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08-29-2011 03:53 AM |
Got me a brand new chainsaw, but damned if I can get the thing to run. After about 5 attempts and 100 pulls, I got the thing to run for about a minute. -- I'm not as good as I once was, but I'm as good once as I ever was. |
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#1 posted 08-29-2011 06:33 AM |
Apparently the solution is to talk smack about it, as right after I posted this it started up and ran like a champ. :P -- I'm not as good as I once was, but I'm as good once as I ever was. |
#2 posted 08-29-2011 08:55 PM |
I have a couple of Husky’s and both like to be fully choked, a few pulls till it fires, then open or take the choke almost off, and then they fire and run on one more pull. Then open the choke and cut. |
#3 posted 08-30-2011 01:43 AM |
A good kick can go a long way to. |
#4 posted 08-30-2011 03:48 AM |
What elevation do you live in? I live practically at sea level and every thing I bought with a small two stroke is tuned too rich for sea level and it only gets worse from there as the elevation goes up. Sometimes bumping up the idle speed helps with starting too. There should be something in your manual about carb adjustment. |
#5 posted 08-30-2011 09:43 PM |
I am at sea level, I’ll try leaning out the mix. -- I'm not as good as I once was, but I'm as good once as I ever was. |
#6 posted 08-30-2011 10:01 PM |
Ive got a Stihl that only likes to be choked for the first pull, then half choke until it starts. For some reason it floods very easy. -- Its not a crack, its a casting imperfection. |
#7 posted 08-30-2011 10:19 PM |
I have a can of starting fluid and a spark plug wrench near mine (I don’t use it enough anymore to keep the engine starting easy – when I was running it everyday it would start in 1-2 pulls). Just a quick squirt of fluid into the plug hole….put back the plug and boom…starts right off. I have the Husqvarna 41, about 15 years old and it has always been tough to start – runs great…but you almost had to snap your arm off starting the thing. -- Woodworking.....My small slice of heaven! |
#8 posted 08-30-2011 10:31 PM |
My Husky…. -- Rustfever, Central California |
#9 posted 08-30-2011 11:47 PM |
Take the saw to a dealer to adjust the carb lol, really it should be adjusted for summer or winter use too. By adjustment i mean 1/8 of a turn each time (not an 1/8 of an inch). |
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