How To Replace A Chainsaw Starter Rope/Pull Cord 

Best chainsaw rope replacement demo ever! Detailed, clear, and concise. The tech is a real pro.

I have been replacing my own starter ropes for the last 45yrs by trial and error, Never to old to learn a new trick at 62 thanks to Jake and MPI.

Thanks for this. I started not to watch the whole thing, because like many....I felt it was a little basic, but there's more to it than I thought. Good info about the extra turn on the spring and how to check it.

Jacob, you are a blessed soul. Your friendships, business acquaintances and your drive are leading you to a very fulfilling life. Thanks for sharing your journey with this old timer and YT friend.

This dude rules! We all know that lighter is beat from doing massive bong rips behind that trailer.

This dudes a good teacher

Very well explained about wrapping the rope and the spring preload! Thank you

I have a very very old Homelight chainsaw that belonged to my grandfather. I would say it's probably from early 60's. It's so rare I could only find one place in Poland that sold the spark plug for it. So I bought two plugs, and paid for the overseas shipping. It runs but have trouble with pull start. This video was super helpful. I don't have an Instagram account but will get one now, and follow MPI Built. Thanks for sharing 👍

Great tutorial. You two should make more.

I will be back to watch this video when mine gives way.

I've taken those out trying to reassemble them but had no luck. Now I know why. Thank you for posting

I just used this video to fix my saw, thank you!

This guy is on point. I do the same thing he does. My ol man taught me that trick. He learned it from my grandad

Love the content Jacob . Learning a lot and seeing very skilled people you work with . Mitch's saw you used other day is like a 6 second car compared to a decent enough mid size car off a used lot . Little Blue is doing decent with the tweaks she got .

Thanks man for such an easy to understand video on how to properly replace the pulley cord, kudos to you guys 🤙

I always use the side of the lighter to mushroom the ends. Good trick!

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like to see port done by MPI on the blue :)

Great instruction. Thanks for sharing your experience.

These tricks are so useful for all pull cord tools, tape measures, etc. Thank you!

What a nice guy, thank you Jake!

@Guilty of Treeson the extended cut of the ending of Mitch's video and the Chainsaw from CHY-naaaa ..LOL, HAHAHA, love the lick fingers, spread on HOT Burning nylon trick!! LOL I typically spit on the table and dip the burning end in the spit...ewww,,,,LOL. Seriously, the "mushroom" trick is what we do in the archery world when tying the ends on our rope loops for mechanical release aids....

The knot for the handle appears to be a double overhand stopper knot.

super nice guy. and he seems to know what hes talking about!

I WILL MOST DEFINITELY SAVE THIS.. I've FUBAR'd a couple of springs

Thank you guys, I fixed my 372 recoil just as the video ended.... Timing is everything

Mysteries explained! Well done and thanks.

Dude I watched this 3 times. Awesome tips and tricks.

Very interesting video Jake. That man knows his saws!

Cool now I know the proper way to change a rope 👍

Very cool nice to see the details and definitely a few I didn’t realize thanks

Ok so the lighter on the rope thing I was doing. But the finding the end of the wind I was not doing. Damn. Thank you. Yes I have manually wrapped that thing with the spring out. No fun.

Good information I can use. Thanks!

Damn, it is like watching me change a rope, even the same knots, and same use of lighter to melt the ends! And no, it isn't a true figure eight knot, this one is way better - I have used this knot for 35 years, I even began using it before Stihl started using it. About using somebody elses chainsaw, it like using somebody's toothbrush, you can do it, but you don't like it! ^_^

figure 8 knots are also called stopper knots if you are sailing or on a boat

Thanks for the video I literally have been struggling with this the last couple days!

Worked well for me Thank you!

Just replaced the pull cord on my ms290 before finding this video. I bought it used and the pull cord housing had enough built up gunk that the cord was loose and got frayed on the flywheel. I ended up jury rigging it with paracord and pulled everything apart to clean it and oil it. It took my three tries to get the cord tension set right.

WOW. There was more to this than I though. lol

Lots of info and tricks. My 310 needs a new rope. THANKS

Nice job Jacob.

That skiptooth chain is one of the reasons the saw is so slow. That engine is plenty strong to pull a full comp chain at that length.

