Just another junk chainsaw

[yomax4]

I had a little green Poulan like that one. It had a built in chain sharpener. kind of a little screamer.. No chain brake so I let it go..

 

[xyz123]

My eye sight is pretty poor, but i'll take a stab at it, as it looks like the fuel filter hose has a screw in the end. If so, how could that happen??

Thats a redneck tank vent some use. But he put the fuel filter on tank vent line too.

Early on stihl used grub screws for tank vent. Same idea.

Where folks screw up they are suppose to be pushed in notscrewed in. Then it cuts into the line and seals off sometimes.

 

[xyz123]

Had some time to go through and put new lines in my own trim saw. Echo oem line in it too now. Check valve for oiler still working since bought new in 1994.
Only thing saw ever needed was a coils early in life.

I added a front handle AV to it. The red one is a back up AV from another saw that gave me the idea.

 

[xyz123]

Old school saw. Tuning and checking over for local.

 

[kenmbz]

Wow, that air filter is huge.

 

[Skeans1]

On my echo CS-490 with a 20" chain, I keep getting the nose freezing up and stopping the chain.
Seems to be using plenty of oil and nose gear is greased.
Have this on two bars. using good/same bar oil I always use.
Bucking dead ash. It's a pain when halfway through a 15" or so branch and chain stops.

Any ideas what I should look for. One bar is new, only a few hours and never pinched.

Don’t grease the tips other then new it will trash the sprocket bearing in a hurry unless you actually flush all the said grease/grit out of the tips sprocket bearing.

 

[xyz123]

Wow, that air filter is huge.

One he ran on his woods ported 3120 with H side carb and unlimited coil.

I enjoy working on and testing this locals saws out.

 

[xyz123]

I personally dislike spring assist starters aka a weak link. This body builder owner had no clue it was even on his saw. He sure dont need it.
Going to talk to him about going to standard recoil cover and pulley. About the same dang cost of replacing the spring assist parts.

 

[xyz123]

Poulan 8500 full wrap handle. Has the 8500 grip style. Can be used on the 5200 5400 etc. from what I recall when I had the NOS full wrap ones. Just the type grips used was different between the 3.

Also picked on a 310 handle to hopefully talk the local into fixing the redneck repaired one soon.

 

[xyz123]

1958-62 bought new by guys dad.

Running some new lines and had fun removing the part in tank to be able to remove all of old.


77cc I think

 

[MossRoad]

Pretty cool. What year is that?

 

[xyz123]

Made from 1958-62 I think I put in first post.

Yep years made.

 

[kenmbz]

That is is one hunk of metal. Like the gas and oil tank style.

 

[goeduck]

I love the sound of those old homies.

 

[xyz123]

From a working on stand point I do not care for the old homies myself. One of the many reasons I bought and sold this 115cc homie same day recently.

Guy i know in my chainsaw repair group wanted it and likes the older stuff.

 

[xyz123]

Bought new in 1990 by still same owner. Only been serviced twice and both by me since new. He guesses only 50-100 hrs light homeowner use.


Updated from that single pawl and spring bs to double pawls and spring this time. Also added the stihl 460 rescue handle to it to make easier on him to get started.
Same thing I did for my dad as he got older on the D handle. Bought him a few more years of starting his own saw.

 

[yomax4]

I have one identical. Very nice saw.

 

[Jstpssng]

Back when it was made that old Homelite was state of the art.

 

[Oaktree]

I had a little green Poulan like that one. It had a built in chain sharpener. kind of a little screamer.. No chain brake so I let it go..

Do those chain sharpeners actually work? I had a saw maybe 40 years ago with one and it didn't do squat...never really made it very sharp, and it "sharpened" lopsided so the saw cut on an arc. Think it needed a special chain too. Yanked that assembly right off and got a normal chain.

 

[yomax4]

Do those chain sharpeners actually work? I had a saw maybe 40 years ago with one and it didn't do squat...never really made it very sharp, and it "sharpened" lopsided so the saw cut on an arc. Think it needed a special chain too. Yanked that assembly right off and got a normal chain.

I realy couldn't tell other than some sparks when you pushed the sharpen knob. The whole thing was a joke in my experience. The saw was surprising.