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I had a DCS 5030 ( UK 51505) do this as Shane said, messed with it for ages, convinced it was a carb issue, Shavey lent me a carb and coil to try, coil solved it! I grabbed a DCS5121 of mine a few weeks ago to do a bit of firewood, trying to rotate saws, hadn't been used since last year when...

Hi Ernie, I have not had any coil issues with my 6100, but I have heard stories about failures. The part numbers usually give you an indication of problems as there are a number of updates. I have changed quite a few Dolmar / Makita coils of various sorts : 9000, 7900, 5030(5105)...

Try https://www.ebay.com/itm/146571703833

I find the problem is after many years starting saws 'the normal' ways, it's getting your head around how these things work, see attached video of a 6100 starting!

It's easier than it looks, if you use the repair manual for the 6100 I posted a couple of threads ago as it's exactly the same. Probably an overkill on a 50cc saw but to be honest as long as you get out of the habit of drop starting, they work very well! My problem is remembering which saws...

There is quite a few useful bits of info and diagrams in the repair manual,

I have one of these that I want to try to see if it can be adapted to fit Dolmar's. Not had chance yet! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/165777699087

They are still available from Makita, at least here in Europe, got one for spare a few weeks ago.

Picked up a low use 6800i, one of my favourite saws. Folks always comment on the fact that you can only fit under 24" bars on them, but you can fit the bigger studs from 6400 upwards on them if you choose. I'm happy to use 20 or 22", if I need bigger I just pull out a bigger saw!

After using the easystart for quite a time on my 6100 and others, I Personally am totally ok with them. A lot of people mention the saws being wider and heavier, very slightly heavier by a fraction, no wider as the front handle governs the total width. They all have been totally reliable for me...

From my own experience the aftermarket coils seem to only work on the non easystart saws. The oem coils have a different ignition internal setup and these are matched to the flywheel, so a coil from a easytart saw will not work on a non easystart saw and vice versa. When looking for coils there...

sorry typo, should have written doesn't do it's best work at high revs!

9010 13500, in my opinion nothing wrong with the Bing, I fitted 9010 ignition set to a 9000, left the max RPM at 12800, no need to stress the old girl! plus it does do it's best work at high revs as we all know it's a slugger!

The part number for the switch changed to 965 605 402, had some from Makita recently

I have also used Husqvarna 362/372 type roller chain catcher, smaller than the Stihl one