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Post by edju1958 on Jul 17, 2020 21:10:50 GMT -5
About a yr.ago I bought an SEZ that has a stripped out plug hole.I'd put the saw aside till I figured out what I was going to do with it.I've been looking for this saw now off & on for the past few months.Today while looking for another saw I found the SEZ.Isn't that the way it usually goes?Anyway,I've got 2 possibilities,I can use the insert that I bought for it & see how that works,or I can remove the cylinder & replace it with a good one.Obviously the first option is the easiest & I'm going with that option.I can always do option #2 if option #1 doesn't work.The saw fires on a prime right now,so I don't think I'll have to mess around with the points & condenser immediately.I do need to put a new fuel line in it & that'll be the first thing I do tomorrow.The 2nd thing will be to see if the carb will draw fuel on it's own.This could be an easy fix all the way around,or it can turn into a nightmare very quickly. I also found another SEZ with electronic ignition module.I'll test that tomorrow too to see if it's any good.If it is then I'll have another SEZ to try to revive.
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Post by edju1958 on Jul 18, 2020 22:18:40 GMT -5
Today was just not my day.I checked the electronic module & it was dead.I didn't really expect it to be good,so not too disappointing. The SEZ with the stripped out plug hole needed a new fuel line & filter,so I installed them.Next thing I did was put fuel in the tank & gave about ten pulls & it fired up.I couldn't believe my good luck,I didn't have to pull the carb.The next thing I knew I was looking at a sizeable puddle of fuel on the floor.The damn tank has a leak! I can RedKote the tank & see if that stops it,or I can literally tear the entire saw apart to change out the fuel tank.The latter is a giant PITA & takes quite a bit of time & I'd have to cut a new gasket. To top things off I was looking for another saw & finally found it too.(not a Homelite,sorry).I put fuel in it & got it running nicely.I was putting the final touches on the carb tuning & it just quit running abruptly.I checked for spark & found it had a dead module as well.I just located a new one for $49.Now you'd think that since I'm spending almost $50 I'd get free shipping - no sir! They had to tack on an additional $10 for shipping,& in reality it only cost $5-$6 to ship.I know the other $4-$5 is because they "handled" it.At the rate I'm going I wonder if I should bother getting out of bed tomorrow.
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Post by timinnb on Jul 19, 2020 9:01:48 GMT -5
Move to Canada and you will really see what getting hosed for shipping is, especially eBay global shipping!
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Post by edju1958 on Jul 19, 2020 9:47:08 GMT -5
It doesn't really matter where we live.There are some real rapists on Feebay who'll charge upwards of $80-$100 or more (U.S.) to ship a saw.That's just downright outrageous! When I see those shipping rates for a saw I just move on.
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