spudulike
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If it is an ebay purchase, make a formal complaint that the goods are not as described and therefore want your money back and state that the owner knew the saw was shot as he agreed to pay for an aftermarket cylinder and piston. Ebay is strong on protecting the buyer! Bugger, just read the post again - guess it was an out of ebay deal?
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Like I said, that 346XP was perfect, full vac and pressure test, carb tached and.......you sold it for THIS:001_rolleyes:
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No worries and always a pleasure, good to see the level of experience on this site has improved somewhat due to our input:thumbup:
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Done a number of 357XP rebuilds recently and each one has had a deformed impulse line connector on the inlet manifold. This damage is caused by it not being located on to the cylinder properly. Personally I usually fit the rubber manifold and then fit the plastic parts afterwards - it normally avoids this sort of damage! All of the machines were leaking air from this issue:thumbdown:
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No rest for the wicked, been working on a Stihl 020AVT - yup, one of those antique ones:001_rolleyes: Got the saw stripped down, the internals looked like one of those muddy patches on a football field but a good blasting with the compressor and copious amounts of spray sorted it. I am converting it to run on Motomix so new fuel lines and carb kit, the recoil was not recoiling and it is now:thumbup: The flywheel pawl pins are missing big pieces off the top and this would cause catastrophic failure in a short period of time. The pins are not available so will fabricate something that will work - probably thread the holes and use thread locked bolts!
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Well they got a nice job and well running saw:thumbup:
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Bogging can be a lean idle screw - try turning the L screw out 1/4 turn and try again. If that doesn't work, it may well be the accelerator pump, takes some skill to replace it as it is a bit tricky. It may be the gauze filter in the carb blocked with wood chip. If you want to post it, I can service it but havent got an MS200 to try it on but have a high percentage success rate on these saws/carbs - as you say, probably better to get a local tech to fix it!
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Does the saw have a steady idle, rev out, pickup ok, if it does these things then the carb is probably OK. A carb rebuild should include a new carb kit, new accelerator pump and a good clean. A carb that needs a rebuild will either have a poor uneven or non existent idle, bogging, poor pickup or not rev out.
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The ported 346XP isn't that noisy TBH, just sounds a little more angry than standard
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Should have kept the 346XP I ported for you:001_rolleyes:
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I think the most adventurous servicing before I arrived was changing the spark plug or airfilter, I don't think anyone understood what a pressure/vac test was or what a tach did:lol: I think the number of views this thread has had has been testimony to it being a success and has fixed many an issue and improved everybodys understanding of a tool they use everyday. I never thought it would be as big as this though:thumbup:
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I couldn't live up to that, I did get her a kitchen tap for her birthday and the Christmas present was fitting it....today:lol: I bottled it though and got her a tablet so she could have "an App thingy" guess it will take a couple of days now showing her how it works:001_rolleyes: The Pie Maker was damn good though:thumbup:
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Thanks all, I am humbled:thumbup1:
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No Worries, always a pleasure:thumbup:
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I would just like to wish all fellow Arbtalkers a very Happy Christmas and thanks for all the input on this thread. I think many have learnt a fair bit, many have sought help and found it and many a "scrapper" has found its way back in to active service. All good and thanks to Mr Bullman for another fine year of Arbtalk:thumbup:
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Been porting a 372XTorq yesterday, it has had a big muffler mod, lots of transfer work and a thinner base gasket plus a 5 degree timing advance. I wasn't sure I had done enough, the inlet port was about as large as it should be. The exhaust port has a VERY flat bottom edge that has caught a few tuners out - thanks for the warning Wes (WYK) You can pull out all the strato parts but experimenting on customers saws isn't really the way to go. Prefer to do this sort of development work on a knackered saw. Anyway - got to test it on some big beech today as a local fella had some to ring up. The smaller bit at the front of the image was 2' in diameter and the big bit at the back 4-5' in dia! The saw was pretty damn good on a 2' bar, really digging in and kicking out some good chip, keeps up good revs and think the owner will be happy. Had a little job for a neighbour, taking down a dead 8' cherry tree - done in a few minutes and a bottle of vino as payment - not too bad an afternoon:thumbup:
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It is the owners choice - I just fix em:lol:
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Tell that to the EPA:sneaky2: Seen a few saws that have had modded Strato systems, I can fully see the logic and gains to be made but TBH, it is a massive step to take with anothers work saw and if it goes wrong..................... It is one thing to get gains and another to get a steady idle and decent top revs, especially on an autotune! I guess we are looking for a machine that is near scrap that doesn't have much cash owed on it of much love left to give it:001_rolleyes: Here we go again..................
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<p>Hi Patrick,</p>
<p>Sounds lovely, look forward to talkig to the couriers agai:-)</p>
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<p>Happy Christmas</p>
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<p>Steve</p>
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You need to flatten those high points so the ring and piston will fit OK, run a hone up it to completely level it and then reassemble the engine and run it in. It should be OK, the plated land around the ground areas with the plating missing will support the weakened areas. The compression area above the exhaust port should still be OK. Try it, what can go wrong:001_rolleyes:
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Matty, the aluminium is bruised, my recommendation would be to grind it flat and not open the ports to get rid of the damage!
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Damn, when did you take that photo?
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It is possible that he puts a silly price so buyers contact him and a deal is arranged outside ebay to save 10% fees!
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I have only seen these holes on some Huskys, I would just use a bit of oil down the back of the clutch when the side cover is off!
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It is amazing the devastation I can wreak when I am at least 400 miles from your saw isn't it Wes:sneaky2: I would tell you where to go for your carb kits but I know you like supporting your local agent and paying double what you should:lol: You always use a very sharp scalpel to slice off the diaphragm.........didn't I tell you:001_tt2:
