Coppicing saw.

[coppice cutter]

On 20/02/2021 at 20:08, Echo said:

Make sure to keep an eye on the plastic flag near the exhaust, there was an issue with the exhaust

melting them, some people made deflectors to point the gases away from the affected area, but

Echo may have addressed the matter and modified the outlet of the muffler.

Yeah, I read a lot of stuff on them here. Strangely some people had a problem, some had none.

 

I read a post by one guy who said that he took the spark arrestor out and it started to melt the handle, and the problem stopped when he put the spark arrestor back in, so it's hard to know exactly what's going on.

 

What would be interesting, if it were available, would be to get a parts diagram and see if there is a superseded part number for the exhaust. That would possibly tell you if it had been changed or not. 

[Echo]

It doesn't take much to melt it, there is a very short lid on the outlet so it cant

deflect the heat in the right direction, but a very easy fix, there is only a few screws

holding on the deflector, one could easily take it off and make another or have someone

tig weld a nicely shaped piece over or onto the existing deflector lip, that would ensure

the heat got directed away and past the flag position, I can't say for sure but the Echo 501sx

deflector might be a straight swap, if not it would be real easy to drill the mounting holes to

make it fit, as you have the original deflector to measure off.

 

They are nice saw, I would be very happy with one.

[Echo]

Just now, Echo said:

It doesn't take much to melt it, there is a very short lid on the outlet so it cant

deflect the heat in the right direction, but a very easy fix, there is only a few screws

holding on the deflector, one could easily take it off and make another or have someone

tig weld a nicely shaped piece over or onto the existing deflector lip, that would ensure

the heat got directed away and past the flag position, I can't say for sure but the Echo 501sx

deflector might be a straight swap, if not it would be real easy to drill the mounting holes to

make it fit, as you have the original deflector to measure off.

 

They are nice saw, I would be very happy with one.