spudulike
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Sounds like seals to me. Pressure tends to show splits and holes in rubber more so than vacuum. I don't think you will have a decomp valve on that saw type. Best to whip the clutch, drum etc off the saw, turn it on its side and give it some vacuum and when it leaks, run some heavy oil around the seal and see if it begins to alter the vacuum leak-down. If it doesn't, try the flywheel side in the same way. The classic sign of a vacuum leak is that the saw will just not snap down to idle and will hold on to revs. The saw will also have a tendency to stall after a while idling.
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I know cock all about hedge laying but that looks like a top job to me!
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Mmm, Supermarkets - People who leave their trolley bang in the middle of the aisle blocking it and then dither about what they are buying. I get to the point where I side swipe them with my trolley and carry on walking apologizing profusely through gritted teeth. People who walk excessively slowly down narrow shop aisles - we are not talking disabled or very old people either!! I usually start slapping my feet down on the ground as I walk, it sort of unnerves them a bit
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Sounds a bit weird, if the tank is flushed, the pickup line and filter are clean, the pump gear spins freely, the oil pinion worm isn't stripped or damaged, the pump inlet and outlet are free, the oil channel to pump channel is clear....there is little else that can fail. I have seen melting between the pump and worm but if all this is OK, it is unlikely no oil will flow. Just make sure it isn't just down to cold weather and thickening of the oil. One last thing, check the oil tank breather is clear of crud.
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Some saws have no washers and some have just a nut - do what the parts list has on it. On the subject of torqueing flywheels - a lot of the old flywheels could be really cranked down tight, especially the Stihls with steel bosses. Some modern Stihls in particular, have thin inner bosses that the crank taper will crack if tightened too much. If you do this, it will make a "ping" noise like hitting the flywheel with a small screwdriver. Failure to recognize it may cause the flywheel boss to burst which won't be pretty. I have only done one and replaced it at my expense and just warning people. Doing these saws probably gives the owner a bit of extra knowledge but won't make you a super tech unless you REALLY get in to it in a big way.
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What circlip - did you 100% fit one either side on the piston? If you didn't, it will detonate and take the top end out!
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Two things - when driving, idiots in the inside line just indicating to pull out in to your lane when it is obvious you are just behind them in the lane they are trying to pull out in to, don't they teach "Mirror, Signal" now!!! Roundabouts - idiots in the slow lane who go round the roundabout cutting in to the middle of the roundabout and nearly take you out rather than sticking to the outside lane around the roundabout!
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Very few, got a couple of McCullochs, one 1960s and the other 1970s and both run - don't see the latest saws lasting that long!
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That was a very clean saw, nice condition as I remember!
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Sounds about right, looking forward to it already. I once gave some rat poison to a guy whose primer bulb had been nibbled by mice - will pop a bit of slug killer in your box when I send it back.....it is these sorts of detail that my customers like Anyway....Happy Christmas, no hard feelings, all good
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You have now. Think it was a 28" bar on it at the time - was the one I was talking to you about.....not nice!
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And to you and all the customers I have sorted kit for over 2017. It has been a blast!
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That clean eh, will look forward to that, it will probably be the cleanest yet. Will make sure I have some air freshener close to hand, I am thinking you are probably a Potpourri sort of man rather than Pine fresh! Always a pleasure to deal with good customers, just wish you were one of them The abuse comes for free but am thinking about charging extra for it in the New Year
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Calm down, it isn't all about you just go away and play with your toys and make a bit of chip Did I do your saws....Oh yes, I remember, had to clean the workshop after they were in Walls were like flock wallpaper did get warmer because of the insulation though.....what a life - still trying to get the chip out of my underwear
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You need to remember why OEM parts are relatively expensive - I got through two MS660 Chinese cranks before the owner asked me to fit OEM and it hasn't come back for a long time. The Chinese ones lasted months - as below, the other one threw its big end and unusually, it didn't do the top end in.
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I would have thought it would do away with the inlet port duration being dictated by port timing . The reed valve engines I have played with have had much more torque due to this!
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Hmmm, that sounds a bit like me making the crankcase splitter and you destroying that 372 hours before I finished it I am guessing it is the lip on the crankshaft that is an issue, he will have a slightly tapered tube that will allow you to slide the seal over the shaft without it getting turned inside out on it. Just take a couple of beers and get him to do it, now that plan also sounds familiar. If you do fit it, only tap the seal outer edges and make sure the seal goes in as square as is possible as once distorted, it is scrap.
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I am surprised we haven't got a thermocouple on the exhaust side of the cylinder yet and some sort of auto-shutdown if it overheats - that would save a few saws from self detonation! As for operators keeping their saws clean - you are kidding right? Think I only have two customers that do that
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Fitting seals is a bit like that, there are methods but I would have to kill you if I divulged them? The clutch one is generally the easier of the two ? Which part did you use the screwdriver on, the rubber part? You may have popped the spring off!
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Probably the opposite as opening the exhaust up will keep the cylinder cooler. I reckon the 3 series Husqvarnas are as good as it gets!
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Depends on how you define freewill! You can decide to stay in bed or take a different way home one night, that is freewill but generally it is dictated by law, by people around us, what is socially acceptable etc......for most anyway. If we didn't have freewill, tonight we would all be eating gruel on the dictate of our leader! You guys chose to get in to tree work.....how did that happen? Was anybody FORCING you to do it??? Going back to fat birds, some may have medical issues and that is a sad story especially if they have been slim and physically fit in the past. Some are just lazy, have a poor lifestyle and eat too much. I don't see too many overweight walkers when we are on an 8 mile walk.....funny that!
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I believe that we are now in to the area in chainsaw development where they are designed to do around 5 years and that is it. The saws that used to last 20 years have come and gone. The old 254XP, 346XP, 357XP, 372XP, 395XP, MS260, MS200, MS440, MS460, MS660 are the last of the long lasting saws and are replaced by faster, smoother, lighter but more fragile saws. Just the way it is I am afraid to say!
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Sound approach in my limited experience, good luck
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I think I would have a plan to sell at a certain price as this commodity is completely new so no history. You can always buy back once the market becomes stable again which is more than you can do with ISAs!
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In stock market terms, they call this the "Dead Cat Bounce".......watch the next couple of days........just saying, the benefits of age!
