Ricko

Funnily enough there was no trace of instant gasket etc.

Hi, I'm just stripping down another Dolmar 100 that I was given and found theres no cylinder gasket. Wheres the best place in the UK to get hold of one? Cheers

Thanks, its given me a list of things to check. There cant be much up with it as it started fairly easy today.

Choke out, pull. When it fires, choke in then pull to start. I had it started again today, just stalling when I try to rev it up. Ticks over quite nicely!

I'm using a Clarke gauge, I'll try it on one of my decent Huskys as a comparison, I need to find my Gunson gauge and check that too. I'll whip the carb off again tomorrow and have a look at the metering arm etc to see how it looks. I'm determined to have at least one DCS430 running in my collection!

Hi, I'm messing with yet another Makita DCS430. Good spark, compression 120+psi. I think it's flooding (every time I take the plug out it is saturated), I stripped the carb down and cleaned it and managed to get in running, started to adjust the carb when it warmed up. Came to it 10mins later and nothing, zilch etc. What should I be looking for in terms of the carb to prevent it flooding? Thanks in advance.

Funnily enough I bought the Clarke one to replace an old Gunson one, I didn't throw it away and realised the Schrader valve wasnt holding air to keep a reading. I replaced it and put it back in the cupboard, I'll give it a go on a decent saw to see how it performs.

Hi, I'm using a Clarke compression tester from Machine Mart. Is this suitable for use on chainsaws to get an accurate reading? Cheers

Swapped carbs over, no joy. Then I couldn't get the original one to run properly when I swapped them back again, arghhh!!

Now that's an idea! Tomorrow's project!!

I'm using a Clarke one, I had a similar reading on the other Dolmar 100 which I got running.

Gave up for today, I was pulling it over and the clutch has unwound itself.

Hi, Having got one of my Dolmar 100 saws running today I thought I'd try getting another one to run. It has 135psi compression and the plug is sparking. I stripped the carb, cleaned it and put fresh fuel in the tank. When I put a bit of fuel down the plug hole it doesn't seem to fire, it just occasionally puffs out a bit of smoke. Any thoughts/advice welcome. Cheers

Thanks for that. I didn't realise they did a general WT kit I thought they had to be specific to the model.

Hi, I've been working my way through my projects and have now got a Husky 39r on the bench, apologies that it's not a chainsaw but the engine is identical to the Husky 40 saw. It fired up nicely when I put some fuel down the plug hole but the metering diaphragm seems a bit stretched. The carb is a Walbro WT99, can I still get a kit for this model?? Cheers