spudulike
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Personally I just use a Silverline Dremmel style powerhead with a flexible drive fitted to it. The whole thing came to under £20.00. Nt sure why you need to spend loads on a relatively simple bit of kit:confused1: This is mine - think the prices have gone up:lol:[ame]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Silverline-249765-Watt-Hobby-Tool/dp/B000OODN8S[/ame]
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Been working on an MS460 that was condemned by the dealer. The piston shows the damage done by a bad seize. The option was a new OEM cylinder and piston at around £250 and then the labour/setup charge on top of that, cheap Chinese cylinder (risky) so I worked the magic, cleaned the cylinder up (lower pic) and new Meteor piston on order and all for far less cost than the OEM cylinder kit unfitted. I will investigate why it seized by doing a vac/pressure check, checking and taching the carb so the repair will not go the same way:thumbup: The cylinder looks pretty clean and should bed down well - another saw saved:thumbup:
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Yeah Yeah LAGER is that better for you:001_rolleyes::lol: Think the elderflower will soften the blow of working on your kit.......Oh, your 441 repair cost has just gone up:thumbup::lol:
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The trouble I have with these cheaper home owner saws is what the hell to charge for a couple of hours work on them - on a pro saw that is earning a living, my charge is earnt back in 2-3 hours, on one of these it amounts to the secondhand value of the saw:001_rolleyes: I have done homeowner saws, like you have, and it is always a bit of an issue. The last one was two hours work...the charge - a crate of Peroni (thats an Italian larger for you less travelled souls):lol: Glad it was a simple one and not a five hour load of ball ache!
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Just interested as the saws are usually pretty bullet proof, be interesting to see what went ut it looks pretty terminal - useful parts but uneconomical to repair:thumbdown:
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Andy is correct, the Huskys rev out at around 11 - 12.5Krpm and the Stihls at around 9.5Krpm. But of course the Stihls are far superior machines aren't they Rich as are all Stihl machines - reckon you have been assimilated by Stihl bud:001_rolleyes: Reckon you should sleep with your head wrapped in silver foil, it will make the bad thoughts go away:thumbup: Oh, for the record - I am running Echo on the long reach and hedge trimmers - any views on those, guess Stihl are better:001_tt2::001_tt2:
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What part actually let loose? Can't really see from the photo!
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TBH, as long as the difference in the two sizes isn't stupidly different then it will work, Husky do fit the same coil on the 335 as on much larger machines, Barrie was probably concerned about the metal part of the coil and the way it fits to the flywheel. Just try it, if it works then great, if it doesn't then you haven't lost much. You can use a strobe and degree wheel to check the advance if you are that concerned but it gets a but involved!
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"Amazed":lol: you can get away with a fair bit with coils, once rebuilt one by removing the metal laminated part of a faulty coil and inserted it in to a known good one! All worked very well and was because the original part was EOL. This Allen strimmer is my own and owes me nothing. You need to get the metal parts in the same position as the original and the correct distance from the flywheel. The risk - advancing the ignition significantly enough to pre detonate and destroy the engine - you will hear this in the engine as I found on an 066 I was experimenting with (my own) So in short, if it is a XXXX or bust situation, see if it will work, you are just trying to get a similarly looking coil from another machine to fit in to pretty much the same position!
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Thats not the first time, you can usually push the side cover against the brake handle very firmly and take the brake off like that but removing the clutch makes it a lot easier as it will sit in the usual position. Garden kit made a nice tool out of a scwrench - come on Barrie - time for a photo:thumbup: Depends on how many you do! Your next issue will be refitting the big spring:blushing:
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Ooooooohhhhhhh Yessssss,The 009 big end bearing, had mine do the same - lots of thick grease will sort it and make sure you get ALL the rollers in:thumbdown: I think I stuffed something in to the crank opening to push the con rod over to stop them all falling out again when I did mine and removed it carefully on reassembly. Just checked - there should be 12 rollers! Tweezers and thick grease:thumbup:
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Is it back together yet? Get the wife to pull it over, sure she won't mind:blushing::lol:
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Sorry Barrie, must talk more about Villiers two strokes and Aspen, don't mean to shut you out:lol: Glad you are busy - better than the other way:thumbup:
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Had fun with the Husky 350 today, very slight air leak but the pressure check was OK - traced it down to the upper crankcase - strange design on this saw - not a typical clam design but is a horizontally split crankcase. Now sealed and seems to run and idle OK now!
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I regularly do Hertfordshire to Surrey around the M25 - 80 miles - 2.5 hrs:001_rolleyes: Takes 1 1/4 on the way back later in the day!
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That sounds like Stubbys saws - my ears are still ringing:lol:
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Pretty much agree with that, 80% is the figure banded around and that is the area of the internal exhaust port in the cylinder wall. It depends a bit on the size of the saw and where you are going to use it, a MS660 with a free flowing tube and no baffle will be earth shattering and not please many - if you do a lot of residential town work then a real loud saw is a bit out of the question so a compromise is sought. If you port a saw - you really need a decent muffler mod as hindering the extra flow causes a boggy saw that runs rich - as I found out on a 395XP where the owner wanted it a bit too quiet:001_rolleyes: It came to life with a few large holes in the baffle plate! Personally - don't get too hung up on the outlet hole size - it is easy to make a small hole larger but more difficult the other way round!
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Easy Life - steal what you need then just keep it!
spudulike replied to kevinjohnsonmbe's topic in General chat
It's all an easy option, who will kick up most, a big dodgy looking traveller or a nice middle age couple....Oh, lets side with the traveller who probably hasn't put a bean in to the countries coffers ever and not the nice middle age couple. This really sucks - so what if they are living in it, I always thought that if goods were purchased and were found to be stolen then the original owner can lay claim to them - end off??? Think I may try to get in to Buckingham Palace and live there - wonder if that would be OK as well:001_rolleyes: -
TBH, the straight shaft versions of these strimmers are damn fine and far better than the modern stuff coming out of many factorys - just sorted a Komatsu powered Allen 22 - had a blown coil so replaced it with one of an MS200:blushing: Works fine try spinning the strimmer spool and it should be free moving - if it isn't then you are probably right and it will need a flush and grease. It should have plenty of go - The ones that I have had have been fine and will keep the Allen as I like it and will sell my McCulloch one as it isn't a patch on it!
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Looks like it is just part of the combustion chamber - I sold my TD18 powered strimmers a year or two ago - nice bits of kit! They usually have a reasonable turn of power - enough for normal garden strimming! What's the compression like - these engines are generally pretty tough but the coils are not so good as I have had a couple be the culprits of non running machines:thumbdown:
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Yes, it is brazing, I only have a gas torch and an arc welder and get decent results with braze so use that!
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Is that like the whole box Rich or just a bit of it:001_tt2: Sorry bud, gotta laugh, keeps me sane:lol: The MS441 is back together, new rear handle top, new rim drive, new decomp and all looks fine - will run it up and tach it as it is wearing the new muffler mod. The Husky 350 now has a throttle that isn't flapping in the breeze - the pivot pin was missing but isn't now. The carb has been stripped and cleaned and the spark arrestor is clean - just need to pressure/vac check and then tune the carb in correctly and hope all will be fine - the piston looks barely worn as does the rest of the saw!
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Mmm, that was a REALLY loud saw, even gained a complaint and some admiration when I fired it up in the front garden:lol:
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Are you telling be you haven't got one of those in your tool kit - thought everyone had - want to buy one:001_tt2:
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Nice saw Matty, bet that goes well:thumbup: Its a fake - even a one armed blind man who has had a few bevvies would know that:blushing::lol:
