spudulike
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Remove the muffler and check the piston - look for scores. I have seen many feel like that they have good compression but have been seized. If you can't do this, check the compression when the engine is warm - expect at least 150psi+ The working carb rules out the carb and generally that means it is probably the engine rather than the HT system.
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I think it was closed transfers but with less aggressive tuning as the 346 but more torque. I ported one a few years back for an arbtalker....I believe he liked it.
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I didn't realise she worked at FCUK, Is that in Croatia?
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Damn that must be one strong saw
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Yup, the circular hole is the tank breather - it allows air in to the tank as oil comes out. The red oil is red because someone has put two stroke in to the oil tank at some stage....recently. Make sure you put chain oil in the oil tank and a 50:1 premix petrol to oil in the fuel tank. The chainsaw doesn't mix the oil with the petrol, you do it BEFORE pouring it in the fuel tank.
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As above - sort of like a 346. Nice 50cc saw and would be a good "go to saw".
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She is bloody frightening and in no way capable of running this country!
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I think from memory, it joins on to the heater plate that fits between the carb air filter elbow and carb.
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The original seals are very fragile and are easily fractured. I use a decent quality seal from my bearing supplier as they pop in much easier and don't break.
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To stop the locals pinching it, just leave it in large pieces until you can extract it. Their little shity saws will clap out on the larger stuff. Reckon my trusty ported 346 would do a lot of that though, all but the main trunk. The trusty 181se would do that......just wetting ADWs appetite with a bit of old Husky porn!!
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Not trying being disrespectful or making light of what is an awful situation....but..... Are Chicken Kievs now called Chicken Kyiv?
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Air compressor leaking air from elec cable?
spudulike replied to drinksloe's topic in Maintenance help
I got a spare generic unit off eBay that many compressors seem to use and it did the job - keep one spare now. -
Air compressor leaking air from elec cable?
spudulike replied to drinksloe's topic in Maintenance help
There is probably a pressure switch on that box and it has a thick sealing diaphragm in it. It has probably split. Happened to mine and replaced it - wasn't a Clarke but similar. -
Afghanistan!
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So, if the Russians rolled up your high street and you were given a Kalashnikov and an anti tank missile, what would you do? Chuck it all in or give it a go....I think my Grandfathers would turn in their graves if I gave it up! My personal view is they are fighting for their freedom...Shit or Bust as we say. Whatever it is, those civilians are brave in my eyes. Two sides to every tale but that is the way I see it.
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About right, hopefully he has got the message. I have to say total respect to the Ukrainian President, seems like a very passionate fella and hope he comes out of this OK.
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I have had the aluminium splined shaft get twisted usually through using a trimmer head on it and the outer shafts can get bent also.
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Man is a danger to the world......I think that is more like it!!
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It must be one of his own.......
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I had a 525XPT in over the weekend and the purge bulb would depress but was having trouble pulling fuel through and it turned out to be crap in the gauze strainer. I would try to work out the passage of fuel through the carb when the purge is pressed and find out what is stopping the fuel flowing. A blocked gauze strainer, needle/metering arm issue or a gasket sealing the purge channel is the most likely fault but you will only get there with inspecting the thing. No idea if the AM carbs are any good. Worth a try if very cheap.
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Personally I find Putins threats of nuclear missiles a bloody insult. Having lived through much of the cold war, we are used to this threat and TBH - WHERE THE FECKING HELL DOES HE THINK BOTH THE UK AND US NUCLEAR SUBS ARE AND WHERE ARE THEIR BLOODY RAFT OF NUCLEAR SLBMs are POINTED AT.....what a total dick. 5'7" and now bringing out the "Special" toys...WOW what a man
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The bearings are a bit weird, some sort of plastic outside slider carrier and a roller bearing sitting in it. These must slide in to the tube in the correct way. I usually stick some HT Lithium or molybdenum disulphide grease on the bearings and then add a bit of engine oil down the pipe on reassembly. Most of this type of kit suffers from the bearings going dry and rusting then the bearings grenade and the whole lot fails. I reckon you could stuff the tube with a bit of anchor butter and it would last better than no lube whatsoever. I tend to do my own thing and all I know is when they come back a year later....generally the bearings are in good shape compared to how they were when I changed them. Same with hedge trimmer attachments - no grease verses anything gloopy and lubricating - these are all slow moving bearings so anything is better than nothing.
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I think I would be checking the carb gauze strainer and pump gasket first so hopefully the new carb kit may fix it.
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Air filter looks fine to me.
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The bearings are the weak points but I think the weakness is really the owners running them till death rather than greasing them up once in a while. They have their little foibles but once you have fixed a couple, they are pretty simple and save a lot of time and trouble doing smaller tree work. Not sure anyone round here likes fixing them though.
