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  1. billpierce
    i managed to knee my self in the face during a pretty exciting 5 a side game. felt pretty special for that one!
  2. billpierce
    Rats are unbelievable eh? guess they were hungry! I had them eat through 3 x 20L tubs of biodiesel which was pretty messy! now i keep it all in steel bins. you do see them going for spares/repair fairly often. might be the same as 180 and 170's too?
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    in the 5th photo down you can see the welch plug what i super glued up. directly above that is a brass thing which seems to sit at a slight angle? what is it? no obvious holes in it (i.e not a jet.) i noticed there was a small amount of crap around where it seals onto the carb block? should i seal that up in same way i did the other welch plug or does it do something that shouldn't be sealed?
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    i got a 12'' 1/4 pitch stihl bar off some one cheap and stuck in on an MS170 (the power!) and i coudn't believe how much nippier it made it. unless there is a major downside i don;t know about yet i'll prob work all my smaller says over to 1/4 pitch as you seem to get much faster cutting.
  5. billpierce
    the first thing that came to mind also....get all yer seasonal berries in over coming months and have a belter of a new year.....
  6. billpierce
    whats up with them?
  7. billpierce
    thanks have emailed them
  8. billpierce
    yeah if i wait 7-15 days its £17! or £107 from dealer! on an ms170 i thought it was worth a pop and thought it would be nice to be able to adjust it myself. i haven't used it much since putting the new carb on though.....you used them a fair bit with no probs eh?
  9. billpierce
    don't know about dolmar TLC but on both a ms 181 and husky 240 they have seemed pants to me (fella whos woods i work in has one and it broke the first time we took the saw out - from new. the stihl equivilent felt hard to get to the sort of tension i'm used to. this was 2/3 yr back so they may have sorted it. and were also entry level saws - everythings pretty whack on them really!
  10. billpierce
    where for dolmar then? can't seem to see many people flogging them in uk?
  11. billpierce
    right well i probably count as not knowing what i'm doing. so do i just replace with same brand parts or os there a more cunning cheaper way? chinese knock offs of chinese parts dont sound too hot
  12. billpierce
    its weeping oil at a good rate from where the body seals under the exhaust and it has a decent fuel leak too. so its been put away as both those things occured on the same day and i'd had enough of it then. but seeing yours has made me think. any good ideas for fixing that leak without splitting the case? or is that the only way?
  13. billpierce
    mine is all orange. made in west germany. the brake bands hard to find? the actual brake handle is arleady a bit cracked and zip tied (still totally solid and safe mind you). i notice on the dolmar site you can still get 115's but not a makita equiv. loosers. can you get them in uk?
  14. billpierce
    let us know what you think. yep the tooless tensions i have seen on husky and stihl are def worth a skip i would say. unless you like breaking plastic and having a slack chain. where/how do you get your dolmar kit and whats it like for spares?
  15. billpierce
    don't have a magnifying glass. but tried it with strong light and couldn't see the slightest of holes. it was a tiny but wet on the top when it came off. so, Carb kit £9-£25 and/or H/L screws £5 each or post it to Local still place for "sonic rinse" and they will sort it/tell its knackered or just £107 on a newy? or if anyone else wants to fix it/test it/sell me a carb (walbro HD34A)?
  16. billpierce
    anyone had any fun with either a dolmar PS-3410 or makita DCS3410. its their version of a back handle ms200 i guess. would be interested to know if anyones used one for carving. i currently carve with ms 170/180's which are nice and light and i think the raw wining power of the 30cc engine actually increases bar life, but it would also be nice to have a saw i can rely on.(not that the ms170's actually let me down, just i feel they probably will at some critical point.) or any other suggestions of pro carving saws? echos?
  17. billpierce
    yeah chain saws have a special way of making yer mouth do that haven't they? makes me more determined to sort my 394 out rather than selling it for spares.
  18. billpierce
    sorry for all these photos, wasn't quite sure what would be helpful to see....not really that sorry actually. more just grateful if your looking....
  19. billpierce
    lovely thanks.
  20. billpierce
    p.s i have looked on the net and an't find any info!
  21. billpierce
    nieghbour gave me his dolmar 112. new starter cord in and its cutting like a champ! almost well enough to fully convert me to only using old dolmars. if only my biceps were up to it. anyway just wondering if anyone knows roughly (or exacty) what the max rpm is for them? thanks
  22. billpierce
    Also from what i understand of what was said, the rpm limiter should be doing its wobbly thing to my tach around 13.5k? the tach reads up to about 9200 then reads 1700, this is obviously wierd and it occaisonally goes all over the shop but def settles on 1700 ish. could that be some sort of fault or are these limiters pretty mental? with it tuned just over the 9200 mark it seems to cut ok, but it does cut out after medium- long cuts , which i can't seem to get rid of what with have little or no L adjust. also the idle is 2000-2400 rpm which doesn;t help - again i seem to have no control over this. sorry for repetition!
  23. billpierce
    when idle is out butterfly seals up real good apart from 2 tiny half moons which should be there anyway. can i tell from looking if the L screw is over worn? can i get those screws bits seperately? is it worth further messing around/time/money? i'm pretty keen to get the bottom of this......
  24. billpierce
    Anyone had much joy/swearing with non genuine parts? particulaly carbs? £34 or £113 is y choice so it'd need to be a good bit better. just got cheapo one for a ms170 carver which seems fine but hasn't had the test of time. reckon it's got to be worth a shot?
  25. billpierce
    660's have never bothered me on the ground as they are sat in the cut half the time. pretty cumbersome up a tree though. got mine second hand from national trust 4 yrs ago and hasn't missed a beat since. my 394xp is definately nippier though.

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