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Didn't know you were in to lawnmower racing Rich, seen it a few times and it looks a right crack:thumbup: A busy evening, a local guy dropped off an HS81 and MS200 - the trimmer not running after he had the carb apart and the MS200 with running issues. The trimmers carb had a stuck metering arm and the gauze filter missing - gave it a clean up, freed the metering arm, new gauze fitted and then tached it - all good. The MS200T sounded really bad on the top end - very rich. The reason was the choke was sticking on a bit due to the choke linkage pivots being rusty. Cleaned and lubed. Cleaned the carb, and reset it, cleaned and sorted the recoil, fitted a new chain catcher and clutch springs and all is well:thumbup: I had a fiddle with a strimmer I have had in the garage for a couple of years, I always thought the coil was bad but fitted a new plug and bingo - I had a spark and after fitting a new fuel return pipe and new priming bulb, it starts and runs well. It is an old Komatsu Zenoah Allen 22 - circa 23 years old and I love these old Japanese straight pole strimmers, light and made to last - think I may well keep this as I regretted selling a couple I had a few years back:thumbup:

If that like Pilates of the Caribbean Rich:lol:

I recommend that any modified saw is used by only the owner of the saw and ported or muffler modded saws are NOT used by workers or employees of the saws owner for obvious reasons. The chain brakes and chain catchers are cleaned and checked when I mod saws again for safetys sake.

My past back issues have gone from bad pain and bent double to less pain and bent double, then a period of stiffness in the lower back and then eventually it all straightens out and you get mobility back. As I said earlier - increase your core strength - that is the muscles within your mid abdomen - stomach and back muscles, it is easy for these to become weak if you don't use them and just doing manual work or being fit doesn't mean your core strength is good - it takes me 5 mins a day to keep my bad back at bay:thumbup: A year ago, standing at a bench all day bent me double and today it isn't an issue - that's what it did for me! Hope your back is OK and beware because once you are carrying a weakness, it is easy to pop it out again!

Yup, that's the tank vent - one coarse screw - I ground one side off mine and bingo:thumbup: it actually vented correctly. I can't remember the oiler - must have worked OK on the one I had!

ebay or someone breaking a saw for spares - I listed two of the parts list on my first post - did you miss them:confused1:

Yes, reckon the flat backed drum is for the older machine!

All the 254XPs I have worked on have had a brass pinion/oil pump gear, this is a push on fit on to the crank so no drive between the clutch drum and pinion. The oiler is on al the time It looks like the later ones had a plastic pinion with a drive from clutch drum to oiler pinion so the oiler is only running when the chain is spinning. I am guessing that you have parts from saws of different ages. Older saw - http://m.husqvarna.com/ddoc/HUSI/HUSI1992_AAaa/HUSI1992_AAaa_I9200006_.pdf Newer Saw - http://s30387.gridserver.com/partsDiagrams/Husqvarna%20254.pdf

If the central electrode is tan brown and the earth electrode is the same then all is OK with the carb setting!

I have suffered from back issues for many years, it's in the genes and being over 6' doesn't help. My tips are: - Ibuprofen - anti inflamatory to get the swelling down Keep mobile - getting straight is the first issue as you have a tendency to stoop and that messes up your stomach muscles - see point 3:thumbup: lay on your front with your arms folded under your chin and try to force your upper body upwards with your pelvis still touching the floor - like a bad pressup - this gets the back arching the correct way, improves flexibillity and gets you upright. Another exercise - get on all fours, arch your back downwards and rock back and forth - like a humping dog and then arch your back upwards and downwards a few times - this does the same as above. The last thing I have done is improved core strength - I really suffered standing in front of a bench for 8 hrs so started doing sit ups - 5 then 10, then 15 - now do 25 - 30 a night and it has had a very positive effect - I havent had serious or even bad twinges for a year and a half - that IMO is damn good. I can now spend hours in the workshop - no issues:thumbup: There you go - you did ask and get better soon:thumbup:

I diagnose a poor camera, get a better one:001_tt2: Looks black and rich to me.....from what I can see!

Thats a clean looking saw, my first saw was a 009, got a reasonable amount of torque and reckon it will make a good wood burner logging saw or for carving.

And that is where my tip lays - had one of these some time ago and it just wouldn't start but would with the fuel cap loose - had the same thoughts as you and found a novel way round it. See how you get on and I will point you in the right direction if it does the same as the one I had!

Women:001_rolleyes: you need to worry when it stops dripping:thumbdown:

"Varnicised" ...you making up words:confused1::lol: Oh - if it doesn't run then let me know as I had one and found out a small flaw in it's design!

I would read it as cutting some decent lumps of timber for 3-5 mins at 8-12krpm - typical running speed

If it gets the job done Rich, no worries, send it up, I am sure I will get it sorted pretty quick and back to you....

You won't find me whinging about it for three days:001_rolleyes::001_tt2: A little less talk a little more action Rich - my wife could do it faster than you:thumbup:

Yeah, cheers for the saw Sam, the engine fitted in the Mini Moto a treat, pulls 95mph with the front wheel in the air now:thumbup:

Yr getting some quality kit in now aren't you Rich:001_rolleyes: Its all about strong thumbs and slow rotation with recoil springs - got large hands so easy job for me:thumbup: Whats on my bench - My cheapo McCulloch long reach, first the union between poles broke....again, then....again....now fixed, half way through the job and......the fooking engine won't rev out, carb off, usual tweaks and clean...bingo, all working again! Now looking for a decent long reach as McCulloch cutters are made of cheese like metal! Perhaps you would like a play with them Rich:lol: Now on the bench, a cylinder for cleaning and porting for a 346XP NE, next up, trying to finish the 371XP I started before Stubbys 390XP lands for some serious porting:thumbup:

This is the only issue I have come across, the dowl on the furthest right side has shattered the holding turret.

Probably just a faulty piston with a loose location pin, it does happen even on OEM pistons - Golf are generally not a bad choice piston - better than many!

Thanks Martin, Re the problem, get a photo up, you can get some strange effects that I put down to the flow of exhaust gases and the way the earth electrode gets in the way of them!

Here is a nice pic of some plugs - far right lean, middle over heated - doesn't show it but it is a graphite grey colour, and far left is a proper job - nice colour! The far right one came from a lean seized MS880, the middle one, a seized bad fuel damage.

The 365 shares many parts and has the same bottom end as the 372XP and is a solid workhorse that will ring up decent size timber all day. It also shares parts with a few Jonsereds such as the 2065 and 2171 so in short, solid workhorse - not a racer but still a good and well liked saw.