spudulike
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TBH, I normally try a good carb but also like to pressure and vac check the saw and work from there, it is easy to compensate for a leaking crank seal with carb adjustment and end up with a badly running saw. I tend to do a full refurb as it gives the owner peace of mind and a long term fix rather than patching the issue for now - the last thing anyone wants isn a tempremental topper!
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Few things, catch it before it runs out of fuel, if you let it go all the way, you need to refil the carb with fuel and that will take a few pulls before it does that. If id does go all the way, try putting the choke on for no more than 3 pulls and then just go on fast idle. It could be the fast idle latch isn't working and that can cause starting issues but is obvious if the machine is started with this engaged and the engine doesn't rev up and the chain spin if the brake isn't engaged. It could be the L screw is set too rich, should be one turn out. Other than that, make sure the tank vent is good, the compression is still good when hot, the impulse line isn't kinked and the fuel lines and filter are good.
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Don't worry, you can get medication for this, I do know a good psychiatric Doctor
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Well done, at least you know what the problem is now:thumbup:
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Well Rich, you started the Tsunami of chainsaw data crashing down on your goodself:blushing: Hope you aren't running out on your master plan now:lol: Good luck with the hospital run, hope you aren't on call out with the RLNI - the winds have been a bit high over the last few days:thumbdown: No booze on a Friday night:thumbdown:Bummer
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JB weld won't hold rubber to steel, cyanoacrylate (Superglue) may but it doesn't always last!
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A number of options: - 1) retap to the next size up ie - M4 to M5 or M5 to M6 2) Helicoil the hole 3) Fit an insert - this will be limited to the land around the hole The helicoil is probably the best option - I usually add a little stud lock around the helicoil to ensure it really holds damn well:thumbup:
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I think you have been fiddling the figures - Wolfman runs a 346, 372, and 357....and a 338 for that matter and nothing over the Ely area:001_rolleyes: I think you have been losing the voters slips....... Its a flippin fiddle....bloomin Stihl owners:lol: I call for a recount:001_tt2:
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I reckon you have downsized our Husky stronghold of North Herts and Cambridgeshire, that Orange blob looks a little small:001_rolleyes: May have to buy some more Huskys:thumbup:
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<p>Hi Andy, Yes, looks pretty fast, Burrell tested his ported 357XP against MattyFs 560 and I have managed to get the 357XP as fast as the 560, My own one has had a pop up piston and a few other trick things done so reckon it will now out run a standard 560 comfortably.</p>
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<p>I do find the auto tune on these saws works well, I believe that the carb and ignition timing is being sampled all the time so as soon as the saw starts to bog, it retards the ignition and leans it so it pulls the revs back and then slaps the fuel back up and goes back to full advance - something you can't do on a standard 357 or other normal tune saws - it works really well and looks like the saw responds well to porting allbeit some pretty involved work as pop ups are not that easy to do...Burrell turned mine up with me overseeing.</p>
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<p>Should be able to do your 390 before long....I hope!</p>
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<p>Cheers</p>
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<p>Steve</p>
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Aw...none left...bugger:lol: Nice job, hope Burrell sees this, he is the cake meister round here:lol: Good job though - Happy Birthday BTW:thumbup:
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Think I need to use a bit of threadlock on it, that should do the job...and the flying hedge trimmer:001_rolleyes::lol::lol: Hope Martin behaved today!
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Sweet the way you named your caught Mole "Paul"....how did you tell it was male:lol:
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It is because you haven't thrown it out of a tree Matty.....it makes them last longer:001_rolleyes::lol:
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Sounds like you haven't use one of my modified ones, the latest one is out in Sweden, just landed and has a "little extra" tweak I have done on top of the usual. Should make a 16" work just fine:thumbup:
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One good thing with Aspen is that you can fire up a repaired saw in the workshop for a short while without gassing yourself - not that I recommend it but there are occasions:blushing: Joking aside, it is a good product and the fact it doesn't go off is a big positive to people who don't use the machines all the time plus it is good for hedge trimmers where the fumes are held in the hedge in close proximity to your head. :Whispers: ......but dont let on to Gardenkit I said it:lol:
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Just tell them the Orange areas are being targeted as lacking Christmas cards this year and don't answer the front door in your Jim Jams:lol: if you know what I mean:blushing:
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Can we do lawn mowers next Rich - Qualcast, cylinder, Herts:thumbup:
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Think that is both Matty and I, God knows how many saws we have between us:lol: Martin is well on the turn now, especially after realising the 298XP is much faster than his 076:blushing:
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Well Yellow is McCulloch, green is Poulan as not enough people own ex MOD saws...red - gotta be Jonsered, Dolmar - Red with a black stripe, Makita - blu .....Hey Rich, I have a Jobu - what colour for that?? Aw - looks like a trip down to Staples in the morning!
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So lets get this right, it is all about World domination, you are trying to convert the Orange areas of the UK to Gay Boy Pink shouldn't you have started this quest in Belgium!! Never mind Rich, you carry on, the machines are what they are, my preferences are my own and am one of those characters that the more someone tells me to turn left, I do the complete opposite and turn right. On a closing note - I do seem to get more Stihls in to repair than Huskys:001_rolleyes: And don't say it...I am there already:001_rolleyes: By the way, had a word with MattyF and we are one step closer to the next sawfest:thumbup: Hope that 026 is pulling cleanly and is a match for the 346XP:001_tt2:
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Just got an MS230 in with bad fuel leaks, been swapped over to Aspen and using the pressure gauge on it has shown a bad leak around the fuel line where it enters the tank - looks like the petrol has hardened the rubber and the aspen has then contracted it. It also has a leak around the filler cap so will swap the sealing O ring out as well. Also got an 064 in for conversion to Aspen, new carb kit and fuel line should do it
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From that map it looks like you made Stihl the girly pink colour - is this master plan to determine whom you are going to send Christmas cards to this year....looks like I am out of luck:blushing: Thought this wasn't a Stihl V Husqvarna thread:001_rolleyes:
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Hope you didn't buy it Ed:blushing:
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Yes, it will be Steve, the rubber absorbs normal fuel and then contracts with Aspen making everything leak especially fuel lines - got an MS230 in like that at the moment!
