I doubt that saw Bob shows here would shut off with the switch, assuming you got it started. You would have to choke it off. That's similar to what I ran into recently with a Husqvarna 261. The gobs of grime all over the coil connection to the kill wire disengaged the switch completely. Then there were the mud dauber nests and bugs crawling around about everywhere. I set aside all the junk that I dug out and weighed it before throwing it away: 1/4 lb. Yes, it was a whopper.
In an earlier thread the general consensus was not to clean your saws, or take any measures to keep the saw clean. After all it is only done to make a new owner happy if one was to ever sell their saw.
Or was it all the saw manufactures fault, of which they should be ashamed of themselves for not creating a self cleaning saw. Why should anybody be troubled to clean Their equipment???
BTW, I have a new reply in the over subscribed to thread --> https://www.arboristsite.com/threads/stihl-should-be-ashamed-of-themselves.357516/
Saws with junk built up all over the place will sometimes start and run, but then they cannot be shut off by the switch. Choke until off is the only solution or let them run out of fuel.Kill switch was a no-go from the get-go, as it was still connected to the coil, but off the switch at the other end- anyone got a spare cover for the case corner of a 2094?
Saw started and ran well- maybe it wont once the grime is removed!
In all seriousness though, saws filled with that much gunk between cylinder fins, around flywheels and coils have a much shorter working period until breakdown compare to a saw that occasionally has the covers removed and crud blown out with compressed air.
I seen one that had no spark till I cleaned the coil area.
That is exactly what causes the kill wire from the coil leding to the on/off switch to become meaningless, even though the switch works as it should.
