What's on your bench today?

[spudulike]

Any suggestions please , how to fix my 200 t .

 

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Pick up a set of cases including the crank off the bay and rebuild it. Probably better than lashing up a saw that will be a workhorse!

[Darrin Turnbull]

You can use a filler-type on that as it looks just to be the oil tank.

 

 

Thank you for the tip. What filler do you mean?

[Darrin Turnbull]

Pick up a set of cases including the crank off the bay and rebuild it. Probably better than lashing up a saw that will be a workhorse!

 

 

Knowing your experience you'll be right.

[spudulike]

Knowing your experience you'll be right.

 

You could try degreasing it thoroughly, letting in a piece of aluminum in to the hole and using JB weld to fill it in. You could use glass fibre and resin over the finished area and replace the chain catcher but as I said - the long term fix is to replace the cases - never too expensive secondhand! Just check the bearings are OK

 

Seen fixes before and they tend to leak unless done very well:thumbdown:

[Darrin Turnbull]

You could try degreasing it thoroughly, letting in a piece of aluminum in to the hole and using JB weld to fill it in. You could use glass fibre and resin over the finished area and replace the chain catcher but as I said - the long term fix is to replace the cases - never too expensive secondhand! Just check the bearings are OK

 

 

 

Seen fixes before and they tend to leak unless done very well:thumbdown:

 

 

Thank you .

[Adamam]

Finished cleaning and honing a 346 which had been run on neat petrol. Meteor piston in and showing 170psi warm! Happy!

 

Cannot thank Spud enough for any number of cylinders I've salvaged now because of his (and others) excellent advise.

 

 

DIY exhaust gaskets. Worth doing? If so, what to use? I seem to buy loads, so thinking maybe I should just make my own. Gotta be suited to high temps though I spose so random cylinder gasket type stuff not so good?

[tomlt]

Phils on my bench today, first chainsaw I've had that came with a name. Having bought a husky 181 and fitted the 54mm piston, I love that saw, so there was a 281 needing some tlc on ebay I thought why not!

 

So it arrived today, looking a bit sorry for itself, no recoil (but I had a spare from the 181) broken chain brake handle (but working) and just really filthy. 2 cans of brake cleaner later she was looking pretty good.

 

Had the muffler off and piston is worn, but not too bad so will see how she runs. Measured compression at 170psi so not too shabby. Replaced the exhaust gasket with a spare as it was missing. Had the carb off and gave it a good clean and soaking in carb cleaner.

 

She fires ok, but wont stay running for very long and the idle seems reall high, so I've either got some serious dialling in to do or shes leaking somewhere, I suppose I should invest in some pressure test kit to makesure its not crank seals that are shot. Would appreciate some help on dialling in the initial settings for the carb.

 

Cheers, Tom.

[adw]

This is an early 281 ( looking at the swed o matic brake ) there were two different carbs, a governed one ( brass jet screwed into side of the carb ) and a non goverened carb, both would start at at one and one on each jet, and tune from there, a machine of this age will need a new fuel hose and filter, also make sure you have a good connection on the wire from the coil to the electronic box.

[Dan Forsh]

I was watching that 281XP, did he really only charge £4.89 postage?

 

I had one a few years back, nice solid saw.

 

If your oil pump is knackered, give me a shout as I've got a new one knocking around somewhere. Bought it for mine then managed to fix the existing one.

[spudulike]

Yes, 1 & ! on the H&L screws, I bypassed the brass governer as my saw is modified and couldnt get it off very heavy fourstroking.

 

If the idle screw is turned right out and nothing is holding the throttle open, the saw should not still idle. If it does, it is likely one of the crank seals has failed, probably the clutch side one but change both.

 

As ADW says, the fuel line often fails where it pushes through the tank so replace it.

 

These saws can be made to run very well, reckon mine would match a standard 395 on a 24":thumbup: