Chainsaw Repair

the one thing i found with these saws is the timing is way retarded. i ended up putting slots in the coil and i gave it about another 3 degrees total advance. that right there woke it up a bit.
compression went up from 125psi. to 148-150-ish (which seems like a pretty big jump?) and you can tell when you have the starter in your hand
these saws are set to about 11500-12000rpm stock, and this one was sounding lean at 11000rpm before the work.
i ended up splitting it and changing out the bearings and seals and resealed it up with good old 1194. now it'll 4stroke at around 13500-13700rpm and pulls very well in the cut. however it ended up starting to go lean on me again and i set it on the shelf for 'later' as i had a few other projects i needed to get at.
these are about the best firewood saw out there.
now onto the 3700