Need a 2nd, bigger more powerful Saw, 20" +

[sidekickdmr]

?Well that didn't go well

 

Saw arrived on Friday, fired it up on arrival and gave it a good rev for circa 20 seconds, all good, if a little lumpy compared to my husky, then shut it down and left it till Sunday, when luck would have it, a branch came down over a path, and a good chance for my new toy. 

 

For love nor money, I couldn't start it, Id read the manual on Friday, knew exactly what i should do, it just wouldn't even cough, had to go back and use the husky. 

 

Tried again today, dead as a dodo, emailed radmore and awaiting a response, I'm half tempted to chop it for a husky 365 now, thoughts?

[gary112]

2 hours ago, sidekickdmr said:

?Well that didn't go well

 

Saw arrived on Friday, fired it up on arrival and gave it a good rev for circa 20 seconds, all good, if a little lumpy compared to my husky, then shut it down and left it till Sunday, when luck would have it, a branch came down over a path, and a good chance for my new toy. 

 

For love nor money, I couldn't start it, Id read the manual on Friday, knew exactly what i should do, it just wouldn't even cough, had to go back and use the husky. 

 

Tried again today, dead as a dodo, emailed radmore and awaiting a response, I'm half tempted to chop it for a husky 365 now, thoughts?

Oh dear, get that 365 and you wont be dissapointed

[Stubby]

5 hours ago, sidekickdmr said:

?Well that didn't go well

 

Saw arrived on Friday, fired it up on arrival and gave it a good rev for circa 20 seconds, all good, if a little lumpy compared to my husky, then shut it down and left it till Sunday, when luck would have it, a branch came down over a path, and a good chance for my new toy. 

 

For love nor money, I couldn't start it, Id read the manual on Friday, knew exactly what i should do, it just wouldn't even cough, had to go back and use the husky. 

 

Tried again today, dead as a dodo, emailed radmore and awaiting a response, I'm half tempted to chop it for a husky 365 now, thoughts?

Yes . Do that . ?

Edited November 29, 2018 by Stubby

[woodwizzard]

Did you use the decomp valve, if so, don't. Mine doesn't like starting with that pressed in.

[Big J]

Never had any issues starting a DCS7901/EA7900. I've had three over the years. Very odd.

[harvey b davison]

Never had any issues starting a DCS7901/EA7900. I've had three over the years. Very odd.

I've never had any problems starting any of my Makita / dolmar saws. Something strange there I think.

[Stubby]

4 minutes ago, harvey b davison said:

2 hours ago, Big J said:

Never had any issues starting a DCS7901/EA7900. I've had three over the years. Very odd.

I've never had any problems starting any of my Makita / dolmar saws. Something strange there I think.

Yea . There is something wrong with it .

[spudulike]

Probably just flooded, pull the plug, turn upside down, pull hard a few times, let it dry out overnight, refit the plug and try again but no more than 5 pulls on full choke and make sure the fast idle is engaged.

[Dan Maynard]

I can commiserate, I flooded my 461 the first time I took it out and had to carry on with old saw. I have since concluded that bigger saws need a lot less choke in general.

I also got a tip for unflooding which has worked for me. Push the choke to off and hold the throttle full on, pull over the starter and this pumps fresh air through the engine and flushes out the excess fuel, it will eventually cough like a normal start. Then release throttle to normal fast idle start and pull again.

[billpierce]

They are great saws and much more powerful than a 365. Mine always starts reliably which is more than I can saw for some stihls and Huskies I have!