MurraysMutts
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We even tried starting fluid. Any tips?
Chainsaw wont start!
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Springfieldsimm
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Put it back together, ours generally run better that way 
wbvs58
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I hope you took lots of photos pulling it apart. Did you check for mud wasps in the muffler?
Ken
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isn't that the nature of chainsaws?
Dave
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It will never start in that condition. And secondly it is just the wrong brand of saw.
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Silver
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Out of gas
Travlr
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A friend of mine came over to cut wood. He liked McCullochs and brought two of them, and I had a Homelite. We started them all in the driveway to be sure everything was working and headed to the woods. About a quarter of a mile away and a hundred feet higher in elevation neither of his saws would start. So we came back to the house and they started right up, first pull. Back to the woods and neither would start. Again at the house, and both Macs would fire right up. Back again to the woods and... yup... no start. We filled his p'up with wood using the Homelite and I never let him live it down. Darndest thing I've ever seen. Didn't learn any new words but he was sure throwing colorful language around.
Mrcopier
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Mine doesn't look anything like that one.
WFfarm
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I had a good friend working for me on a log fence contract years ago. His job was falling and bucking into 16 foot lengths, my job was skidding with a horse. When we had 25 to 30 panels skidded we would set up the logs.
His Homelite wouldn't start one day after fueling. A bit of rage took over and when the snow settled he was hanging onto the bar. Red and silver pieces everywhere.
Next day he had a brand new saw on the job.
His Homelite wouldn't start one day after fueling. A bit of rage took over and when the snow settled he was hanging onto the bar. Red and silver pieces everywhere.
Next day he had a brand new saw on the job.
Dave
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When a saw won't start the first thing to do is check for spark. In this case wash all the parts with gas. Don't worry if there is a puddle of gas under the parts. Then see if you can get a spark.
I was falling timber on Afognak Island which is just north of Kodiak. I had a 125 Mac which is a large box of rocks with a saw bar. It was about 0 degrees. The saw wouldn't start. The worse part is it would kick back jerking the starter rope out of my hand. After about 30 times of this my hand and fingers were shot. I dropped the heavy thing on the ground and kicked it. Now along with having a very sore left hand it felt like I had broken toes on my right foot. The next day I had a Stihl on the job.
It is really the pits when a grown man has to pull a starter rope on something to make a living.
I had a good friend working for me on a log fence contract years ago. His job was falling and bucking into 16 foot lengths, my job was skidding with a horse. When we had 25 to 30 panels skidded we would set up the logs.
His Homelite wouldn't start one day after fueling. A bit of rage took over and when the snow settled he was hanging onto the bar. Red and silver pieces everywhere.
Next day he had a brand new saw on the job.
I was falling timber on Afognak Island which is just north of Kodiak. I had a 125 Mac which is a large box of rocks with a saw bar. It was about 0 degrees. The saw wouldn't start. The worse part is it would kick back jerking the starter rope out of my hand. After about 30 times of this my hand and fingers were shot. I dropped the heavy thing on the ground and kicked it. Now along with having a very sore left hand it felt like I had broken toes on my right foot. The next day I had a Stihl on the job.
It is really the pits when a grown man has to pull a starter rope on something to make a living.
Get some Yamabond 4 and put the saw back together. The piston looks good. Pretty easy to put back together but can get a little tricky on the intake pieces. Buy a new OEM carburetor and it will be ready to go. The main thing is make sure no air leaks as a pressure/vacuum test is always good to do. A lot of those smaller Husqvarna chainsaw are orange Poulans, but that one does have the good oil/crank seals.
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MurraysMutts
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Appreciate the advice. Thought u might get a kick out of the picture.
Story was, its about 3 years old. He used it after purchase for about 3 hours. Been sitting ever since. Wouldn't start on starting fluid or anything. Did have good spark tho!
Compression test showed less than 30lbs
He decided to take it apart and see if he could find anything. Was quite amusing to me watching him do it! Once apart, he politely threw all the parts and pieces in the trash can.
Crazy thing to me...
This thing has some odd plastic looking pieces that are/were part of the cylinder. On either side, marked left and right. They are in the second pic...
In fairly confident I could've put it back together had he not "disassembled" the crankshaft.
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MurraysMutts
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I have an older Mac that was my grandfather's. Pulling that thing is a chore. To me it always seemed like a "MAN'S" saw. When she would fire, she was a beast for sure!!
And when it pulled that rope outta your hand she was a b#$&h for sure!
CowboyRam
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We are still using the Homelite dad bought back in the late 70's.
@MurraysMutts the way my lucks seems to be going I would ended up with spare parts.
@MurraysMutts the way my lucks seems to be going I would ended up with spare parts.
I have a friend that business is small motors. He told me that the reason you're weed eaters and lawn mowers and chainsaws don't work after sitting. It's because of all the bad gasoline. He said that most of the carburetors now are made out of plastic, or have a lot of plastic parts in them, so you can't rebuild the carburetor you just throw it away and buy a new one. He says almost every failure is because of the carburetor getting gummed up from bad gas.
It seemed, like every couple of years I was replacing weed eaters or some small motor.
He told me if I burned synthetic fuel in it from the day that I buy it that they'll start first or second pull every time.
That was about seven years ago. And he was right !!!
I have not had one issue with any small motor since I started burning synthetic. Even my chainsaw starts on the first or second pull.
It's expensive, but it's better than buying a new weed eater, blower, etc every two years.
It seemed, like every couple of years I was replacing weed eaters or some small motor.
He told me if I burned synthetic fuel in it from the day that I buy it that they'll start first or second pull every time.
That was about seven years ago. And he was right !!!
I have not had one issue with any small motor since I started burning synthetic. Even my chainsaw starts on the first or second pull.
It's expensive, but it's better than buying a new weed eater, blower, etc every two years.
SBMF 2015
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I'm having the same experience. When I bought my last saw the salesman told me to use Stihl synthetic two cycle oil and premium gas. Always starts and runs great.
Travlr
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I've got a cheap lawnmower that I intended to beat to death when I first bought the SD ranch and needed to clean it up in 2006 and the damn thing won't die. I leave cheap gas in it over the winter and I've changed the oil three times, and it fires right up every spring with one or two pulls.
