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spudulike

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  1. If there is no external breather and the Cap hole is the only way for the tank to breath, the hole must allow for air to enter the tank as oil is used otherwise a vacuum will occur - swig in a bottle of beer and you will get to a point where no more beer will come out until sir is allowed in to replace beer swallowed!
  2. Good luck with fitting a non standard coil, anything can be done but get it wrong and the saw will either be very boggy or pre ignite and cause serious issues. Close the flywheel to coil gap up to almost nothing, remove the kill wire, take the plug out, earth it on the cylinder away from the plug hole and pull it over hard and view the plug in subdued light. Many fail to pull the saw over hard enough and diagnose the wrong fault!
  3. You can go off people!!! He has been quoted and will see what falls out of the tree!
  4. I've seen it, usually found on saws that have been standing a while and the oil has thickened on the cylinder walls. You should try pulling a 298XP over or a vintage McCulloch!
  5. Excess compression tends to be either fuel gathering in the lower crankcase due to a leaking needle valve or a build up of oil in the combustion chamber causing a very good deal between piston and cylinder. Not too much else left! Some saws do just have good compression and can kick but are generally 70cc+ in size.
  6. If the flywheel has slipped very slightly then the saw will run but will be underpowered and may rumble a bit if the ignition is too advanced. I reckon your saw just has a slight bit too much ignition advance. New saws have coils that move the ignition timing around to make the saw easier to start and develop more power. Older ones had fixed ignition timing and would often rip the starter out of your hands if the starting method was a bit lethargic.
  7. Knock...knock....feck that, fire up the chainsaw and go through it
  8. The blast of evening cold air when you walk outside from a stuffy room on a summers evening. The first heat from the sun on your body in spring after a hard winter. First BBQ of the year, half a bottle of red and in to a bag of chilli crisps just before the meat is ready for serving.
  9. Just pop off the flywheel and check it but it is probably OK. If you increase the distance of the coil from the flywheel, it will retard the ignition timing and help with severe kick when starting it. Try around 1.5 - 2 thicknesses of a typical business card but watch out - if you go too far, the spark may fail. Opening up the plug gap has a similar effect on ignition timing.
  10. Idle is a bit fast or those clutch springs are a bit shot!
  11. Which saw....365/372 Xtorq perhaps?
  12. Unlikely to do it any harm, they put on growth like a weed after pruning and the "bog brush" description is pretty accurate. In my experience, you hit the big branches trying to retain a bit of shape rather than trying to lightly prune the lighter stuff.
  13. But people don't listen until they have made a mistake and then know too late....but what do us old farts know
  14. The 365 is a far better saw than the 391 as it has alloy vertically split crankcases rather than being of clam type construction.
  15. My wife pays HMRC £120 a year as a bookkeeper so they know she keeps books and will report the instance of one of the two clients she has for money laundering....as if, they aren't Columbian drug dealers This is another load of old rowlocks that just makes business more and more difficult. Looks like the sole trader will be soon be expected to do quarterly accounts same as VAT registered companies.....I wonder if we won't have to pay half the previous years tax bill 6 months early when this happens......fat chance! So much for entrepreneurial spirit and encouraging small business!
  16. I found the tachs where you have to wrap the wires round the HT lead to be a PITA. especially on MS200s as the side cover has to be removed! OK for the occasional user but not for commercial use.
  17. Not being funny but is this in the right section The description of the employees skill set is a bit light on substance!
  18. You need parts 537 01 72-01 and 503 92 27-01 for the dogs only or part 589 77 21-01 if you want the dogs and roller chain catcher kit. Don't know if they are available in the UK or not but guess you could import them.
  19. WTF
  20. I always thought you lot were a bit dodgy but then I saw "Repair Person" was on the list and I do get murderous thoughts when cleaning the shyte off some of your "less clean" saws.......you have been warned - the veggie garden needs some compost
  21. Been porting a customers MS460 today.......the transfers are in the side of the cylinder wall and not in the base so not sure how they are impinged by the base gasket, should have realised when it first came up!
  22. I usually replace them once the sprocket lobe has indentations in the top. Most don't replace them until they are totally gone but if they are in for a service, that is what they get!
  23. It worries me that a Stihl agent has no idea on this part but seems like it is "Par for the Course" - https://www.lsengineers.co.uk/solenoid-valve-for-stihl-fs460-0000-120-5110.html
  24. It depends on the saw but have done in the past.
  25. Looks like Husqvarna need to train their agents a little better!

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