openspaceman
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Like most legumes not a pleasant smelling smoke -
bottom right is robinia
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I will take the flywheel off but agree it is probably the coil. The frustrating thing is at work we had a box of broken 026 where i could find bits as the were replaced by ms261.
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How are you measuring your 500°C and which side of the retort? Charcoal is quite a good insulator so getting heat into the middle can be a problem if you want to exceed 450°, this is one reason we used a type of kiln. The brown may not be un pyrolysed wood ( brown end, brand etc) but offgas that has been cracked as it was evolved from within the log.
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I have an old timing light strobe I can try in the dark. My guess is I would have to spin the motor with a drill. Yes the after market coil is the most likely suspect but at £110 for the Stihl part probably not an economic repair. I'll have a look at spuds post when back at my desktop.
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It sparks when the gap is opened up to ~1/8". He had been having trouble with hot starting which I guessed was weak mixture. I had fitted an aftermarket coil to it about a year ago. The current failure was when the on off switch jammed in the part throttle setting, so it had to be choked to stop it, it has not fired since. I wanted to avoid checking the flywheel key until I was confident the timing was out. Having another 026 would be handy to compare.
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Great to see you back posting. I have an old but little used, you can still see the machining marks on the piston through the exhaust port, 026 on my bench, that I cannot get to fire, despite a spark when the plug is out and having tried another good plug. Can one tell by looking at the coil trigger pick up relation to the flywheel magnet when piston is tdc if the timing is okay/
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Yes you are right, I did not explain myself very well. I meant I wouldn't want anything smaller. I like the lightness and high revs of a modern saw like the 550 and have never used a 560 but the bigger saws have more grunt for gutty work like ringing up.
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So do I but the OP may not. I am suggesting that the little saws, even the husky 550 may not survive too long doing a job like this.
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A 60c saw is what I would use on ringing up a tree like this and it is possible to deal with even the trunk with an 18" bar by cutting it into cuboidal chunks in the same way a lucas sawmill cuts one vertical pass then one horizontal one to make a beam. It is hard on the saw (and operator) and more work than cutting rings then splitting but I have done it.
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I agree but not having a job it is good exercise for me. Having been away from work for 8 years it is surprising how few sources of logs are available to me, considering how I used to harvest a few thousand tonnes a year.
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I have old saws without bulbs too and they depend on the impulse from the crankcase to fill the carb diaphragm chamber, my youngest Husky 262 takes 11 good pulls to fire from cold if it hasn't been used for a day or two. I put it down to the pumping section in the carb being a bit weak. However I would not drip fuel down the plug but rather spray it onto the air filter, I use an old scent spray with petroil in it.
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Does the MS210 have a purge bulb?
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Yes definitely don't treat anything for a problem that doesn't exist. This is another thing against the systemic neonicotoids.
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Yes it definitely needs getting off the ground, cut, split and stored under cover asap. Those front four bits look like ash to me.
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More a comment on your mum's trust and bravery
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I agree but at the end you still need to pay for the assessment . I think chainsaw use and lift truck driving are the only assessments that are required by law to be done by an independent assessor, to the standard that only NPTC can award in the case of chainsaws. Although I have been out of it for 20 years now so am not sure how the arrangement with LANTRA stands.
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The oregon ones I had as spares became unusable because the soles perished. I don't buy boots with polyurethane soles and generally go for vibram soles in walking boots (I do not expect to buy another pair of chainsaw boots).
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That's a great price, how long have you worn them?
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I only buy 5 or 10 ltr cans at one time, as I top up the car, and I haven't recently had the pump switched off on me but yes, it's a pain having to pay at the kiosk again at my local pumps as they have disabled payment at pump. Too much fraud perhaps?
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Stove statistics are they correct?
openspaceman replied to BillQ's topic in Log burning stoves and fireplaces
No I was looking at this: https://www.cef.co.uk/catalogue/products/58020-single-room-mvhr-unit-white?&msclkid=864c4c99773d132a3cfb2b17e43abc7d&gclsrc=3p.ds I cannot see why so expensive, even so it makes more sense to return the heated fresh air downstairs. I already move air from above the wood stove to an adjacent ( but for stairs) room. -
Stove statistics are they correct?
openspaceman replied to BillQ's topic in Log burning stoves and fireplaces
I was willing to look at a single room MVHR for the bathroom to replace the vent axia fan but and nigh on 2000 quid I'll pass. It's the same with an electrostatic filter for the chimney something I'd like to do but at a similar cost it would not be worth it, better to stop burning logs and switch the gas boiler back on. -
Stove statistics are they correct?
openspaceman replied to BillQ's topic in Log burning stoves and fireplaces
Just for you, and I think that a "sorry I was wrong" is due? You are new here and it's good to welcome an optimist. -
Pig tail on steel, machine-mounted winch cable
openspaceman replied to JonnoR's topic in Maintenance help
That's right, it will let you know when it has had enough😉. Just keep it simple, add the keyhole slider to the wire rope and pass the chain through that. Hitch the chain round the log about a foot back and then shorten it so the keyhole is a couple of inches in front of the butt end when you pull. -
Yes I use aspen in my hedge cutters because they get used near my face, too expensive for the saws.
