spudulike
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Looks like he has done a private deal as the listing has been pulled!
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Currently £1800.....that is bonkers...even by my standards of loopy!
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Having tea with Mendiplogs!
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Sometimes I can liken this forum to being in a pub and keeping well out of the way of the leery kid in the corner that has had a sherbet too many and is beginning to kick off.
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Makes sense to do so......
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Yes, the cases need splitting....good luck.
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I was just about to paste the same...a good offer from ADW!
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Gut the muffler and fix the thread. It will wake you up in a scary way!!
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Colour blind? That is clearly purple
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Looks no worse than some of the Travelodges I have stayed in! The immigrants are supposed to be escaping persecution, war or death so billeting up on this barge seems like a good alternative to that. Sure is better than my Grandfather had when he was holed up in a trench in France during WW1! If I had nothing and were escaping similar, I would gladly accept this as accommodation.
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Bugger me, I had to skip through those pics fast. I am not sure you are supposed to see things like that unless you are a surgeon but it should wake a few people up to not be complacent about their safety and use of Arb equipment. Good post and hope you get to a good place in time...bloody horrific and hats off the the people that saved your leg.
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Blimey, I guess I have to ask why? I can understand having one in a collection but this is a bit obsessional.
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That looks like a transfer cover so yes, it does matter and quite a bit as you may get an air leak in the engine if left. When you replace it, you may not be able to get the exact same type of security screw but be damn careful to fit a screw the correct length as if it is too long, you may punch a dent in to the cylinder. Check the depth with a vernier or simply a small screw driver and knock 3-4mm off for safety...you have been warned!
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And that is how you either learn that you can do this or learn that others are better at it than you!
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That's a strange one, it looks like fine dust has got in past the air filter and taken off the Nikasil but then larger particles have scored the piston. As Adw says, best make sure the mains haven't let loose causing the piston damage and would make sure the air filter is OK as the wear around the inlet port looks like finer particle damage.
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Personally a mix of hard and softwoods is best for me. Get a load of oak by itself and it won't burn well but mix it with a bit of conifer and watch it burn!
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my go to saw is my 50cc 346XP on a 15" bar. OK, it isn't particularly standard but it has great AV, is relatively light and is less likely to cock my back up being the old fart I am. It will handle most stuff up to 24" at a push (cutting either side of the trunk) but probably a 50cc and then a bigger 70cc may be the next step to do larger ringing up as of when necessary. Generally you need the smallest saw that will cope with the job in an efficient manner.
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Worth a bash, just purchase in different thicknesses something like 0.3mm, 0.5mm, 0.75mm and 1mm or just stick to a common 0.5mm thickness that will cover most typical small engine gaskets. It won't cost you much, that's for sure!
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No, it is a very valid point. I get sheets of gasket material off the bay and then cut my own gaskets for specific squish heights or just when I want to get a machine back together rather than waiting a while for a simple manifold gasket. A decent set of hole punches and a hand hole punch is a benefit as is a very sharp craft knife. Very useful when you notice the carb mounting gasket is buggered on reassembly. I don't do the more tricky ones but also useful for discontinued gaskets.
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That's good, pretty much what I found when tuning many of these carb copies. The standard H&L screw settings are 1 turn on each. I suggested 1.5 as it will definitely work and be safe to the machine but as you have found, it is a bit rich on a carb that works OK.
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I purchased a saw with a similar issue and it was a lump of carbon on the squish band. If the saw rotates anti clockwise, will it do a complete revolution? Where is the piston when it locks up?
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Those air filters can look clean but when you split the filter in two and look at them against a bright light, most of the open areas of the mesh can often be blocked.
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Break it down to parts, recoil cover, engine and clutch assembly. If the thing jams, if you remove the recoil cover, is it stuck. If you turn the flywheel clockwise, is it jammed, if it is, remove the spark plug, is the engine still jammed, if it is, remove the clutch and drum, is it still jammed? You need to work out which component is playing up. Possibly the carb is dumping fuel mix in to the crankcase causing hydro lock but the above will tell you where the issue is. If the engine won't turn clockwise, will it turn anticlockwise?
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I have helicoiled heads with them in place but it takes good preparation, skill and care.....stuffing the combustion chamber with cloth, forming a cavity in the cloth to take the tap, using heavy grease to catch all the swarf etc
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Cheap and cheerful chainsaws are rarely "cheerful". I would say that the plug thread is damaged and allowing leakage up between the plug and plug hole. If you put a mix of detergent and water around the plug and pull the saw over slowly, you are likely to see bubbles forming around the plug proving the point. Probably not worth worrying about and may just carbon up in time. If the saw was a better make then helicoiling it would be the sensible option.
