Recent content by Basher

Stupidity is very costly as well as the alcohol thing, some are in such a rush they throw all sensibility out the window. I am at the boat launch most every weekend the water is not frozen hard. It would be a thick book to relate all the things I have seen at the boat launch. Pulling vehicles...

You fellas need to spend some time at the boat launch ramp on a busy long weekend, entertainment I tells ya. You won`t be so grumpy after watching those performances.

Is there a cure for this , I have 4 of my 044`s out on permanent loan. I made no deals for them to be held captive , mostly it was a loan until their other one and only got fixed so winters wood could be cut up.

I wouldn`t know have never partaken.

It friggen stinks when the chips are coming off blue.

The primer on all my Pioneers have been rebuilt with NOS internal parts, I had 6 original NOS complete pumps and many spare diaphragms I got from our original Pioneer dealer when he closed out shop. I have been rebuilding and fixing my Pioneer saws for over 30 years picking parts from the stash...

The primer still works in this ole girl,

I realize restoring those old saws is not for everyone and you were dealt a very difficult hand with those saws not being original. You have a lot of good parts to offer up , I see they move on eBay and possibly on this and other chainsaw sites if you were so inclined.The way they were built was...

If anyone happens to look at the IPL`S for the NU-17 ,the Pioneer 400, 450,550 you will see no replacement bar studs are offered, many other Pioneer saws are made the same, bar studs are not removable.

I really appreciate your efforts to restore the NU-17 to running condition, I have several of them running and also some Pioneer 400,450 and 550`s among many dozens of other IEL and Pioneer saws so I know the effort involved in getting them running and keeping them doing so. Keep up the good...

Nope, I think you will find the heads are square and actually cast in to the crankcase, non removable like several other IEL and Pioneer saws. Re threading was an option and Pioneer made available longer sleeved nuts to reach far enough on over the existing studs to catch on the non stripped...

I have been involved with IEL and Pioneer chainsaws since the mid 1950`s and I have seen many,many botched up fixes on these saws as parts and those that truly know these saws are quite scarce. I count myself very lucky in that regard as the first saws I got to run was an IEL model RA that I...

The check valve is actually a flat disc of the same buna N material that the pump diaphragms are made of, it fits in under the wire retainer down in the check valve bowl.Not a ball bearing or a nail head.

Yep, that is the one.

Yes the NU-17 has a primer pump,426815, that induces fuel straight into the carb throat ,rebuilding the pump is about impossible without the correct push diaphragm, the check valves are easy to make. I have rebuilt many of them throughout the years but finding diaphragms is the trick these days...