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Husqvarna King

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  1. Steve’s small engine saloon on you tube has a good chainsaw tuning tutorial 👍
  2. Try waney edge city lumber in North Weald Essex if that’s not too far
  3. I had a 1998 ch25ph, it had a float and a gauge on top of the cap to tell you how much fuel was in it. It got misplaced at a petrol station ( not by myself)! The Timberwolf 125 locking fuel cap did the job but never as good as the original. We had one of the emergency petrol station caps until it arrived
  4. That’s interesting, any idea if they normally last longer than the mark 1 before needing major work. All I’ve ever heard is that the 550 is the best 50cc saw to use but it is just unreliable and that’s it’s let down
  5. Are the bearings any better and are they as prone to air leaks? I used to own a 560 that replaced my 357 and it was a very good saw over the 7 years I’d owned it. It would be around the 50cc mark on a 15” bar we’d want. Shame they don’t make the 346 any longer
  6. I thought that was the case, appreciate your advice though, and not just on this thread 👍
  7. Looking for a replacement are the mark 2 550 the same or has that side of things been beefed up a bit is the 560/562 the same also?
  8. Thanks for the replies. Does anyone know roughly how much this would cost to put right and is that worth it compared to a new saw. It’s an older mark 1 550 with three years work (arb not forestry). I work for a small company and the boss doesn’t want to replace with another that may only last a couple of years, especially when there are much older trouble free saws. The saw is still on its original guide bar, that must show how little it has done. its a pretty clean saw as you can see.. except inside the cylinder of course 😬
  9. Are you still doing work on saws Spud?
  10. An update…. saw does seem low on compression, it won’t pick up from the starter cord. when turned upside down fuel doesn’t run out of the plug hole but it is wet with fuel. Took the muffler off and attached pictures of piston IMG_0756.mov
  11. Thanks, not what I wanted to hear 😬
  12. Thanks for the reply Spud 👍 the saw is put away for the night but I did think that maybe the compression is a little low but it’s normally so easy to pull over that I don’t take much notice. I tried pulling it over several times and then checking the plug and it was still dry but I could smell fuel. Haven’t tried pulling over upside down so will try that tomorrow and have a look at the piston. thanks again
  13. Using the 550 at work today and was chasing a willow stem through and the saw just stopped dead, had been running fine all day. On inspection it has a good spark but no fuel is getting through to the cylinder. The fuel pipes on top of the carb look ok but I can’t guarantee that then haven’t got a small split. In the fuel tank the pipe is all attached and the fuel filter pickup is at the bottom of the tank. What should be the first thing I look at and or change? Many thanks in advance
  14. As above but consider a Terram style liner as an addition depending on your soil type, will stop your aggregate migrating into the soil and future sinking. I had always used larger hardcore to a depth of at least 200mm and then capped with type one, usually cheaper to do it like that 👍
  15. That took me a minute to get that one 🙈
  16. I’d be tempted to try a tirfor and see if you can barrel roll it from the base to get it down
  17. Definitely Viburnum tinus, have always found that they smell really bad after they have been cut back, and attacked by the beetle
  18. I’ve got one of those in my box 🙈 I thought they were just rounded off so they couldn’t be adjusted. I’ll be putting it on tomorrow. Thanks for that 👍
  19. I have an old fs90 strimmer that had that the primer bulb wasn’t working. Narrowed it down the the piston pump o ring inside the carb but couldn’t seem to source one anywhere, even the complete kit and none of my o rings were small enough. Ordered a Chinese carb from l&s and it looks good apart from the high and low adjustment screws have no slots. Anyone have a good work around or is it just cut straight along with dremel? Or will long nose pliers be up to the job of adjustment? i would not have gone down the Chinese carb but I’m no longer self employed and the strimmer only cuts my own lawn edges so not worth throwing loads of money at. Thanks in advance 👍

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