The seller said the Chinese use crap oil in their saws - thus 25-` 1 recommendation. He said 40-1 with Amsoil or Red Armour is just fine. I am running 40-1 Red Armour.
Did you replace the whole positive battery cable, or just the (battery end) connector? I own a L3010 that had intermittent cranking issues. If I jumped from the positive terminal at the battery to the positive lug on the starter, all was well. The cable looked okay, but the connector at the...
I asked Hockfire saws about a rear handle version, and here is his reply.
V-Modest is working on a rear handle and it’s supposed to be ready in September.