Husky Rancher 55 Won't Run High RPM

[ladylake]

Buck  If your blind as me you can't see the spark. I was working on a saw that wouldn't start, checked for spark and didn't see any (must be blind) dumped a little mix down the plug hole, held the throttle wide open and it fired up in 3 pulls.  It might be good to get a tester just to be sure..   It's kind of unusual why the spark would go away when you worked on the carb.     Far as getting fuel if the plug is just a little damp it might not be getting enough, soaked it could be flooded.    Steve

[Woodhog]

I see they are on sale around here for $400.00. Are the Brazil saws inferior to earlier ones??

I like the 55 for firewood and average cutting jobs, it just keeps working day after day , much better than my 357XP which failed more than once... It pulls really hard when cold....

[Al_Smith]

Ignition problems can drive you nutty especially if a person is not sure of how they work .

That said,some saws have jumper wires someplace which connect the handle portion to the engine to make sure you have a good ground.If they come loose,depending on the saw,it may start and you can't shut it off or it may not start at all.

If you are going to test that thing,first you have to have the coil airgap correct.Too wide it won't fire at all,no matter how fast you spin it.Usually around 10-12 thou does it .Always connect a good ground wire to the plug.Some times a bad ground can ruin a coil .Yea,some people may argue with that staement but been there and done that before .Trust me .

All thngs being correct,ground,good switch etc. there is no reason why no sparky .It's unlikely you got two bum coils on your hands .

[Woodhog]

You probably checked the spark arrestor screen and made sure it is not plugged with resin etc?? This affected the high speed once on my 55.

[DR Buck]

It's Fixed !    8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
   
I tore the shop completely apart looking for my spark checker and never did find the dang thing.  So l couldn't check the coil without using the spark plug.   Turned out I had a bad spark plug and the one I was using to test with in  light  I couldn't see any spark, but it was working.   So I spent $45 I didn't need to spend and got back to the original problem of no high RPMs.  Now I have a spare coil.  :

I removed the carburetor for the 4th time, disassembled it and soaked it with 2 different gum cutter sprays  and took a hair fine wire poked it into the jet feeding the main throttle body.   Put it all back together, pulled the choke  and gave a couple yanks on the starter rope and  8)  it fired right up.   Now it's running like new. 

Thanks for all the suggestions.

[Al_Smith]

 Glad the thing is able to putt again .Ah,sometimes education comes with a price .No big deal,I'm sure we've all done something like that at one time or another . ;)

[PineNut]

Oh but the times I have done something like that.