Homelite super EZ caved in all at once.
Feb 26, 2021 11:46:52 GMT -5
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Post by okie on Feb 26, 2021 11:46:52 GMT -5
EZ chainsaw was running and starting really good and I had some rebuilt Walbro HDC carbs to test run.
Was warming up the saw before swapping carbs and all at once spit sputter and wanting to die unless lots of throttling up down.
After dying would just sputter when cranking.
Sounded like ignition issue by ear?
Had a atom chip (points condenser replacement) so I drilled a hole in the bottom installed the chip as a temporary test run to see if points/condenser was ok and saw ran great.
Pulled flywheel and all the screws under the flywheel were loose including the condenser mounting screw and the points box screws both inside the points box and outside the points box and the 3 block screws.
Applied blue thread lock to the 3 block screws adjusted the points tightened all down and back in business. These saws really do vibrate but this is first one I've seen with all the screws loose under the flywheel. I do not trust the Atom chips for long term use but it was a good for a quick sub test of the points and condenser.
Flaming out and caving in turned out to be a good thing. The screws under the flywheel would have eventually got into the flywheel underneath and ripped all to pieces.
Now back to testing carbs.
Was warming up the saw before swapping carbs and all at once spit sputter and wanting to die unless lots of throttling up down.
After dying would just sputter when cranking.
Sounded like ignition issue by ear?
Had a atom chip (points condenser replacement) so I drilled a hole in the bottom installed the chip as a temporary test run to see if points/condenser was ok and saw ran great.
Pulled flywheel and all the screws under the flywheel were loose including the condenser mounting screw and the points box screws both inside the points box and outside the points box and the 3 block screws.
Applied blue thread lock to the 3 block screws adjusted the points tightened all down and back in business. These saws really do vibrate but this is first one I've seen with all the screws loose under the flywheel. I do not trust the Atom chips for long term use but it was a good for a quick sub test of the points and condenser.
Flaming out and caving in turned out to be a good thing. The screws under the flywheel would have eventually got into the flywheel underneath and ripped all to pieces.
Now back to testing carbs.
