Chainsaw Repair

I went over to Chainsaw Repair's house yesterday and he used his 166 clutch tool that Al made to remove the clutch center. The original rim was worn beneath the witness marks.

There was some discussion between us at the time that maybe it would cut better with a .325 X 7 rim instead of the 8 pin I planned to install?

The original rim was a .325 X 8.

I installed the new .325 X 8 pin Oregon rim this morning and made a buried cut or two with the 18" bar into some silver maple.

While the 111i/115i Dolmar doesn't turn tremendous rpm like a Husky 346, it does have a lot of torque. The saw pulls the 8 pin rim sprocket just fine. 

It was 42 degrees F outside and the saw started first pull and being the "i" version that it is, the saw just didn't burble once and quit, it started up and ran rich. I then reached down and pushed the choke off. This saw had not been run  since Chainsaw Repair used it before Thanksgiving.

Pretty nice for what was originally a freebie 15 year old saw. However, the new carb, a different B&C, and a lot of elbow grease, sort of negates that free classification?

I also have a same age 6000i mate for it that is just as nice and it has heated handles.