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  1. M2theB

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    IMG_0434.JPG IMG_0435.JPG On the way to the store I passed a chair and what looked like a saw below it at the end of a driveway. I turned around and got back to the spot and then saw the sign in the chair FREE.
    Back at the house i gassed it up and bar oil. 3 pulls and it turned over. On and off the choke and fired up. Real high rev and when I goosed it to calm it down it bogged under the trigger and died. Started right up again though. Similar thing.
    I'm going to mess with high and low tuning.
    Feel free to give me your thoughts.
    I'll report back on progress
     
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    You got that big azz saw for free?!!?:faint:
     
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    Nice find, but...........you suck. :rofl: :lol:
    Man, some guys have all the luck.
     
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    That was a score.

    It's probably a carb or fuel line simple issue.
     
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    MasterMech The Mechanical Moderator

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    Make sure the muffler screws are tight on those.
     
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    Take the carb off spray it out with carb cleaner. Throw a new plug and air filter on.

    30 Clip Magazine On My Ghost Gun
     
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    Another thing is start with fresh gas.

    30 Clip Magazine On My Ghost Gun
     
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    Tried to share a video but it must have been too big.
    Pulled and cleaned the filter and spark arrestor. Put Husq 50 mix in a can in. Tuned the idle first and got it to idle ok. A few iterations on the high and low settings. I got it to a point that just before it would die, I could back off on the trigger and keep it going. Kept doing that for a few minutes until I had it screaming, drop to idle and back up. I'd shut her off and quick start right after and right to idle. It's still a little dodgey coming out of the blocks, but that might be a fine tune. I think it just had bad fuel in it for too long. And yes, one of the muffler bolts is spinning. And it leaks bar oil pretty good.
     
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    Nice...

    30 Clip Magazine On My Ghost Gun
     
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    Where is it leaking bar oil?

    30 Clip Magazine On My Ghost Gun
     
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    Out of the oiler area, under the bar hold down plate
     
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    Nice find....:thumbs:...
     
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    !!!!!!!!!!!Nice SCORE !!!!!!!
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    It needs more love for sure. Or better cleaning. After it sits for 10 minutes or so and cools down it goes back to hard to getting it up to full speed. I have to baby it past the stall point. But after I do, it screams at the top, goes back to a nice idle and back to the top without issue.
    The one thing I did notice that all look into is that it has "Air Injection" on the sticker. I've never seen that before.
     
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    Air injection, while cool tech and all, is fancy marketing wank for pre-cleaning the air before it sees the actual air filter.
     
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    So it is not some gizmo that could have gone south and be part of its problem?
     
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    Not a single moving part. ;)
     
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    If I remember right, these had a plastic clamp on the carb boot that was problematic?
     
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    If that's the case, a simple metal hose clamp should fix it. No?
     
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    Better yet, Husky puts out a metal clamp to replace it with but I have no idea what the part number is. Ask anybody with a 346XP. Browse 346XP or 345/350 build threads it shouldn't take long to stumble across it.

    Standard worm drive clamps are horrendous at sealing. The proper clamp works just a tad differently.
     
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