spudulike
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Everything posted by spudulike
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Got a good number of nest boxes in the garden and we have blue tits in one but also have a couple of blackbird nests in our cordyline and the ivy around an oil tank. We do spend a bit on bird food and it pays off, even have a pair of firecrests visiting regularly and a stonechat - not so common where we are!
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Looked pretty good to me, no wobbling but a slight blue spark which I thought was typical brushed motor arcing but these look to be brushless motors and then found it Any change of motor is likely to cock up a lot of other factors - these electric bits of kit are part of my exit strategy!
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Had one of those Stihl HLA65s in recently, interesting that the size of the motor is tiny and no drive shafts but then that is pretty obvious when you think of it. It kept flashing up three red lights and stopping. Looked it up and found I should be returning it to my Stihl Dealer........Mmmm, they obviously don't know of his reputation After a bit of poking I found one of the crimp connectors going to the motor was fractured and sparking so crimped a new one on and bingo, one working trimmer....nice
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I think with the trouble the 1st gen of the MS261 had, Stihl should discount replacement cranks for these saws - just a thought but am sure it will fall on fallow ground!
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I am beginning to think we should charge for this service
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Did a saw for an Arbtalk member from the IOM who got pissed, took the saw apart then sent it to me.....with a few bits from his Hilux that eally threw me. He did offer lodgings during the TT though never took him up on it.
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Oh....can someone turn the "Quite" in to "Quiet" on the thread title???
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Glad I'm not the only one, the last couple of weeks have been flat after being mad for well over a year or more. Started getting hedge trimmers in but the usual enquiries have noticeably dropped off. Thought I had rebuilt all the MS200Ts in England now and that was the reason! Never mind, time to go on holiday
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I fitted two AM cranks on a customers 660, one sheared completely in half around the big end and the other ones big end grenaded. I then fitted an OEM one and it didn't return! I did do another AM crank on another customers 660 and he thinks (got two 660s) that that failed recently. A bottom end rebuild is a costly and time consuming rebuild, failed big ends can take out the top end so best use OEM IMO.
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CPC are the domestic branch of Farnell, less technical but OK.
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Most couriers I use are good fellas and work damn hard against silly time schedules. You have to look at the bigger picture and the pressure they are under. Easy to criticize the one parcel that goes wobbly but in the main, most of them are pretty damn good.
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Had this in my past career, the company will be looking at enquiries of many thousand and not an end user purchasing one part. Best you can do is go to the RS components or Farnell website and purchase off there as the company will have put data sheets and descriptions on the two websites as many SMEs etc will purchase a fair number regularly making the manufacturer £££££. It used to piss me off when the sales girls would moan about someone wanting a switch to fix their white goods, didn't seem right lobbing a washing machine in a hole just because a £0.50p switch had failed
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MS131....do you mean HT131......fancy cutting logs from 15' away, save getting covered in chip
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And............................???
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Mmmm, had the same....slim but teeth that looked like a graveyard!
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Just checked, you need part 1138 080 1800 and is not the part on the 460 which is 1128 080 1812 so it wont fit. Not sure about Spuddog having a "fair bit of her" sounds like she may be cheap and he is playing around L&S all day long on Stihl parts and now Husqvarna as well!
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Light, decent AV, decent power, go like a scalded cat when ported!
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That's a bit of an understatement
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You could try Milliput, totally weird stuff but works where others fail.
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Just post some photos. Pitting on the combustion chamber tends to mean metal fragments have been smashed repeatedly between the piston and squish band but the piston would also have damage in this instance. It is most likely your description may be a bit off and a few photos will clarify. The clutch oil leak - may be fuel oil residue from a badly leaking seal (if black) unless the oil is clean chain oil from other sources.
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I think that Husqvarna can't sell the 346 in to the EU but can in to non EU countries. I have looked and on Ebay there is a seller in Turkey and TBH, eBay do protect the buyer - not sure if that is where it came from, just turned up one day looking like a big lump of cheese!
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Think this is the little blighter. L&S are a good supplier on many levels and use them wherever I can with no issues - https://www.lsengineers.co.uk/tension-spring-stihl-part-no-1121-160-5501.html
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I had a customer send in a newly purchased 346 direct from Turkey for porting. Think it was a bit over £500 (ex porting) but was as it should be and work done as specified!
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Expanding circlip pliers work pretty well in removing these clipped top handle covers!
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Wes - you sure know how to make friends
