Properly tuned those little rascals should start on two pulls. Have you considered a newer saw with the easy start feature? I don't know of any practical way to add electric start, the weight and bulk would render them virtually useless. At one time Remington made one with cables to jump off a vehicle battery, it was not a success. Without a back up rewind, the operator had to work beside the truck or trudge back every time it stalled.

I agree on the 2nd
pull these Little Monsters will Go if Tuned and Primed. The newer saws seems so much easer to start
and quieter. I have always started the
small saws using a whipping motion using both arms pushing and pulling. 2010 was the last I actually used the saws vs
starting with fresh gas every 6 mo to a yr.
Due to health issues the electric is all I feel good about using and
they are working “At Home”.

Until I get better and know
it’s real I’ll admit the pull is in my past.
A Co-Worker and I started burning and working wood about 1977-78 as I
did with the same small saw. He invested
in a nice Stihl chainsaw to allow him to continue as cutting his wood into 6-8”
blocks vs splitting. I have rebuilt a
nice log splitter to get past the splitting chores and split on the halves,
LOL!. The Bottom Line with both of us is
that we are on our last years. We have Gas
with Central Heat and Air Condition but we still enjoy our past, the Savings
and Exercise.