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You devil you:lol:

I forgot the bit about becoming obsessed about porting everything you have including the leaf blower:blushing:

Those stickers are an infringment of my civil liberties, I will contact my EU representative if I find one on my equipment:blushing: Think the missus may have something to say about that as well:lol:

A good list Barrie, it is amazing how much you actually do when you go over a machine:thumbup:

Interesting............. I was basing my measurements on the 357XP we did that had 0.5mm pop up so reckoned 0.75mm should bring the compression up a bit:thumbup:

There are a number of benifits, generally you can get an older saw running as fast as a later generation saw. You could port say an MS200T and suffer less fatigue as it will take less effort and time to cut larger limbs or fit a larger bar so you don't need to haul up a larger saw quite so often. One major benifit is doing work with a 60cc saw where normally you would be up a size to say 70cc or even much larger saving your body suffering the fatigue a larger saw would have on it. On the other side, you have to consider the H&S if others use your saws, they are noisier and thirstier to use but are a lot more enjoyable to use that their non ported equivalents. Others will have other opinions

Sorry Wes, we have something known as the metric system in the UK:lol:

Looks OK to me, what is it like lower on the skirt? The brown bit is blow by and not uncommon and OK if not heavily carbonized. Small marks are OK.

Fuxtech, is this a wind up:lol:

Cheers Martin, still have to sort out the ignition timing, that is a real headache, I believe 22.5 degrees of advance is around right and will need to key the flywheel. Your bit is relatively straightforward, take around 0.75 off the outer crown and bottom of the cylinder - must check the position of the first ring before we machine anything. Currently cleaning it for spraying as the paint is pretty crappy. Once we do your bit, I will measure the port durations and get cutting:thumbup:

54mm in answer to our conversation, we go mad on this one:thumbup:

This is probably one for my new porting thread but yes, I have done some of this type of tweak, done respond well and others don't. You have to be careful to get the degrees right as too much and you run the risk of some spectacular mechanical carnage!

Yup, think that is about right - just waiting to see what state it comes back to me in, think I may just sharpen the chain and check it out in front of him before I give his cash back:lol:

Can someone kick me if I ever mention doing someone a favour and selling a homeowner saw for a friend:001_rolleyes: Took a saw from a guy at work who asked me to sell it, fixed the carb and oiler issue it had:001_rolleyes: did a CD with the IPL, operating instructions, PDF on how to sharpen a chain and general saw use for the new owner. Told him how to start and run it etc. Had a call tonight, it took him half an hour to cut a bit of wood:confused1: and it is overheating:wtf: He wants his money back and now I am stuck right in the middle of a sale I made squat out of - I reckon the guy has fooked the chain on the first cut and that is why it isn't cutting and......it is my fault:001_rolleyes: I think I will stick to the pro kit where customers respect your knowledge and work rather than the general public who think you are a con merchant - not a happy bunny tonight Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Glad you are happy with them Dave, always a pleasure:thumbup: Love those 372XPs and they were good to work on!

Cheers Barrie - we will leave the other thread for repairs and refurb - thought is was the right time and makes sense IMO.

Aw...for you Andy...of course it will:thumbup:

Well, the one I have is an old red eye that blew its ignition module - I need to re-key the flywheel but apart from that, the ports will be opened up and the blowdown altered. A local guy I know has a lathe so a pop up piston and turned down cylinder should up the compression to nearer 200psi, I am currently cleaning and re-spraying it as it is ratty but mechaincally good. I will be doing this as time allows:thumbup:

Two simple things to check, flywheel to ignition coil gap and also the gauze filter in the carb - try those two things:thumbup:

Well, here it is at long last. Some of the guys on my other "Whats on your Bench" thread aren't in to porting so thought I should split out this type of chainsaw modification for those with similar interests. Personally, I got fed up with just repairs and did a blokes "I wonder what would happen if....":001_rolleyes: I purchased three 346XPs, two were for resale and the third......got ported and I never looked back - the results of the porting sounded and felt great so the porting bug stuck. Currently I am working on an old 066 that will be a real beast once done but that will appear soon. Today it has been MS441 tuning, the ring end runs down the side of the exhaust port messing up any chance of widening it unless you want a lop sided port and uneven blowdown:thumbdown: The saw is a strato so left the porting and recommended just a simple muffler mod - I had two diameter pipes I could have used, a simple hole would have a similar effect but like to make the finished job look good so chose the smaller of the two. Good thing I did as it is suitably loud. I also openend up the existing hole. Pickup is faster now and am happy with the look:thumbup: So Gents, a start of what will hopefully be another great thread:thumbup:

It is indeed a spark plug gauge, the edge has a variable thickness so you push the plug in to it and slide it around to where it stops and then open the gap or knock it close depending if it is too large or small. It also has a gap opener which again works:thumbup:

Man by the name of Goaty dropped this by - anyone want to guess what it is for as I had never seen one before - he found it in New Zealand. Surprisingly, it actually works very well:thumbup: