My 346xp

[sawmikaze]

This here saw wont shut off i have to kill it with the choke..and since im not the best saw mechanic i dont know what to do.

Yes , i changed the wires and cleaned the contact area and the sumbitch just wont work..can you guys help me ?

 

[Onan18]

Coil could be bad, about all it could be if the wires ohm out.

 

[MustangMike]

I'm not a Husky guy, but I would get a new kill switch & try that. I had to put one in a 460. How it got physically broken being in an enclosed area I will never know, but I just got the saw that way, and luckily noticed a contact was missing from the kill switch.

 

[rjames]

Don't mess with karma, if that sumbich don't wanna quit when you do just keep working. It'll quit when it's ready...

 

[Redfin]

Did you put a meter on the switch? Or just touch the switch wire to the case?

 

[HiOctane]

Check if the blade is touching the terminal when switch is off.Does the terminal on switch button is far enough in the slot ?

 

[P.M.P.]

Trace the wire going to the coil and check iffin you didn't.

 

[Termitebuffet]

Check the wires all the way back to the coil , I've seen a few get broke in there ..

 

[idiotwithasaw]

If it won't shut off that just means it wants to keep cutting, and you should feel obliged to meet its demands.

 

[idiotwithasaw]

In all seriousness though, make sure that no wires are unplugged or broken. May remove the coil and make sure there is no corrosion preventing a good ground. My 350 the other day wouldn't shut off, turned out the end that slips into the plastic switch had worked loose. That doesn't appear to be the problem here, but that's my experience with them.

 

[cus_deluxe]

these dont have a "switch" in the normal sense. if those contacts are touching, and wires are intact then its a bad ground or somehow the coil is bad as said above.

 

[sawmikaze]

Thanks for the advice fellas.

 

[sawmikaze]

Check if the blade is touching the terminal when switch is off.Does the terminal on switch button is far enough in the slot ?

Yessir on all accounts.

 

[sawmikaze]

There just isnt anything stickin out as to why i cant shut the saw off..im gonna try a different coil.

 

[sawmikaze]

Trace the wire going to the coil and check iffin you didn't.

I tried that muh friend , i took a spare set of wires i had and its the same same..i dont get it.

 

[idiotwithasaw]

It must either be the coil or a bad ground. I still say check for corrosion, or maybe the layer of bar oil and sawdust has worked under the coil and creating a layer. Who knows crazier things have happened.

 

[idiotwithasaw]

Use a volt meter and check continuity it's the omega symbol, put the ground to the coIL and the positive to the case it should ohm out anD beep. If it doesn't then something is up.

 

[sawmikaze]

Don't mess with karma, if that sumbich don't wanna quit when you do just keep working. It'll quit when it's ready...

I like the way you think.

I gave up this morning , i figure ill just let it run out of gas everytime.

 

[big t double]

Problem solved.

 

[ft. churchill]

With the switch in the off or kill the saw position you should have a pathway to ground or the chassis of the saw. Start ohming it out piece by piece to find where the pathway is broken.

Since it is a NE 346 and I'm looking for one.........I'll take it offa your hands if it totally pisses you of in the end.