RD35
Super OPE Member
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- User ID
- 2806
- Joined
- Mar 14, 2017
- Messages
- 109
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- 318
- Location
- Bloomington, IN
So....Brother-in-law brings me this nasty looking little CS-340 Echo saw. Tells me it hasn't been started for years.....and last time he tried to cut with it the chain had become very dull....so dull it would not cut at all. The saw looked to be covered with mold, pump bulb rubber was missing, and the chain was on backwards. Pulled the rope and it had great compression. I replaced the bulb, put a kit in the carb (only because I didn't have a replacement carb on the shelf but did have a kit), and poured fresh gas in it! Fired right up. Tune tune tune...purred like a kitten with hiccups at idle...nice running saw! So now I have a really dirty nice running saw that has the chain on backwards and wont oil. I pull the bar and chain, and, sure enough, the oil port on the bar is caked with old hard gunk. Cleaned the bar, sharpened the chain (chain looked brand new once clean), put it back together, runs and cuts like new. Wow that 340 is a nice little saw.....and it cleaned up to look almost like brand new. I'm ashamed to say I was almost hoping my BIL would just give it to me to keep!!!