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Had a friend recently buy a Dolmar 510 some months ago. Has had nothing but problems with it and dealer states Dolmar no longer supports their saws as Makita has bought them out. Anyone else hear of this rumor?
No more Dolmar?
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TemporaryKubotaOwnerMark
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Makita bought Dolmar a long time ago. 5 years, at least.
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Makita has owned Dolmar for at least 15 years. All I'd MN akitas saws are made by Dolmar. In the US, they are no longer going to call them Dolmar, but they'll be the same saws.
Dealers of any brand are hit and miss, it sounds like your friend has a crappy dealer. I have a great dealer and also have had zero problems with my Dolmar 421. I'm sure Makita will stand behind their warranties, seeing as they owned the product that he bought in the first place.
Lastly, Makita isn't moving all of the production to China. Like you say, all of the main OPE brands have some products made there, but the pro grade stuff from Dolmar is still made in Germany.
TSO
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Love my Dolmar 5105 ... Hopefully it stays supported. It's been a strong runner and absolutely problem free for over two years of heavy use
TemporaryKubotaOwnerMark
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Stihl is made right here in Virginia Beach.
gladehound
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My Dolmar 7900 has been running like a banshee for 8 years at about 10 cords a year. Never needed anything and runs as strong as the day I got it (actually a bit stronger 
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There is a guy near by that rebuilds them and sells the rebuilt saws for about $450 - hard to beat that.
If its getting hard to get parts, I guess I should get a 6400, 7300, or 7900 with blown head as a parts saw. I would hate to part with my 7900 - one heck of a saw!
)There is a guy near by that rebuilds them and sells the rebuilt saws for about $450 - hard to beat that.
If its getting hard to get parts, I guess I should get a 6400, 7300, or 7900 with blown head as a parts saw. I would hate to part with my 7900 - one heck of a saw!
aarolar
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Amen to that I love mine puts a smile on my face every time I run it.My Dolmar 7900 has been running like a banshee for 8 years at about 10 cords a year. Never needed anything and runs as strong as the day I got it (actually a bit stronger
There is a guy near by that rebuilds them and sells the rebuilt saws for about $450 - hard to beat that.
If its getting hard to get parts, I guess I should get a 6400, 7300, or 7900 with blown head as a parts saw. I would hate to part with my 7900 - one heck of a saw!
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Yep, some of them...
Some are made in the US, some are made in Germany, Ave some Stihl products are made in China. Here's their blog about it. STIHL China – Quality “Made by STIHL” | STIHL Blog
Some parts are made in Brazil.
My friend's Dolmar 510 is a Chinese saw. I know Dolmar has always had a terrible distributorship as far as dealers. All the ones I ever used were very fine saws if you could find where to buy them. Seems to add insult to injury when dealers, such as where my friends saw was bought, to take such a cavalier attitude about what it sells.
I used every trick in my book to get his saw started. It's lacking spark. As the plug tested out fine on another saw, I told him it could be ignition related and should be covered. Dealer is blaming his starting techniques and poor gas quality that ruined the saw. I told him to see if there was a new ignition module available and bite the bullet and just buy it. He's fighting this advice on principle. In the meantime, he's got a relatively new Dolmar 510 that has changed its duties from cutting wood to being a paper weight.
I used every trick in my book to get his saw started. It's lacking spark. As the plug tested out fine on another saw, I told him it could be ignition related and should be covered. Dealer is blaming his starting techniques and poor gas quality that ruined the saw. I told him to see if there was a new ignition module available and bite the bullet and just buy it. He's fighting this advice on principle. In the meantime, he's got a relatively new Dolmar 510 that has changed its duties from cutting wood to being a paper weight.
TSO
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Just a thought, but just in case it's fuel-related and not spark related, it could be that the choke lever isn't working properly. Forget the choke lever during startup and try to start it while holding the trigger down to get fuel into the carb. I have actually had this happen a couple of times where I'm trying to start it and it just won't turn over. That's when I realized that sometimes the choke lever doesn't seem to bring fuel to the carb properly.
