Some parts are made in Brazil.
No more Dolmar?
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Some parts are made in Brazil.
My friend's Dolmar 510 is a Chinese saw. I know Dolmar has always had a terrible distributorship as far as dealers. All the ones I ever used were very fine saws if you could find where to buy them. Seems to add insult to injury when dealers, such as where my friends saw was bought, to take such a cavalier attitude about what it sells.
I used every trick in my book to get his saw started. It's lacking spark. As the plug tested out fine on another saw, I told him it could be ignition related and should be covered. Dealer is blaming his starting techniques and poor gas quality that ruined the saw. I told him to see if there was a new ignition module available and bite the bullet and just buy it. He's fighting this advice on principle. In the meantime, he's got a relatively new Dolmar 510 that has changed its duties from cutting wood to being a paper weight.
I used every trick in my book to get his saw started. It's lacking spark. As the plug tested out fine on another saw, I told him it could be ignition related and should be covered. Dealer is blaming his starting techniques and poor gas quality that ruined the saw. I told him to see if there was a new ignition module available and bite the bullet and just buy it. He's fighting this advice on principle. In the meantime, he's got a relatively new Dolmar 510 that has changed its duties from cutting wood to being a paper weight.
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Just a thought, but just in case it's fuel-related and not spark related, it could be that the choke lever isn't working properly. Forget the choke lever during startup and try to start it while holding the trigger down to get fuel into the carb. I have actually had this happen a couple of times where I'm trying to start it and it just won't turn over. That's when I realized that sometimes the choke lever doesn't seem to bring fuel to the carb properly.