MustangMike
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As most of you know, I've been playing with these Asian 440 saws … 70 cc, BB and Hybrids!!!
In addition to the chain adjuster and impulse line problems, the carb problems have been driving me crazy!
I had to play with some of them, but I got ALL the Asian 660 carbs to work. I used to get Asian 440/460 carbs, and about 90% of them were OK. Now, it is the inverse!
Well, it just does not make sense to buy a $50+ carb for an Asian kit saw, so I went on Definitive Dave's website (Chainsaw Conservation Components) and went to the carb section. Well, there is was, Walbro Style carbs made by ZAMA for less than 1/2 the price of the Walbro!!! I bought a few and got to try one out today. I have always liked ZAMA, my 10 mm 044 still has the original ZAMA carb on it(rebuilt), and has always run very strong, so ZAMA is a name I trust every bit as much as Walbro.
My Asian Hybrid has a OEM 460 piston and HL Supply 460 Door Buster jug, and she runs fairly well. But the Asain carb that came on it was NG. So I installed a used Walbro, which worked fine for a bit, but then started spewing fuel through the exhaust every time I tried to start it. Time to give a D Dave Walbro/ZAMA carb a try.
At first I was concerned, the ZAMA name is not on it, and on the outside it looks like all the other no name carbs! But as soon as I manually operated the choke, I knew that it was different, smooth and no sticking. With the new carb on, my saw started, idled, and cut flawlessly, and as a bonus, you do not need to mod the control lever on the Asian 440s to use one!!!! THIS IS GREAT!!!
Finally, an affordable, reliable carb for the Asian 440 kits … Thank You Dave!!!
And this is a little bit of what I did with it today!
In addition to the chain adjuster and impulse line problems, the carb problems have been driving me crazy!
I had to play with some of them, but I got ALL the Asian 660 carbs to work. I used to get Asian 440/460 carbs, and about 90% of them were OK. Now, it is the inverse!
Well, it just does not make sense to buy a $50+ carb for an Asian kit saw, so I went on Definitive Dave's website (Chainsaw Conservation Components) and went to the carb section. Well, there is was, Walbro Style carbs made by ZAMA for less than 1/2 the price of the Walbro!!! I bought a few and got to try one out today. I have always liked ZAMA, my 10 mm 044 still has the original ZAMA carb on it(rebuilt), and has always run very strong, so ZAMA is a name I trust every bit as much as Walbro.
My Asian Hybrid has a OEM 460 piston and HL Supply 460 Door Buster jug, and she runs fairly well. But the Asain carb that came on it was NG. So I installed a used Walbro, which worked fine for a bit, but then started spewing fuel through the exhaust every time I tried to start it. Time to give a D Dave Walbro/ZAMA carb a try.
At first I was concerned, the ZAMA name is not on it, and on the outside it looks like all the other no name carbs! But as soon as I manually operated the choke, I knew that it was different, smooth and no sticking. With the new carb on, my saw started, idled, and cut flawlessly, and as a bonus, you do not need to mod the control lever on the Asian 440s to use one!!!! THIS IS GREAT!!!
Finally, an affordable, reliable carb for the Asian 440 kits … Thank You Dave!!!
And this is a little bit of what I did with it today!
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