ing3 wrote: "Let me rephrase that, we have had problems with Stihl string trimmers, and blowers". My statements hold true for Stihl trimmers and blowers as well....what kind of problems are your "operators" experiencing.....they are bullet proof. They don't own the majority of the commercial market from owners with down time. Deere is a marvelous company that makes many great machines.....chainsaws in not one of themÂ..In fact they are usually just branded Deere. If you are in the market for an ok consumer grade chainsaw than Deere might be acceptable. If youÂre looking commercial I would say Stihl, Husq or Jonsered, and some of the Echo line. Deere is not in the same league. If youÂre looking consumer/residential grade a better saw for maybe a little more would be husq or echo.

I have not gotten into the Mac 10-10 at this point far enough to know the vintage, but, the price was right. I had to dispose of some copper at our local recycler. Anyway, while there I am always nosing around for stuff! Looked in the aluminum pile and there were about 15 Poulans, all apart, and this one vintage Mac 10-10! It had a repair tag on it and the pull rope was broken. Traded the copper for the Mac, got it home, cleaned it up, got the old rope out and replaced, cleaned out all the oily sawdust residue, put it together, filled it with, 20:1 and chain oil, and to my amazement, 3 pulls and it was off and running. This model has the chain brake and left side start pull. Any help on the vintage is welcome. Serial number 13-34485 and Model # 6000130 I think.

The angle is usuall 30 or 35 deg (looking down on the chain, relative to the bar). All sawchain I have sharpened want the file to be level, not tilted nose up or nose down. However, there is sawchain out there that wants the file to be tipped from horizontal. The sawchain will also determine the size of roundfile to use (assuming that is round ground and not square ground). Most consumers will use round ground sawchain. In the end, it is the sawchain that determines how you will need to sharpen. If you can identify your sawchain, you can look up manufacturers recommendation on how to sharpen. If you are unsure, now may be the time to get a new sawchain. It should come with a little pamphlet or instructions about how to care for the sawchain.

You should know it you getting spark with the spark plug removed grounded against the head, either it will spark or it won't have a pretty blue spark, then I suspect would igntion problems when it dies. Next you should know if it gets gas by priming it when it don't start. If you prime it and it fires off the gas or spary carb. cleaner. ( I like using carb cleaner it's safer and you get a side benifit of the cleaning action). Providing the spark plug is good and you have proper compression I suspect it sucks air when it quites. I would replace all the fuel lines. this happens to most old saws IMO the inability to pull the gas to the carb. due to air leaks in the fuel system. Other possible guess is the little dodad in the carb that alows gas to flow with the spring attached thats a real ##th to get back togather.