nate87
Active OPE Member
Greetings! New guy to the forum. I recently picked up a used 084 in great shape for what I thought to be a great deal. History I got was the old neighbor had a tree service business and passed away. All the saws were the older 0xx series saws. 023, 028, 031, 034, 038 and this 084. Most were well used with the exception of this big hog.
Fired up before purchasing. Low end would bog pretty good before coming to speed. Idle was rough and high speed seemed a little slow, but for the price, I took a chance on this old saw. Took it home. Cleaned it up. Replaced spark plug which was really fouled from running rich then fired it up. Ran MUCH better! Tried to adjust carb but still had issues with the low speed. Better than it was but I couldn’t get it to have that rapid trigger response I’ve tuned on my other saws.
Question is do you think a saw this old, even in the great condition it’s in would need a carb gasket kit? And would the clear plastic tank vent with grub screws possibly contribute to this problem? It disintegrated when touched and is no longer on the saw. I’ve read about replacing that with the orange “umbrella” vent. Is that a better solution?
Side note, I took it to local dealer and had them compression test it. Dude said I was holding 10 Bar of pressure (145psi) and that’s where he stopped (air pumped in) and it held with no leaks. Tons more questions to follow but here are photos for now.
Nate