Keep up the hard work love the content gonna be having a massive tree craned out of my backyard soon

Impressive!

Nice guy….knows his stuff. 👍

Good tutorial very well explained. Thanks.

Very informative content Jacob. Lots of interesting facts and tips. Love your channel! Keep up the good work 👍 greeting from the Netherlands

Super video! You are a great teacher. Can you please explain, because I might have missed it, why did the knotted pull through the handle. Thank you again! 😊 One extra thought, I have an old 1984 Jonsered 520SP. How do you determine the diameter of the pull cord? It looks like nylon is the deal now. Mine was a cotton rope. The dealer installed nylon with a new Stihl pull handle. I never thought to measure the thickness of the old cord. That said, maybe there is a difference between the nylon size of cord you would use versus the cotton old-school pull cord that was in there. By the way my handle pulled off of the knotted cotton cord, maybe for the same reason your friends did?There was a washer beneath the old cotton knotted cord. Thank again! 😊

The knot is a figure 8 knot. The fisherman’s is sorta similar but its more like a hitch rather than a knot. The knot you tied, though, is definitely a figure 8

Awesome vid, have always felt the same IE lube it then dry it, just like bicycle chains you need no dry-metal but cannot have 'loose oil/grease' or it becomes a grit sponge in short order and begins grinding as it lubricates :P MPI seems very very sharp am gonna have to go check him out now thanks!!

Y'all need to port that saw and see how well it'll run.

looks like a Double Overhand knot

Didn't know Ed sheerans bro did work on saws🤣... just kidding nice work👍

I’m on his list 👍🏼

Nice work

It’s really hilarious that as soon as I read that Third Generation of machinery… I was saying what the heck does that mean…thinking… what are they trying to say here???? It’s really funny that keen minded folks are reading that tag and having my exact response. I don’t necessarily think that he was not necessary wanting to run it because it was a blue China saw… he was running a ported 661!!! He had a 90cc blaster to smack down his sticks for the day… not really stopping to laugh and have fun and play around with the blue saw and still get the work done if it’s an additional so what attitude… seemed like a blaster dude… knock it out as fast as you can and get gone dude type… he wouldn’t have run a real 460 that wasn’t ported either… why dick with a stocker 70cc when your hotrod 90 CC’s sitting right there and it’s running great… I think it was more about his being familiar with his own saw …more so then hating on the blue beast!!! You need 32:1 mix and to re-tune it after that run!!! You don’t have the super high quality nikasil cylinder lining in your Chinese engine that topend will last another 10-15 years if it’s running on 32:1… on 50:1 you’d burn it out in a couple three/four years running the way you were… I use the Chinese saw’s for residential tree removal and I freakin love the cheaper saw’s… I don’t understand not wanting to spend as little money as possible to complete the task… it’s reduced overhead!!! Their cheap parts will put them OEM saw’s that are broken back into the game too!!!

I know this sounds crazy Jake I've been cutting trees for almost 20 years I still never had to replace a pull cord I know it sounds crazy but this video has taught me I can do everything in tree work I can climb I can cut I can drop everything except for replaceable cord tell me that's not crazy LOL

Good stuff with a lil bit of trivia about the 661 haha

Cool video. Thanks

Very interesting!

Sc1 silicone spray works well to keep a saw clean 👌

You can tell a professional by the measuring tape they use, no dummy marks

Nice explanation. But. I always like to have half a turn left on my spring. When the spring gets worn/slacked it's easy to put an extra wrap on. Just thought it was a little too tight. Just my two cents.

Good stuff

definitely a fisherman knot. Figure 8 would be going through the end loop only.

Bro just saw you on the new episode of Ridiculousness!

Nice 😊 look out👀😂

thats no figure 8 i have ever seen!!! jake you where right he just tied a double fishermanz i had to get the rope out to see what exactly transpired. well now we know that is fancy way to tie the fishermanzz, i have to remember it

5:30 who else fought the urge to lick your fingers and fix that melting rope?

Mine is breaking cords alot too. Did u figure the cause.

You don't need to take the plastic piece out of the pull start assembly to replace a pull cord, not in chainsaws atleast

Definitely not a figure 8 knot. It's similar to half of a double fisherman's bend. I like Jake's name.

Dry lube is better on that spring

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I think american's explain is best