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Sure, there is money in repairing and selling saws, but is it viable as a main source of income?..... No. If you want to earn only £500 per week you need at least fully service 2 saws every day. Repairs take longer. So thats 10 saws a week and you only scratch a living. It will take years and an excellent reputation to get that much saw business. And this is assuming you have premises and tools already. I have put this very simply, so no arguments please. Could it provide pocket money?......Yes.

Mostly mowers and garden tractors to be honest Steve

Just seen this, glad I did not get involved, I may have been burnt at the stake! It just looks like a bit of bad luck following a bit of metal fatigue. It happens. I've had a crap week to. The van broke down twice, I repaired it twice but got a bit impulsive and made an instant (impulsive) decision to buy a (nearly) new one. Now £12k poorer. But forgot to budget in the costs of fitting it out with load restrainers, rear step, ramps etc, thats another £500. Oh well, its only money. Best I get to the bench and start on the 30 or so machines that have come in in the last few days.

Must I correct you?

I favour the pickup hose for the reason that if it could be sucking air above the fuel level when upright, but when on its side the leak would be under the petrol, hence the better running on its side.

I think I would be initially looking at the pumping side of the carb. This would include the pump diaphragms, gauze filter, fuel pickup hose and also the impulse tube. OK, they may have been done, but have they been done properly? Worth another look. But the local shop should not really be too baffled, its not rocket science. edit, sorry, bit of an overlap here, so carb may be OK, check the hoses.

There are three issues here Mike One is how to test your coil. That seems to be answered. Two is where to get a coil, a few good solutions here as well. But thirdly, should you really be contemplating repairing that saw without fitting a new flywheel?. That one will be well out of balance, I would not want to run that at 12000revs! I think the scrap bin is the best place for that one. Just my humble opinion.

I have access to McCulloch parts. That number has been superceded a couple of time but it appears to now be obsolete, sorry.

No chance!

You called?

To be fair though, I am also finding that many users who would have just bought a new 200t if they were available are repairing their old 200t rather than buy a new 201T at present. But Skyhucks also right, there is only so much you can do (economically) to a worn saw. It can be fixed up to a point, but its still a tired saw. There will come a time.......

Ha..ha

Nice one Doyleyburger. PM on its way.

The view aft on a fast boat is always the best, but where is the skier?

Thanks Geoff, its a really special place to live. No neighbours, no road noise, and the sound of the River Otter in the background.

Forget the grass Jon, just drink the Cider. Much more sense.

I agree, it lets a bit of air in, and knocks off a few of the winter 'heaves' as well as some molehills!

You can test the coil with a multimeter set to Ohms. There are 2 coils within the module. The Primary coil which has only a few windings should have a low resistance, probably around .7Kohm (general figure, but coils do vary) and is tested between the little connector that the kill wire fits to, and the main body. The Secondary coil has very many windings of fine insulated wire and should (general figures again) read around 7-10Kohms between the spark plug terminal and the main body. Figures well outside of these could well indicate a duff coil, but I have had many coils with good readings that still wont produce a strong enough spark, so I seldom use a resistance test. I prefer to use a spark tester. many cheap testers just test for a spark, but cannot test for a good spark. An ordinary spark plug can be used in its std form, but unless the coil is very weak it will show a spark. If you open the gap really wide, or even remove the tag it will make it much more difficult for the coil to make a spark, so if one can jump a big gap it must be quite good. Or you can use a fancy tester such as the one below. Coils can produce a spark when cold, but fail when hot. If testing resistance you can do it hot and cold for comparison. A failing coil can also upset timing, causing all sorts of weird symptoms

It was such a lovely day I cut the grass. I must be mad:001_smile:

Lovely old truck. The 'angle cab' was designed so that the doors could be opened in narrow loading bays, and in streets without hitting cars or pedestrians.

I reckon its a complete and utter waste of time. And as time is money, then its a waste of money too. You have to have the right material for an exhaust gasket, graphite paper with a metal reinforcement. Its flaming difficult to cut. Genuine gaskets are readily available, they fit properly and they are cheap, why bodge?

Guess it depends on the design of the saw, and the 'clearance' space.

Hi Figgy, those shavings sound just like these were. The problem here was it would only cut for a few seconds before jamming up completely so he could not work it long enough to blunt it! It cut very well for those few seconds though.

It was a std Stihl .325, 1.6 chisel chain