Ever had this happen?

[s78wingrider]

I've used chainsaws ever since I was a teenager but never had this happen. Was cutting firewood and saw was running fine, then made a strange noise and quit. I couldn't believe it but the sparkplug had fallen out!

 

[Thomas]

Not as falling out (had one loose because of my mistake) you didn't notice feel or sound soon before quitting???

 

[DJ4wd]

Same here Ive had them really loose but never actually fall out.

 

[easygo]

I would be curious what was the next thing you did? Put the plug back in... and ran it fine?

 

[rekees4300]

the sparkplug had fallen out!

So why did the saw quit?

 

[20 20]

plug, it don't need no stinkin plug.

I did have bolts fall into recoil and jam things up real fast once.

 

[ToadHill]

Never on a saw but I had one blow out of the head on an old Dodge I had. It took the threads with it.

 

[s78wingrider]

I put the plug back in but only had a pair of needle nose pliers. Got it tight enough to finish load but in a little bit, I noticed it was lose again but plug wasn't lose, it was coming apart. I did have another with me, don't know why since didn't have plug wrench :confused2:

 

[Jimmy Joe]

Had a crankcase bolt back out and hit the flywheel while carrying the saw idling. It stopped the saw dead could not turn it over. It was 11 am on a Saturday on a Memorial day weekend and I needed a saw bad so I raced into town and bought a new one, the store closed at noon. When I had time I tore the saw apart and found the loose bolt. Sure wish I had known the problem right away, never would have rushed into buying a saw. Never had a spark plug fall out though.

 

[turnkey4099]

I was cutting along just fine when it began to rattle. Shut down, nothing noticeable, fired up and finished. Wouldn't start again. Tore it down and found the electrode had separated of the plug and beat the bejabbers out of the top of the piston including peening over the ring lands. Cost me a new piston rod assy. Still haven't figured out how it started after I shut it down the first time.

1951 The old man's Caterpillar 22 (small gas tractor about D2 size built back in the 30s I think). Had a full length cover over the plugs. Cranked it one day, big bang and it froze up. Couldn't pull it an inch with the crank. Plug had blown out and apparently blew all the oil out of that cylinder. We managed to get it to rotate using a pry bar - ran just fine for years after but that #1 plug had to be retightened regularly.

Harry K

 

[Treemonkey1000]

See if the threads in the head are buggered up. Also see if maybe there is a locking washer on the plug itself. Then use a good plug wrench to tighten it up fairly tight. Does the saw vibrate a lot? Like maybe a bent crank or flywheel weight is off? I have had plugs be loose before. The performance gets pretty bad though when they get real loose.

 

[ENTS]

I put the plug back in but only had a pair of needle nose pliers. ...

I'll bet you started carrying a scrench after that.

Had a plug blow out of my 650 BSA. Took me forever to find that plug and put it back so I could get home.:laughing::laughing:

later,


Fred

 

[Willl]

I'll bet you started carrying a scrench after that.

A what ?

 

[Treemonkey1000]

Socket plug screwdriver

 

[Willl]

Wow, have plenty of those, just never new they had a name.

First day of the year and learned me something new already.

 

[milkman]

Yep, screwdriver/wrench and to go with that you need a scrench holder that attaches to the saw handle.:thumbsup: Bailey's - Scrench - Bar Wrench Holder

 

[ENTS]

Nothing worse than walking in to your wood lot and throw a chain, or need to snug up that chain, or (in this case) put your spark plug back. Then ya have to walk that 1/2 mile back to the tractor to get that scrench ya left behind.

I never bought that holder for the scrench but I do carry a small tool pouch on my chaps with scrench and files.:thumbsup:

Later,

fhs

 

[LD1]

When we go cutting, we always take the toolbox. Just a little rubbermaid thing. But has some files, sharpener jig, t-27 torx, pack of allens, small carb tuning screwdrivers, and a couple of screnches. Usually dont have to use any of them, but the first time we forget it, we need it.