lines for fuel and oil lines and JB weld to patch holes.

When I started in on this saw I could tell someone had been in there before but I sure didn't expect to find this.

Anyone up for winter twig ID, looks like Ash

Caution, didn't resize pics, might be a little big

 

[skwerl]

I sold one of my old Echos to a buddy of mine. A week later he brought it back and said it quit while on a job. I pulled the carb and his 'help' had thrown a handful of dirt into the carb intake. A piece of mulch was stuck in the reed valve. The 'help' figured if the saw wouldn't run then they wouldn't be able to keep working.

 

[Wood Monger]

Looks like they were trying to hold the choke open to get it started. Weird.

Pete

 

[Gypo Logger]

I sold one of my old Echos to a buddy of mine. A week later he brought it back and said it quit while on a job. I pulled the carb and his 'help' had thrown a handful of dirt into the carb intake. A piece of mulch was stuck in the reed valve. The 'help' figured if the saw wouldn't run then they wouldn't be able to keep working.

Rocky, I saw a guy do that to a 5000$ log splitter so he could go home. He dumped sand in the fuel tank, but the thing kept running. What an idiot!
John

 

[Gumneck]

http://www.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?t=19464&page=2&highlight=jb+weld+pic

I must take o-fence to the JB Weld slight.

Honestly though, it looks like someone tried to compost that saw.

 

[spacemule]

I sold one of my old Echos to a buddy of mine. A week later he brought it back and said it quit while on a job. I pulled the carb and his 'help' had thrown a handful of dirt into the carb intake. A piece of mulch was stuck in the reed valve. The 'help' figured if the saw wouldn't run then they wouldn't be able to keep working.

That doesn't make any sense. They would see the dirt and obviously know who did it, and he'd be gone anyway. Why wouldn't he just walk? That's tough to believe.

 

[skwerl]

I never claimed he was bright...

 

[scotchguy]

Here in England there is a common expression: "put a spanner in the works".

This goes back to the early days of the industrial revolution ... nothing is new under the sun.

 

[rjh245]

Over the summer I do tree work for a Lawn service. Last summer there was a guy who I worked with who broke two nice Echo Model CS440-18 to get of work. He would loosen up the spark plugs and the motor would pop them out and he ran them for while. After that he would say the saw is broken and ask to go home. He did it two both saw until the boss caught him. Fired his a$$ on the spot. They were new saws as of the summer of 2005. I believe it even damaged the threads on one of the saws. The guy was like 18 and I guess did not need the job that bad.
Some people...
Rob

 

[Mr.]

Here in England there is a common expression: "put a spanner in the works".

This goes back to the early days of the industrial revolution ... nothing is new under the sun.

Why didn't I think of that, "Scotchguy" I'll have to looks and see if "Rumboy" is taken, a little less fitting, but applicable.

No offense scotchguy I just like the name.


Fred

 

[smokechase II]

There was a time that Ron had broken up crudely and she dumped beans in his Jeeps' gas tank. A little more valuable than an old homelite, but point taken. The best part was it was the third time to the shop before it got figured out.
My wife is a teacher, we live by the locking gas cap rule or we cower if fear of the Pepsi.
Why dump stuff in a saws gas tank or carb when it is so much easier to tweak the hi jet and blow up the saw? That is what everyone else does.

 

[ozflea]

Or a hand full of suger works well it buggers verything rather nicely.

Mc Bob.

 

[JohnL]

Anyone that sabotages someone elses property, they suck, big time, and should have thier ass kicked accordingly.

 

[begleytree]

I've seen that trick before. They pull the air filter and the muffler cover (or whole thing) and hold it wide open, and feed sticks through the carb. Saw spits them out like chips for a while. A few idiots I used to know thought that it was quite funny.
BTW, intentional sabotage (like there's any other kind) is a class 4 felony in Ohio.
-Ralph

 

[Ax-man]

My first thought about this saw with that tape around the trigger that the saw had a bad idle problem like an air leak. Never gave it a thought that someone could have sabotaged the saw, or thought something was plugged in there and they shoved a stick into the carb. I am going to clean-up that piston and jug and put it back together and see what happens, maybe it is a good saw after all. With my luck I'll probaly have to take it apart again and start swapping parts from another saw that I know will run.

Thanks for the stories, it will put me on my guard if I have someone I don't totally trust. Had someone almost like that, he didn't last long though.

Larry

 

[nhawlman]

That's my saw !

I'm sure that's the saw I buried behind my wood shed 2 years ago

 

[Ax-man]

I'm sure that's the saw I buried behind my wood shed 2 years ago

It's got a new home now in the part saw bin and has a few buddies to keep it company. Got it back together, the saw isn't worth the time or money it would take to get it running right. This was the last E-Z saw to try and get running out of 7 I scrounged, got 4 decent runners out of the bunch with 3 spares. The sleeper out of the bunch was that one with the that head ring type piston, lots of torque on that one, enjoyed running that one in the wood pile.

Larry