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Got you 100% there, my arms are not what they were and getting a really fast pull on the starter is not as easy as it used to be, plus this thing has a lot more compression than the old Husky.

It is a brand new saw. the air cleaner is spic and span. not using the choke makes no difference, plug is wet a little bit. but will dry if you pull it through a few rimes on the warm start. I am trying the Stihl procedure, two pulls with choke, then flip it to warm but the pig still tries to rip my arm off! As I say, maybe it is just my technique, my son can start it and it runs fine, just annoyed I cannot get it running and bleeding hands trying.

Where are you buying the 2T from in Chiang Mai? (and thanks for the advice) This pig has ruined my left arm which has been out of action for three days. it actually hurt more that when I broke my wrist, it is an absolute pig to start, but as I say, once started it runs like a dream and can cut through anything here.

It might be me, not having the technique but it is a bit strange that it will rip the starter out of my hand with such force. understand it is more than 5HP, but this thing is nasty. When it gets to the point where it feels like it fires, it locks solid, you cannot continue to pull the cord, my hands are ripped ip and bleeding from it pulling me back into the casing.

Castrol, it feels like it is firing too early, you cannot pull it through the full cycle, it just locks solid and kicks back.

My old Husqvarna chainsaw blew itself to pieces recently, so I decided to buy an upgraded replacement, a Stihl 382. Not sure what the issue is with it but it is an absolute pig to start. You have to be very careful on the first start when using the choke as if you give it just one extra pull with the choke on it will flood itself. What I find is that it is extremely difficult to get the starter cord to pull through a couple of cycles smoothly - If you leave it in the OFF position you can pull the starter cord nice and smooth through a couple of revolutions, however, when you switch it to t6he ON position with the choke it feels like it is locking up solidly, then if you switch it to the WARM START after it first fires, it becomes even harder to pull. It feels like it is actually firing, but not enough to keep running, the decompressor switch disengages which I presume means it fired, but it will rip the starter cord out of your hand and it really has a nasty pull back (to the point it has torn muscle and tendon in my arm from the force of the kickback from the cord. It is so strong that it has ripped the cord out of my hand and cracked the plastic casing on the motor. I have a few 2 strokes and 4 strokes that all have a similar manual pull start but none of them display this sort of recoil - could it be the timing? Thing is, once it is started, it runs as smooth as any 2 stroke I have ever owned so I don't really want to mess with it too much. My son can get it started, but he is about 6 foot tall and weighs over 120kg, but even he seems to have a problem with the pull back on the starter (pulled muscles) any ideas what to check first as I really do not want to take a brand new motor to one of these local butcher shops that doe "repairs" as I am afraid they will bodge or damage it. (like they did fitting a pulley wheel to my brand new Honda motor - they were hammering it onto the crank with a sledgehammer!) I realise that this is a larger motor than the Husqvarna, and it is a 2 stroke not a 4 stoke like the Honda, but when this thing tries to fire it nearly rips your arm off and you cannot pull the cord past that point. Any help is appreciated.

Thanks to everyone that replied and provided the great info - Just thought I would update my situation. Firstly, thanks so much for recommending Dr. Morgan (I presumed that it would be a Welsh farang bloke, however he was a she, and she didn't look Welsh, but she spoke better English than most Taffs) The clinic and appointment system was great, e mailed them Sunday, appointment today 1:30 pm. Within 10 minutes of sitting down with Dr. Morgan she had done more checks than I have had in two years from the San Patong hospital ( which by the way, when I told and described the problem, told me I had probably inadvertently banged my knee) In ten minutes, she found that the bad leg had a much lower temperature than the other leg, it was a different colour from the good leg, it was a different size to the good leg and whilst my "good leg" had a strong pulse, the gammy leg barely had a detectable pulse. She tells me I have to stop the cigarettes, as I have classic signs of "peripheral Arterial Disease" - She has booked me into the RAM hospital (complete with 20% referral discount) to get a couple of tests carried out to see how bad things are. Whilst I was hoping it was a pinched nerve or similar and not this diagnosis, at least I now have a clear picture of what is going on - And, hats off to her too, my last hospital visit a few moths back had me pooping my pants telling me I had a High Cancer Marker count in my blood tests - I was beside myself worrying, but she told me today that this is usually simply due to the toxins in the blood due to being a smoker. So once again, many many thanks to those who recommended this lady doctor. she is a breath of fresh air in a sea of <deleted>- she has to be probably the most trustworthy and honest doctors I have ever met here. the fees are very reasonable too, go to a local clininc, get lied to, pay 250 baht for something with no name and some vitamin C orange sweeties, or pay 500 and come away feeling someone actually looked at you! See what happens now with the RAM!

I know a great doctor not too far from me, he is as honest as the day is long and seems like he genuinely wants to put you right, he knows his area of competence and when it falls outside he recommends someone else. Sadly once you get away from the clinics and into the hospitals it seems money is the main incentive.

