spudulike
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Had a 360 in and was not happy at high revs - the H screw was a bit lean IMO, richened it right up until it was farting like a granny on beans and then leaned it until it was revving well - made all the difference!
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The length of the time to seize on poor or lean fuel will depend on the load on the saw. You may get away with revving a saw under no load with little or no oil in the fuel but put it to a large piece of wood with a decent size bar on it then it will seize a damn site quicker due to the load on the saw. I have seen saws rev out and hit decent high revs and then crap out under load due to issues with fuel lines, fuel filters and carb issues. Putting a saw under load will always test it more than free revving. I guess if you took one of those laser temperature gauges and measured the temperature of the cylinder, the operating temperature under different fuels and conditions could be measured but in short - more load = more temperature!
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No idea, ask RobD and I am sure he will sort it. Las Vegas to Wicklow, not much difference really
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Blimey Wes, where have you been???
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The strato saws seem to suffer from the air filters not being cleaned. Less supporting area on the piston skirts, fine dust gets through from poor maintenance (or lack of maintenance) and compression falls off until it stops working. The solution is to remove the air filter, split it and then clean both halves with a compressor and a bit of spirit or lube oil. Most people seem to brush the top of the air filter and the bottom is covered in fine woodchip which eventually finds its way in! The pic below is from a 560, the filter looked relatively clean but look at the difference between the cleaned mesh panel and the blocked one - it was also running lean due to the autotune making up for the blocked air filter!
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The ebay listing was genuine, the fraudster just used the ebay listing photos and description for a Gumtree fraud.
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Looks like Gumtree have removed the listing, pretty quick tbh after I reported it. At least it is a positive response from Gumtree!
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Thanks, will look at the link and drop him a line.
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Got a guy I know thinking of getting someone to convert the stump in his garden in to something of beauty, perhaps an owl! I believe it is yew and just wanted to know if any carver in the North Herts area would and could carve this in to an owl for a reasonable price? Got no idea is we are barking up the wrong tree or not as carving isn't my thing so either PM me or post if interested. Cheers.
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A customer nearly got scammed by this - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Husqvarna-357xp-20-034-Chainsaw-/172859384609?hash=item283f38e321%3Ag%3AtKEAAOSwCXxZtPJJ&nma=true&si=n%2Fxk5XD5PShwuzwcGwWnbj82FOc%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 And https://www.gumtree.com/p/chainsaws/husqvarna-357xp-chainsaw/1271291959 The same photos but on the Gumtree advert, the seller wants to be paid by Paysafe - lots of very convincing emails but it is a scam. One in Essex, the other Yorkshire! Take care out there!
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No but I do have some hens teeth and rocking horse manure....not forgetting a couple of Holy Grails
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Yes, we are in dialogue!
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Not sure who you are asking but I don't although I may be able to lay my hands on a pristine 365XT if interested!
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I was using agency workers many years ago and phoned the agency to ask for workers that had lace up shoes, baffled, the girl from the agency asked why? I said that the ones they were sending were that stupid they had to wear slip ons as there was no way they could do up shoe laces......wasn't far from the truth either
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I reckon Matty is spot on, easy diagnosis - start the saw, take the chain brake off, put it on the floor, hold the engine down firmly and pull the top handle around a bit so it flexes on the AV mounts. If the revs change then the manifold is the most likely culprit unless the throttle linkage has got hooked up somehow or something else is loose on the carb etc.
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The 572XP is the replacement for the older 372 XT. The general consensus is that the older 372XP with the decomp on the side of the cylinder was the best model between the XP and XT models. Be interesting to run a ported 372XP against the new 572XP - just got to find someone with both
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Aw damn, wrong way round again, it was bad enough trying to screw the sparkplug in porcelain first
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The real early ones had threaded holes either side of the exhaust port rather than the square retaining bolts. Not sure what the OP means about the rest though??
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That doesn't look nice. My day was starting to work on a number of saws, finding that they needed spares, going as far as I could then on with the next one - three on the trot.....hate it when I can't finish the job!
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I am guessing you are talking about the X Torq models? My choice would be the 365XPT, run it out of warranty and then just take the baffles in the transfer cover plates to convert it to a 372XPT. If you are talking the original model then the 372 takes some beating and yup, a 365 special can be converted by changing the top end - have done a number now.
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Well, tried it out for 30 mins today and it rips through wood very nicely, idle is smooth, good pickup and revs out fine. Now boxed and ready to go back.
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It now wears a new muffler and sprocket, just got to tach it and run it through some timber to make sure all is OK but it all appears good to me
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Yup, that's the one, the noise really pissed one of my neighbours off....shame
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Despite the bloody ring not staying still, you get the idea...................
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Thank the Lord for that, group hug again, Eureka as some guy once said as he got out of a bath All ended well, cut that wood, fill the burner.
