Chainsaw Repair

Did you find out what burned up the saw to begin with???

Either way, I would suggest going through the fuel system and putting in a new carb kit, get rid of that old leaky needle.........Check that
fuel line for gumminess too.

Well, the issue that you are describing may very well be a leaky carb needle letting fuel leak in while sitting, causing the hard to pull issue.

Otherwise, it is real wise to find out what made the old piston/cyl. to go bad!!!!!  Unless you like replacing expensive parts and wasting lots of cash.

Since carb rebuilds are like changing filters/ etc...., it is always a good idea to go into a carb and renew the rubber parts, look at all of the crud clogging the carb, and finding out why the saw burned down to begin with.......

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I've got an 034 super which basically is an 036 sitting in the garage with a scalded piston .I really think what cooked it was it choked itself on  a baffled muffler and running on 50 to one mix .Might have even been that  100 to 1 stuff .

When I find the time to rebuild it and add some soup obviously I'll replace the seals .

Fact I also have an 024 that  know for a fact got slightly cooked on it's own exhaust .All I did to that 50 dollar special was hog out the muff and give it some more fuel and never even touched the rest of it .Little rascal runs real good for a tiny little saw .

I took apart the recoil. Cleaned the housing pulley and spring. Pulley has about 16th of a inch wobble to it. Spring was really dirty. Also found that when I cut the rope it didnt retract around the pulley like the others I replaced.