Chainsaw Repair

Looks like a fun job cleaning and repairing that Wright

To big for mine bench teles Sw3 working to get the ignition going and a Homelite C-51 this one now has spark and response on fuel

last Monday I picked up this jonsered 2150/ for the princely sum of 20bux. the seller even threw in a new brake band. 


guy brought it in to one of the local shops after it started to act up. didn't want to come down to idle and wanted to rev to the moon--ALICE!
turned out it was leaking around the cylinder and block.

I like to roughen up the mating surfaces on these. lets the sealant hold better:


she had a little bit of a carbon scrub. no damage to the cylinder. couldn't even see where there would be damage. even the ring was unharmed and reused:




of course, wires are a little worn. new harness on the way....


if you're going to remove the spark screen, do this instead. the exhaust coming out through the slot will melt the top cover and chainbrake handle mount:



ahhhdunnn!

Very nice.   Looks like a job well done.   
I have never used a 2150 before how well does it run, weight, balance and so on, 
They are good looking saws.

they run pretty good stock. they 'feel' lighter than a 353 and about the same power. this one has the flat top piston (44mm). without a base gasket the squish was about 13-14thou. with stock gasket, around 30ish. I was going to keep this one and do a 346 topend. but decided to sell her off bone stock.
I wanna 562

Wow .013 to .014.   Is that cutting it kind of close?