Nitroman
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Didn't happen for me today.
It was -18* F or -28*C (cool enough Brewz?), but I have been cutting at much cooler temps, so I didn't do any prep on the saws besides filling the tanks.
The 3120 simply would not start. This has always been a cold blooded beast, but dang! I pulled it over about 10 times, then dribbled some gas into the carb, added the choke and....POP! AAArrrgggg!!! It pulled the recoil right through my fingers. Damn that hurts when it is cold. So I pull it over slowly again a few times, then...yup. Just about killed me. I did this about 15 times (I really wanted to use this saw), before I decided it wasn't going to work and my hand was suffering too much.
So I break out one of my 394's that has never failed to start. I tried to pull the recoil, it felt like I was pulling a bucket of mud out of the ground. Sssssllllllooooowwwwwwlllllyyyy pulled over. When I let go of the recoil rope, it just flopped over. I looked at my BIL, he just smiled.
Dang. This sucks. Machines warming up in the shop now. I'll take the recoil off the 394 and clean it real nice, warm up the saw well, then take it outside and let it run for a little to stabilize. Then I'll tune it for the temp.
I don't know about the 3120. Maybe it was just due to the low temps. I will see how it is after she warms up. Once started I'll tune same as the 394. Interestingly, I have never had a problem starting the 3120 in temps down to around 0* F. Maybe -18* just too much?
It was -18* F or -28*C (cool enough Brewz?), but I have been cutting at much cooler temps, so I didn't do any prep on the saws besides filling the tanks.
The 3120 simply would not start. This has always been a cold blooded beast, but dang! I pulled it over about 10 times, then dribbled some gas into the carb, added the choke and....POP! AAArrrgggg!!! It pulled the recoil right through my fingers. Damn that hurts when it is cold. So I pull it over slowly again a few times, then...yup. Just about killed me. I did this about 15 times (I really wanted to use this saw), before I decided it wasn't going to work and my hand was suffering too much.
So I break out one of my 394's that has never failed to start. I tried to pull the recoil, it felt like I was pulling a bucket of mud out of the ground. Sssssllllllooooowwwwwwlllllyyyy pulled over. When I let go of the recoil rope, it just flopped over. I looked at my BIL, he just smiled.
Dang. This sucks. Machines warming up in the shop now. I'll take the recoil off the 394 and clean it real nice, warm up the saw well, then take it outside and let it run for a little to stabilize. Then I'll tune it for the temp.
I don't know about the 3120. Maybe it was just due to the low temps. I will see how it is after she warms up. Once started I'll tune same as the 394. Interestingly, I have never had a problem starting the 3120 in temps down to around 0* F. Maybe -18* just too much?