i asked the customer..."did it stop in the cut?"....he say's YES!
i ask this question,every time the customer want's a "tune-up"

i sold this saw brand new,and it's only been worked on by me

lucky it aint been out around the horn of "expert's" out there locally.
the first problem with this saw back a few years ago,was the automatic decompression valve failed.so removed it and put a new manual one in it and capped the impulse line.(witch is a
**** to do while leaving the cylinder on the saw) out the door goes happy customer.
today in walks the customer,wanting his "tune-up". i take out brand new spark plug with maybe 1 minute run time. lay it on the work bench and pick-up my little lite and look in thru the spark plug hole to the exhaust port to see the "seizure marks". i say's "it's dead" telling him it's been seized up.he say's NO....it still turns over good!!! (all customers say that) but i can't get'er goin'

(that too all the time)
i tell him my story of how seizure goes,he listen's...& buy's new 562XP
clean saws that customers bring you thinking they are helping you.....ARE DEAD WRONG
I KNOW HOW TO GET A SAW "READY"...for dis-assembly,they think they do

dirt can be your friend....& it will be your enemy if you don't keep track of it.



here you can see leaky intake boot that i removed off cylinder just by pulling on it,with the clamp still hooked up & dirty...it leaks because of bad clamp

here you can see cut on block-off cap caused by "yanking" on saw while pinched in limb or log

here are the tell-tale signs of "operator". not possible with "clean saw"

next is new piston,cap & intake clamp. (unless i find more) back to the repair,more later.