spudulike
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That beast in your Avatar looks a bit like Boris Johnson to me.....some sort of Alpaca?
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Yup, dealers won't use this method but have had saws fixed like this last years of professional abuse so there you go. Try to avoid rubbing up and down the bore in one small area as you can produce a slight cavity in the bore that will lose you compression if above the exhaust port. Going around the bore is better as it will allow the piston to bed in on the slightly rough bore surface.
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Yes - nipped up means a slight seize but enough to run afterwards. Etch means chemical removal, aluminium transfer can be oxidised and therefore chemically removed with acid or alkalie as both will work. You basically apply the chemical, the aluminium goes black, you abrade the black oxide away and repeat until the bore is clean.
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Looks like it has nipped up so fuel, air leak, carb settings need to be checked. I would etch and abrade that transfer away, lightly hone and then fit a new piston, may be a bit hobsons choice on the piston but see what you can get.
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Cheers, a £150 chainsaw with an iffy condition - that gives me loads of options
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I always thought a 30hp Rotax kart engine may be interesting on a saw! Sounds so much better than 10hp
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Just looked at your listing, I would have started it at £1 on a ten day listing ending on Sunday night around 8pm, you would haul in a lot of interest that way! See your not far from me in Northampton!
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Probably got a single fuel line and separate breather plus one of those earlier carbs where the H&L screw are further away from each other but without the pump. Should be a good saw for someone, hope the sale works out. Looks tidier than many that come my way!
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Damn, I want pizza and garlic bread now
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Most of my local customers are on HS82/HS86 units. Bit more of the same in your case!
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Then the manufacturer has a coherent focus on customer satisfaction, their dealers will sort out warranty returns. In the real world, they have set times to do a repair for a given fault, these tend to be screwed down to the point that it won't support the appointed dealers business meaning that they lose money on a bit of kit they haven't sold making it difficult for the owner to get any solution to his issue which turns him against the brand. That's life in the real commercial world.
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Yes, well awake now Sometimes easier to look at buying saws as being like cars. You buy your Ford from your local dealer and ....move to a different area, who do you take it to....your local dealer where you moved to obviously. Shouldn't be an issue if the manufacturer is as they should be, customer focused!
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Huh, what...did someone mention my name
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His "blade" seemed sharp when I watched a few of these films a few years ago, sliced off heads pretty effectively. He may have had help though from his backup team, think they were using Vallorbe files!
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I think some Bosch plugs have the solid end electrode and NGK are generally threaded for caps of different type. It is an aluminium connector and has no resistive element - that will be within the plug itself!
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No problem but not sure what it has to do with this issue.
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It is a vampire film series staring Wesley Snipes as a vampire killer I believe
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The cutters being shorter on one side could be down to the bar guides being splayed, worn, cutters been damaged in the past or just down to poor sharpening technique. The cutters should all be relatively even on a decent set up and the depth gauges/rakers should be set correctly otherwise the chain will not cut as it should or vibrate more than it should. Angle, depth gauge height and no hook are common issues on the chains I see on customers saws.
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£350 - may go £400 absolute tops, be surprised if it goes for less than £330. It must be an old one as the muffler is the one that sounds like a dirt bike!!
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And there are the two ends of the scale!!! My day - fixed my own lawnmower - Qualcast 17" cylinder, the choice of gentleman New bottom blade, sorted a sloppy bearing retainer and a sharpen to true up the cylinder. Went on to the customers kit, FS410, grenaded big end, really bad condition and written off, one newish looking blower, someone had been messing and eventually found the coil was shot but it would idle fine just not rev out so had had the carb off three times. The other blower, bits missing all over the place - just hate it when someone has pissed about with kit, especially when they swap bits that fit but aren't correct to the machine - coils are like that! Not too bad but this customers kit is always near death!
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Crap, they usually haven't a clue, the ones I love are the ones that tell you how to do the job or work to a miniscule budget on a saw that hasn't been cleaned since new....got to just love those!
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Nope, I normally get in the stuff ready for the grave with the owners thinking porting will remove 20 years of abuse....and fix all the running issues!
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I think it is time for a belt of semtex around the trunk, and they say ported saws are loud
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Pressure or vacuum (it is all air) ......not too often and depends on the saw. 346XPs leak often, MS200s a bit on the seals, many others are rare. Funny enough I had one where fresh fuel would have worked - some ijut filled a saw with diesel.....got to love my customers - bloody smoky when it fired!
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Yup, done a few 044s, a fair bit can be done including the ignition advance Wyk mentioned, had some good results. Solid saws, few issues with them tbh.
