[AT] OT / chainsaw question

[Jerry Rhodes]

Ivan, do you have room for a nut under the carb? I would JD weld in a pair 
of studs then set the carb and put a lockwasher and nut on, should hold. 
Worked on the alum cyl I've done, hope this helps

Jerry
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ivan Cousins" <ivancou at windstream.net>
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Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 9:25 AM
Subject: [AT] OT / chainsaw question


> Well I do use the fire wood to heat the garage wher I work on the tractor
> ,so ....
> Anyone have idea of how to get the carb adapter on a Poulan chainsaw to
> stay tight . The screws keep coming loose ,tried cleaning the threads & 
> hole
> with carb cleaner and compressed air . Used red locktite thinking maybe I
> could get it to stay tight for more than five minutes .  The screws are 
> kind
> of triangular shape  and I thought maybe re tap the holes with a 1/4 -28 
> and
> use a real bolt ,but when I tried it on a scrap cylinder it doesnt cut 
> good
> threads . My saw is a 220 pro but I also have my uncles 2150 that I'm
> working on and it has the same problem .   Thanks, Ivan
>
>
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