Now I know some of you deal with chainsaws now and then. Some of you surely deal with weed whackers so try to follow along and then HELP ME PLEASE..
I bought this chainsaw that was supposed to be a factory rebuild. I got a really good deal on it because it had parts missing. Didn't matter I wanted it for the motor I worked around everything else but now I screwed the pooch.
I tried to straighten what I thought was a bent throttle lever. I broke the brass rod that made the whole thing work.
Follow this if you can cause I am having a hard time following myself and I'm looking at it.
The engine has two intakes. One is for the fuel air mix from the carb but a second one is for pure air to the cylinder as it throttles up. Since I broke the carb and since the motor is 33cc I decided to try a more or less new carb from a 31cc weedeater.
So I put some tape over the pure air intake thinking it was kind of a ram turbo charger kind of thing for when you ratchet up the throttle to cut with the chain.
I put the weed eater carb on and gave it a try. I got it to start on full choke something it should not have done. I got it to respond to the throttle on 1/2 choke. It wanted to die on no choke.
It was also idling way too fast. Right or wrong I tried to adjust the carb. Those carbs have a high end and low end adjustment. I was working on the low end and the idle screw as well. Then of course the engine died. It wouldn't restart on any choke setting. Still wont
I sat down to think before I went on. I right or wrong decided that air was getting past the tape I put over the direct air vent into the cylinder. So of course I found a cap that more or less fit and I put it on with some blue gasket seal hoping to cut out the air.
Now it wont start at all. So here are the questions Lawn care gurus and chainsaw wielders.
What is the factory setting for the 2 carb adjusting screws. It ran at factory settings last I need to go back there and try again when the motor has rested lol.
Is it possible that there needs to be a small amount of air through the direct vent to get the fuel air mix right. If so I can start drilling holes in the cap by starting small and moving up. I can always take it off and start over I have plenty of the caps. I'm just not sure that it needs that. It seems that the motor should run from the carb alone since it runs a weed whacker of almost the same size and it did run it earlier. Still it might need more air.
It might also be that I have other air leaks or the cap isn't sealing well enough.
I need the factory setting for the carb adjustment screws. The carb is for a ryobi 31cc weed eater. I can't find the factory settings. Thanks guys
I bought this chainsaw that was supposed to be a factory rebuild. I got a really good deal on it because it had parts missing. Didn't matter I wanted it for the motor I worked around everything else but now I screwed the pooch.
I tried to straighten what I thought was a bent throttle lever. I broke the brass rod that made the whole thing work.
Follow this if you can cause I am having a hard time following myself and I'm looking at it.
The engine has two intakes. One is for the fuel air mix from the carb but a second one is for pure air to the cylinder as it throttles up. Since I broke the carb and since the motor is 33cc I decided to try a more or less new carb from a 31cc weedeater.
So I put some tape over the pure air intake thinking it was kind of a ram turbo charger kind of thing for when you ratchet up the throttle to cut with the chain.
I put the weed eater carb on and gave it a try. I got it to start on full choke something it should not have done. I got it to respond to the throttle on 1/2 choke. It wanted to die on no choke.
It was also idling way too fast. Right or wrong I tried to adjust the carb. Those carbs have a high end and low end adjustment. I was working on the low end and the idle screw as well. Then of course the engine died. It wouldn't restart on any choke setting. Still wont
I sat down to think before I went on. I right or wrong decided that air was getting past the tape I put over the direct air vent into the cylinder. So of course I found a cap that more or less fit and I put it on with some blue gasket seal hoping to cut out the air.
Now it wont start at all. So here are the questions Lawn care gurus and chainsaw wielders.
What is the factory setting for the 2 carb adjusting screws. It ran at factory settings last I need to go back there and try again when the motor has rested lol.
Is it possible that there needs to be a small amount of air through the direct vent to get the fuel air mix right. If so I can start drilling holes in the cap by starting small and moving up. I can always take it off and start over I have plenty of the caps. I'm just not sure that it needs that. It seems that the motor should run from the carb alone since it runs a weed whacker of almost the same size and it did run it earlier. Still it might need more air.
It might also be that I have other air leaks or the cap isn't sealing well enough.
I need the factory setting for the carb adjustment screws. The carb is for a ryobi 31cc weed eater. I can't find the factory settings. Thanks guys
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