Recent content by Paul Lloyd-Jones

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I run a small tree service in Florida, and Stihl polesaws are a huge part of our operation. We currently have 8 of them (101s and 131s), and have probably had 20 of them over the last 20 years. In my experience, they have many potential issues (apart from the engines, which generally seem to go...

Me too.

Been a minute. Still got access to those?

I suddenly have about 10 chainsaws in our fleet that are stalling or won’t run right. I’m suspecting water in our fuel supply. After replacing the fuel, what do I need to do for the saws?

I have a Stihl HT131 pole saw that had a broken choke switch that could not be repaired apart from replacing the carburetor. So, I replaced the carburetor today. (I also did a valve adjustment.) I have very limited experience with tuning carburetors. I played with it a bit, and was getting it...

Wow, guys! Thanks so much. All this is very helpful. @Ketchup, that is a very thorough response and list! I really, really appreciate the time and effort you put into that. I have most of those simple things, but I definitely be looking to pick up some of the more complex tools. That’s a...

Thank you, @hacskaroly! That's helpful. Can you recommend a particular pressure gauge or type? Pressure testing the "carb and cylinder" is two different things right? I've seen the little gauge that screws into the spark plug hole, but do you need multiple sizes? What do you use to pressure...

So, say a chainsaw was set aside because of a non-engine issue and then it went untouched for a long time. Now it's time to try to get it going again. What do you do first? Do you drain the fuel and start with fresh if it's been sitting about 6 months? a year? 2 years? Does it make a difference...

Didn’t see this till just now. I’ve put it away for the day. I don’t know what the metering lever is/does, but I assume you were talking about holding the throttle while watching the piston move?

Yep. Intake boot was shot. I think the piston looks okay. Not sure if you guys can tell anything from the pictures. I opted not to take the muffler off because I remembered that one of the mounting holes that is part of the block had broken off at some point, and I JB welded it back on to...

Thanks! It won’t kick at all if I just prime it, only when I drip fuel into the intake. Is that what you mean? Does that make any difference? I’ll look at the cylinder. I guess it is probably relevant that when I first got into it, the outer half of the air filter was missing. (The crew never...

So, I have an Echo CS2511T that won’t start. I’d love some help diagnosing it. The saw has spark. (Checked with the little in-line circuit tester tool.) But it won’t burp at all, unless I dribble some fuel right into the intake. It seems like the carburetor is getting fuel. It pulls fuel into...

Wow, Eddie! Thank you so much! That is very thorough! I really appreciate it. Oddly enough, I tried the H at 4ish and the L at 2.5ish, and it didn't work well. I couldn't use the lean drop off method with those initial settings because as I would lean it out, it would just rev higher and higher...

Great! I'll give that a shot. Thank you!