Worked for me, will take a closer look

Don't know the place but I will look it up -Thanks.

Thanks. I am hoping that it is Sciatica and not artery hell, not into getting cut open at my age.

Thanks for your trouble, appreciated!

Thanks so much for all of the comments and suggestions - I will try some of the medication suggestions and see if it improves, if not, guess it will be a trip to the RAM or Maharaj Thanks again for all your help, greatly appreciated.

Had a few issues lately, sadly none of them seem to have been treated properly, almost seemed like money came before cure. Unfortunately I seem to have developed a problem in one of my legs and it is driving me crazy. I have always been pretty fit and was a cross country runner earlier in my life, I always walked everywhere, could walk miles in a day no problem. In about 2010 on a visit back to the UK I noticed I was not walking up hills as well as I used to and was getting a sort of muscle cramp in one of my legs. It would cramp at my foot, then it would be in the calf and then in the thigh and buttock. I put it down to old age, but it is only one leg. Over the last few years the affected leg has got worse and worse, I get severe pains in my calf and thigh as well as behind my knee when walking - I can cycle 30 KM no problem, it is only walking that causes the pain, to the point that it is almost crippling and I have to stop for ten minutes until the pain subsides. It is so bad at the moment that even just standing on an uneven surface will set the bad leg off into severe muscle pain. It feels like muscle rather than bone. it begins in the calf and travels down to my foot and up to my buttock. it isn't a cramp, but s terrible ache. I did read that it looks like symptoms of blocked veins or not enough blood getting to the muscle, which makes sense as I have high blood pressure and hardening of the arteries through years of being a Non Vegan.. Problem is when I asked for help from my local hospital, they told me I probably banged my leg and prescribed some 500 mg paracetamol. - I know when I bang my leg, this is not a banged leg, there is something wrong inside. As I said, I used to walk everywhere and loved walking and running, but this thing is killing me, I cannot even walk 100 metres without terrible pain, it gets even worse if I have to raise the leg during a walk rather than dragging it, does anyone know any doctors or clinics / hospitals that can seriously look at this problem as it really is ruining whatever time I have left. Thanks! appreciated. If Eastenders is still on the TV, I might try and go to see Doctor Legg!

Thanks, so can the bar/chain combination be swapped or not?

Wonder if anyone can answer this query for me regarding chainsaws, bars and chains? I recently wrote off my old Husqvarna saw and am buying a new Stihl. The new saw comes with a 3/8" pitch chain with a 0.63" gauge bar / chain combination. I have my original Stihl bar which is also a 3/8" pitch, but has a 0.050" gauge bar / chain. Am I correct in thinking that as long as the pitch is the same that matches the sprocket, I can change between the two bar chain combinations. From what I can gather, as long as the pitch is the same, then the bar / chain combination can be swapped out as long as the gauge of the bar matches the chain. The other question is, would there be a chance that using the smaller gauge chain on the much more powerful (5.4 HP) that the chain might snap? Thanks!

Good for Thailand! Make a bit of a stand against this phony war, pursued by the Neocons and cretins of the Biden administration, war mongering imbeciles who have lost most of their credibility on the world stage, but backed by the despotic unelected, undemocratic sheep of the floundering mess that is the EU!

Pardon my ignorance but I wonder if anyone can pitch in here regarding my son's car? It is a 2008 Honda Civic, it has just been driven through some flood water, probably up to the bottom of the doors. Engine was running a bit rough during the drive in the flood but seems fine now. Blew a fuse and he lost his number plate. I was just wondering if there are any points on the car that need to be greased or lubricated after going through deep water, as I know nothing about these cars whatsoever. I have a Toyota truck and I know that I need to grease the propshaft and any of the ball joints after flooding, but as far as a Civic goes, any tips? Thanks.

Sorry if this is the wrong place to post but there seems to have been a massive reorder of the forums and I have no idea where the old Electrical forum has disappeared to! I have been having a few problems with my electrical mains supply - (It keeps getting cut off randomly) and when the power is restored it seems to give the system a bit of a blast to the point where I have had three TV's blown, (Backlight LED's and PSU fried) and now two PC's, (looks like fried RAM and a fried CPU) Obviously EGAT are not going to pay for the repairs so I have to bite the bullet again. What I was hoping for is can anyone give me some solid advice as to a decent surge protector that would prevent these devices getting destroyed? I would like to protect the rntire system from the Consumer Unit covering the entire house, but most of the problems have ocurred in one particular room, so even a good brand 4 output power strip would be better than nothing. It might be something to do with the way the house is wired but one room and its sockets are particularly prone to blowing devices - Any good soul out there that has suffered and found the answer, be very pleased to hear from you. (I bought a power strip many years ago that claimed to do everything, surge protection, earth fault detection etc. but it was just a piece of junk that did nothing - so if anyone has some knowledge of a product that works, please let me know) Thanks!