quick chainsaw question
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quick chainsaw question
I am working on an old pioneer chainsaw my dad gave to me, and it seems to run fine when i give it gas directly into the carb, but the gas doesnt seem to want to suck out of the tank. Any ideas on getting the gas to suck out of the tank? So far what I have been doing is just starting it and hoping it will magically start flowing 
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Some good suggestions, but I advise taking the carb, getting the model numbers, or you can PM me the saw model, and I can tell you what the carb is, and what kit you'll need to rebuild the carb with. normally, if a carb wont pull fuel from the tank on a saw, its dried out and hardened gaskets in the carb. also replace the fuel line, and filter too.
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If its been sitting for a couple of yrs it will need new diapragms in the carb and a good cleaning,or open the adjusting screw 1/2 to 1 turn out and try it.Diaphragms get hard when they sit around some times you can soften them up with a little carb cleaner in a pinch.
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Thanks for the suggestions guys really appreciate it, I figured out that the fuel lines werent very good, changed them both, the tank was pretty dirty, so i tried rinsing it out with abit of gas, half assed worked. Then she ran ok, got a new plug for her, took her out to the bush, cut down a few trees, then the saw started to run rough. So i half choked it and got a few more blocks, then called er quits and came home. So I am going to try spraying some carb cleaner on the diaphrams to loosen them up, going to try some carb cleaner to clean the tank up, and going to try getting a carb kit for it. Jd717, I have looked on the saw and cant really find anything more then pioneer and 50 something, its kinda scratched out now. other then that I can tell you it has a greenish yellow case, and weighs about 90 lbs lol
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If you can take a picture of it and PM me with it, I may be able to get an ID for it. soaking carb diaprhagms in carb cleaner is actually not that good for em. as I said, if you want to get a picture of it, and Email it to me, I can help you to know what kind of saw it is, and the model, displacment, carb model, and anything else you could EVER want to know about it.
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I know carb cleaner isn't a permanent fix but if you need to use it and dont have a kit on hand it can work, and you don't need the model of the saw just the carb model and #s (walbro or tilliston most likely).JD717 I got rid of all my pioneer breakdowns and manuals And just got a newer pioneer farm saw I know poulan bought them and I dont have the model #s here on hand but the coil was bad and I put one on from a poulan model that looked like it but timing is off because it dosn't match the flywheel and the poulan flywheel won't work so I am trying to locate a nos coil. know where I mite find one! tryed ebay no luck.Its a nice saw just put a new 24" bar,chain and sprocket on it did a carb job ran long enough to adjust carb then the coil went south, saw is orange and not the typical yellow pioneers of the past.Even when I had all of my breakdowns I didn't have one for this newer pioneer saw its almost as big as a 655 poulan.
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