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I think Stihl have done the right thing, if the internet sales killed off the dealers, where do you going to get stuff fixed? A lot of us cant do our own spanner work, for various reasons, & rely on local dealerships to sort out issues/ warranty work. Now a lot of you will slag off the dealer support, no wonder when they have had to cut their overheads to the bone, support your local dealer, or loose them.

I concur with this.

I would take your friends advise with a pinch of salt, not had any problems with my converted saws, & have not read any reports backing this up. I certainly would not let a rumour affect my decision to convert to Aspen, when you weigh up the benefits.

Guy having sex with a 40 stone woman stops and says do you mind if i put the light out? she says why are you embarassed?? he says no the bulbs burning my ass!!

A married couple went to the hospital to have their baby delivered. Upon their arrival, the doctor said he had invented a new machine that would transfer a portion of the mothers pain to the baby's father. He asked if they were willing to try it out. they were both very much in favor of it. The doctor set the pain transfer to 10%, for starters, explaining that even 10% was probably more pain the father had ever experienced before. However, as the labor progressed, the husband felt fine and asked the doctor to go ahead and "kick it up a notch." The doctor then adjusted the machine to 20% pain transfer. The husband still feeling fine. The doctor checked the husbands blood pressure and was amazed at how well he was doing at this point, they decided to try for 50%. the husband continued to feel quite well. Since the pain transfer was obviously helping out the wife considerably, the husband encouraged the doctor to transfer ALL the pain to him. The wife delivered a healthy baby boy with virtually no pain. She and her husband were ecstatic. When they got home, the mail man was dead on the porch.

Very nice quotation David, simple, nicely written & provocatively powerful.

Good skills Stephen,, was the back somersault deliberate?

Bit harsh, I'd offer him the position of company secretary.

Made me spit my worthurs original out, the dogs choking on it now!:lol:

They are a cracking bike Stephen, I bet you will have some fun with that! Come the time for new tyres, have a look at Pirrelli Rallycross, great on / off road tyres.

For normal use in general arb work, say 2 hours running a day or there about, grease them every week will be ok, if the chipper is working a lot, say on a larger team, or ground clearance work, every third day would be ok, don't forget to spread some grease on the sliders inside & out.

The wheels you posted are on the bike now Eddy, I lowered the gearing a little & the bike is much snappier for it, the front wheel gets a lot less use than the rear!

I had a storm some years back, nice motors!

Pot & kettle...

I see the maker's name now, very nice indeed!

So you will have 60 pence if they all turn up! Very nice looking axe head in the background, What brand is it?

Yep, all the oil makes it to the combustion chamber, & out through the exhaust, but it does not contribute to the combustion process, so less fuel & more oil in your mix actually results in a fuel deficiency in the air/ fuel ratio. Now you got my head in a spin, but it is correct.

That sounds right Chris, as long as you are using a good quality oil that specifies 50/1. Mind you, my maths ability got me in all sorts of trouble over the years!

Eddy is right, adding more oil to the mix actually makes the saw run leaner, because the fuel to air ratio is changed, ie, less fuel, as it is replaced with more oil (which is not combusted). Sounds a£$e about face, but it is the truth!

You about summed it up there yourself.

Clutch basket bearing seized or breaking down would be my first look, then clutch weight springs.

They are not worthless mate, just that the dealer does not deal in second hand saws, fair enough, most don't. Use the saw you have, make it earn you money, as it has no doubt already, or sell it privately, you will be better off that way.

I have had this on a few saws over the years, first try dismantling & cleaning the whole brake assembly, it saves money, & sometimes clogging or a build up of gunk can be the cause. It's a good place to start, & fault find from there.