Chainsaw Repair

Thanks -- that sounds like what I've heard elsewhere and makes sense.  Should help flush out any metal shavings that would have ended up down there.

As it stands now I have no gasket (you would think one would come with the cyl & piston kit I bought) so I'm stuck....in the old days I might have tried RTV or made my own gasket but I think I'll order one online somewhere and hope it doesn't take too long to arrive since I'm impatient!

Here is where I'm at:


Mostly clean with the exception of the carb and I haven't flushed the crank case yet.


Ready for the last stage!  Just need a gasket and I can flush the crank case, install the piston and drop the head on!


I'll use the permatex lube to prep things ahead of time and the magnet bowls really help keep me from losing screws etc!

Now to order a gasket, find a squirt oil can, a bin to flush into (what do you guys do with the old fuel?  I'm thinking of mixing with diesel and using to burn slash this fall/winter).

Should have this puppy back together soon (as soon as I can get a gasket) and then the break in begins -- and god help me if I find I was wrong and something else ruined my expensive saw!