Chainsaws

Have you ever heard of something like this?

There are old stories about auto workers playing pranks on unsuspecting car owners by hiding a soda bottle, etc... inside a door panel so it'll make a mysterious noise and drive the owner and his mechanic nuts. Well, I found such a prank. Not in a car. But, in a Poulan chain saw. 

 

Dad gave me an old Model 2000 saw to fix up. It's at least 20-25 years old (no chain brake).The bar/chain oiling line inside the reservoir had crumbled with age and needed replacement. 

So, I removed an access cover over the oil pickup filter and dumped out the broken pieces of tubing and...a rock.

Not just any old rock that could've gotten in through the filler hole, either.

It's just big enough it won't fit through the hole AND it's got factory Poulan green paint on part of it. 

The saw was assembled around it!!!

It didn't appear to have caused any damage, though. It was funny to see it "ker-thunk" on the ground at my feet.

My brain had to pause a moment, "That's a rock. What the ___ ?" Some worker in Shreveport LA had a weird sense of humor.

The saw has run just fine all these years, including a hiatus of about 9 years. I just changed the spark plug, added some fresh premix and a small tweak to the carb's high speed screw and it runs like a champ!!!