372 operator presence lever

[ft. churchill]

Hey my buddy's 372 had the spring pop out from under the presence lever while he was blowing out his saw with compressed air. Him and I had a quick go at it in his sub zero, dimly lit garage, had no luck, then it was sent home with me because I'm the saw mechanic.
So before I go out in my freezin' azz shop, what is the easy way to reassemble these?
I was planning on dropping the back end of the tank and driving out both trigger pins.

 

[jacob j.]

Drive out the pin just holding in the interlock- after it is out- rotate the interlock slightly to the right and dip the nose of it down and you'll be able to work it out.

After it is out- you'll see the tab on the left side of it where the end of the spring goes.

 

[ft. churchill]

So no need to drop the tank and pull the throttle trigger pin?

 

[jacob j.]

Not unless you really want to...

 

[ft. churchill]

I most certainly do not want to. Not droppin' the tank will give me more time for beer and football!

Thanks JJ

 

[ft. churchill]

Thanks again , worked like a charm, almost. I had to nudge the trigger lever toward the starter side of the saw with a long thin screwdriver to get the operator presence lever to release, I appreciate the help.

 

[beaglebriar]

When I got my 385 the OP lever and spring were missing. When I got the new parts I think I dicked with it for over an hour.

 

[ft. churchill]

I've had them mess with me before, I just couldn't remember on what saw. I didn't feel like fighting it today so I asked for advice. Total time was about 15 or 20 min.