What's on your bench today?

[spudulike]

Been a little quiet this week so have taken the opportunity to crack through some of my own collection of kit to be repaired and sold.

 

Had this Husky 266SG in decent shape, had it apart and all looked good, slight scoring on the piston but compression was over 150 and the bore looked good so dropped the base gasket and got well over 170 now. Pressure and vacuum check were 100%, rebuilt the Tillotson carb and reassembled.

 

Pulled it over and it seemed quiet, it popped but would not start. Checked the carb again, new diaphragms, cleaned all the jets and still the same. It would pop but not run. Checked the ignition over and all looked good. Still the same.

 

The machine has good compression, good spark but would not start and noticed that the saw would not flood, even if it was pulled over on full choke...this one was weird as the fuel line was fine as was the fuel filter.

 

I then thought I would look at the muffler, I took it off and tried to start it and bingo, the muffler must have had a slug of mud or something down the outlet as a bit of carb cleaner and the compressor made it pop and cleared the shyte whatever it was. All runs fine now:thumbup:

[spudulike]

Been in business full time for just over 6 months now, during that time I have just had two what I would call, flat weeks. Seems pretty good from just Arbtalk and word of mouth/repeat business.

 

The flat weeks are usually filled up with doing my own owned saws that I refurbish for sale in the Autumn or a bit of DIY and last weeks flat spot has been ended by two saws in late last week and six in over the weekend. Bank goes sunning myself in the garden:lol:

 

It is all working out OK so far and am happy with the levels of business so all good:thumbup:

[TheHungrySquirrel]

How are those 266s??? Seen a lot lately on eBay and wondering how they run.

[spudulike]

How are those 266s??? Seen a lot lately on eBay and wondering how they run.

 

Supposed to be pretty good but not had a chance to run it through some wood yet. Nice old school build though.

[Sawchip]

How are those 266s??? Seen a lot lately on eBay and wondering how they run.

 

Iv had a few...very good to work on ...nice bit of grunt (4.5hp ish depending on carb) on a 18..20 in bar for X cutting .

[shavey]

Great to hear it's going well Spud the power of arbtalk and its members are fantastic

 

I've Just been doing this 394XP ready too sell not too much wrong with running pulls like a train it just needed some safety and cosmetic issues sorted, the chain brake cover had a big crack along the top. Band was missing short Spring missing and linkage well worn so invested in a new side cover , inner felling spike was missing and the threads had stripped so retapped with 7mm and put a new chain catcher on

[shavey]

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[spudulike]

Been working on a MS150 today, the engine mounting bolts had obviously been loose for a long time and one crank mount hole was oval and the lower one was completely worn away. Managed to get an insert in the top one and a nut on the other side.

 

The lower one was a mess so used a bigger bolt, JB weld, larger washers and an aluminium bush working on the theory that if the engine was held rigid, then there should be no movement and no wear.

 

The saw had a muffler mod and flywheel advance and now seems pretty good. If it fails then it is time for a new lower crankcase but reckon it should be OK.

[Joe Newton]

Great to hear it's going well Spud the power of arbtalk and its members are fantastic

 

 

 

I've Just been doing this 394XP ready too sell not too much wrong with running pulls like a train it just needed some safety and cosmetic issues sorted, the chain brake cover had a big crack along the top. Band was missing short Spring missing and linkage well worn so invested in a new side cover , inner felling spike was missing and the threads had stripped so retapped with 7mm and put a new chain catcher on

 

 

Crikey Andrew you shouldn't have a problem shifting that! Does it have a buyer?

[felixthelogchopper]

Stihl MS 029 which I picked up for pennies. Currently starts then either stalls immediately or runs for a short time then splutters to a halt. Giving it all a good clean up, new plug, fuel filter + hose and vent tube which currently has rust stains inside it. Got a carb kit too if it still refuses to comply.