ECHO Echo, Echo, Echo

[Mastermind]

We just did a base gasket delete, muffler mod, and timing advance on one of those. Runs pretty well.

 

[FergusonTO35]

It's a clamshell, so what would the base gasket delete do for it?

 

[Mastermind]

It's a clamshell, so what would the base gasket delete do for it?

The saw we just did is a CS-490. My mistake.

 

[Woodtroll]

Ok, I think I've figured it out! See the flanged bushing inside the oil pump drive?

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It is supposed to have the flange on the inside!

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If you install it with the flange on the outside, the flange will contact the clutch shoes, thereby also turning the clutch drum! I reassembled it, and now it idles down to 2800 rpm without the chain turning. I don't remember ever taking that part out of the saw, but maybe I did at some point. Never too old to learn something new!

Glad that you figured it out, and that it was a cheap fix!

 

[STOVE]

I guess I’m a bit of an echo fanboy of sorts. All of my small engines outside of a hand me down homlite blower are echo.

I used my 590 yesterday to clear a large oak limb off a tractor. It’s amazing how easy all my echo stuff cranks. The carb is a little finicky but that’s what you get when you mess with stuff instead of leaving it factory.

I’m sure my 590 is not a compression monster but I can’t recall the last time any of my stuff took more than 3 pulls.

 

[FergusonTO35]

Thanks!

 

[old saw fixer]

I gave my grandson (18 yoa) a CS-400 for his first saw. I like the saw and intend to mod the muffler one day.

 

[FergusonTO35]

You're a good grandpa, and I bet he will use it for decades to come!

 

[old saw fixer]

I wish that I had bought two CS-400 saws, I'd like to have one in my collection!
Not that I need another saw...

 

[STOVE]

I wish that I had bought two CS-400 saws, I'd like to have one in my collection!
Not that I need another saw...

They pop up used around me all the time. Cannot seem to find any decent older husky or Stihl stuff to rehab. But loads of smaller echos.

There is a parts saw on my dealers back room shelf I thought about grabbing just for teardown practice

 

[FergusonTO35]

I wish that I had bought two CS-400 saws, I'd like to have one in my collection!
Not that I need another saw...

They come up on Fleabay all the time, that's where one of mine came from. FB Marketplace, Craig's List, and pawn shops are also good places to look.