Most of you don't know anything about anything so I rarely look for advice around here, but, evidently there's a decomp button my MS440. What's it for?
fossil said:I guess you never had a nicely set up 2-cycle dirt bike.
Bigg_Redd said:Most of you don't know anything about anything so I rarely look for advice around here, but, evidently there's a decomp button my MS440. What's it for?
HittinSteel said:It's there for after you either remove the base gasket or cut the squish band and port the piston/cylinder. At 150 or 160lbs. of compression for an able bodied young sawyer, it has no real use.
firebroad said:Smarmy answers aside, I believe it is used to add a little air when the piston fires, which is especially good when you are trying to clear a flood.
Delta-T said:...because there's just not enough smarmy answers....I dont know much about saws, but in the Casino Gambling world, a comp is something they give you for free when you are either a big winner, or big loser....a de-comp, would probably be when they take something away that they gave you for free, like a steak dinner... "you give that steak dinner back sir!"
firebroad said:Smarmy answers aside, I believe it is used to add a little air when the piston fires, which is especially good when you are trying to clear a flood.
MasterMech said:firebroad said:Smarmy answers aside, I believe it is used to add a little air when the piston fires, which is especially good when you are trying to clear a flood.
Just the opposite, it bleeds off some compression (air/fuel charge) to keep it from firing early and ripping the starter cord out of your hand.
Pineburner said:And all this time, I've been using these "de-comp" buttons as kill switches. Now I wonder, how the heck am I gonna turn my saws off?
Bigg_Redd said:Most of you don't know anything about anything so I rarely look for advice around here, but, evidently there's a decomp button my MS440. What's it for?
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