vintage chainsaw cant decide what to do with it

[spud]

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bought this the other day cant decide what to do with it seams a tad dangerous cant get it to tick over runs scary fast

[valhalla]

Probably too dangerous to use as it is, Spud!

A chainsaw has to behave itself, you cannot take chances with idle speeds, brakes, cut-offs, etc.

Is the fuel supply blocked? A Stihl ought to be happy on a 40:1 2-stroke mix (plenty of oil to keep things moving inside the crankcase), but high idle speed would point to a lean mixture - most likely either a blockage in the fuel line (or an air-leak into the the fuel line) from the fuel tank, or maybe even a blockage inside the tank itself. It isn't unknown for a clumsy operator to not clean around the fuel filler before opening it, meaning that sawdust accumulates inside the tank.

[spud]

there is no break on it at all I was told what screw to adjust to get it to tickover but it made no difference don't need or want it to be honest but don't know if I should sell it on id hate for someone to hurt themselves with it half tempted to donate it to this place www.oakhamtreasures.co.uk/

[valhalla]

Nov 5, 2017 10:18:20 GMT 1 spud said:

there is no break on it at all I was told what screw to adjust to get it to tickover but it made no difference don't need or want it to be honest but don't know if I should sell it on id hate for someone to hurt themselves with it half tempted to donate it to this place www.oakhamtreasures.co.uk/

Ah yes, I have just looked-up the specs on this model here;

www.acresinternet.com/cscc.nsf/ed1d619968136da688256af40002b8f7/858c0dec5088261b88256ba2001978db

and I see that you have to specify the Stihl 031 AVQ to get the brake.

I reckon a museum would love to have one of these "recent historics", or otherwise maybe a chainsaw collector that needs a semi-working 031 AV.

[spud]

yeah its a great place they have allsorts there think it would fit right in