« Reply #4 on: January 07, 2009, 05:24:39 AM »
Are you old enough to remember when they had car type carbs ? My Dad had one when I was a Kid, I think it was a Homilite, , if you laid it on its side to cut the gas ran out, so there was a handle to turn the bar onto its side.
I don't remember those. Was it a 4-stroke? My dad's old Stihl saw doesn't have the thing that catches the chain if it breaks. It would fly off at full speed if it broke. Hopefully it's going away from you. No vibration dampening either, and it's heavy. Even if you didn't have an accident it hurt to use it very much. Old saws suck.

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