What's on your bench today?

[Matthew Arnold]

Got a FS450 awaiting a new driveshaft after a colleague reversed over it. He was given an ear bashing as i stuck a stick next to it with a hi-viz jacket. Going to replace the gear head whils't i'm at it as we may as well having running hear of the same age.

[spudulike]

Dont mind you flaming my saw on here when it arrives Spud, be interesting to watch the renovation or scrapping depending on the conrod.

 

Will do - going grey just thinking about it:lol:

[tractorboy1]

Got a FS450 awaiting a new driveshaft after a colleague reversed over it. He was given an ear bashing as i stuck a stick next to it with a hi-viz jacket. Going to replace the gear head whils't i'm at it as we may as well having running hear of the same age.

 

From some of your posts Mat sounds like you work with some right numptys. Bet they wouldnt be like it if they had to pay for the damage.

[spudulike]

Latest project - one of those Stihl 020AVs - the predecessor of the 020T and MS200T. The saw has been used for the rough stuff for a while and I extricated half a hedge from around the sprocket - lucky there wasn't a mouse in there as well!

 

Looked for the carb but could only find a brown turd like extrication hanging off the side of the cylinder:001_rolleyes:

 

Cleaning up well though - stripped the carb, noticed that the needle valve was a bit sluggish and not sealing well - the last picture shows the reason - the plating has started to bubble off the needle - the replacement is next to it.

 

Only parts I have found to need replacing are the sprocket, lower handle AV mount - sorry "annular buffer" - gotta love the Germans:001_rolleyes: The chain is a gonner and the handle needs a bit of epoxy as it is cracked - compression is a healthy 160psi.

[Megatron]

Latest project - one of those Stihl 020AVs - the predecessor of the 020T and MS200T. The saw has been used for the rough stuff for a while and I extricated half a hedge from around the sprocket - lucky there wasn't a mouse in there as well!

 

Looked for the carb but could only find a brown turd like extrication hanging off the side of the cylinder:001_rolleyes:

 

Cleaning up well though - stripped the carb, noticed that the needle valve was a bit sluggish and not sealing well - the last picture shows the reason - the plating has started to bubble off the needle - the replacement is next to it.

 

Only parts I have found to need replacing are the sprocket, lower handle AV mount - sorry "annular buffer" - gotta love the Germans:001_rolleyes: The chain is a gonner and the handle needs a bit of epoxy as it is cracked - compression is a healthy 160psi.

 

Parts for these saws are getting scarce as they are being phased out by Stihl. I have listed a few examples below, the column headed "year" denotes the last year in which the part was/will be available from the factory. However, this doesn't necessarily mean you can still get the parts up until that date, it differs from country to country. But unless your distributor still has some in stock, beyond the date, you are out of luck...

[Matthew Arnold]

From some of your posts Mat sounds like you work with some right numptys. Bet they wouldnt be like it if they had to pay for the damage.

 

Nope. The one who has driven over the brushcutter feels so bad about it, he is paying for it out of his own pocket.

[spudulike]

Nope. The one who has driven over the brushcutter feels so bad about it, he is paying for it out of his own pocket.

 

 

Sounds like you got a good one there:thumbup:

 

Following on from my previous post - thanks Megatron, although the saw looked like it had been dragged out of the bowels of the earth, it only needs a new sprocket and lower handle AV mount, shows how strong the things are!

 

Had it started earlier this evening but a bit late to tune the carb for even running but it sounded fine and revs up ok, stalls at idle but just needs a tweak now - much better with the new needle.

 

Got a handle to repair but should be good to go, all pipes and carb mount are in fine condition - parts on order and a new chain waiting for some action!

 

Oh - the flywheel has a busted fin but the crank bearings are fine and will leave as is - there is a limit to the cash I would want to throw at the saw - get it running nicely without spending too much of the owners cash:thumbup:

[spudulike]

Here we go with Windfalls MS390 - bit of a mess, he has thoughtfully taken the clutch apart and the top cylinder assembly off making its removal a little difficult - looks like I will have to pop the rings off and pop the cylinder back on so I can shift it:001_rolleyes:

 

The piston has two very heavy impact marks on it from the broken decomp valve, if the con rod isn't bent it will need a new piston and would recommend a new small end bearing in case the cage has been damaged.

 

The bore has survived remarkably well - impact damage to the combustion chamber but the transfers and inlet/exhaust are perfect so very good news.

 

Fingers crossed on the rod being straight.

[windfall]

"Proper Job!" :-)

 

At least i attempted to clean the carcass a bit...

[spudulike]

Bit of confusion over which bit Windfall broke - was it this elbow as it looks fine to me:confused1: