Chainsaw Repair

Old saws will rip the cord through the handle if you don't do that like the Mac 125.

What actually happens is the saw hits compression as it's winding down which will kick the piston backwards .

It's not bad. It beats rewinding that spring in there if you have to do that.

On that Stihl sells still I think a so called EZ start gizmo . All it is is a compression spring inside the handle .I think the idea is it allows some inertia on a pull over plus it would offer some buffer on a shut down.

Fact Baileys sold a clone at one time .Don't know the politics involved .Either there wasn't any money in it or Stihl being Stihl whined about it as seems to be their mode of operation.Baileys should have made the thing McCulloch yellow maybe instead of Stihl orange .

Couple years back Gregg G sent Bradley David a whole slew of parts of which he brought to Bill Poors GTG . Pistons ,those starters ,just a bunch of stuff .I got several of the small size and hung one on a 200T and sent one to Butch in Louisiana .They work great .

I think with some of the old saws with a over running type bearing on the starter pulley, it was important to do that, With the spring loaded finger pawls like on todays chainsaws, it is not necessary.