stewie

While were at i require one in derby.......

I bet they were just pissed on vodka and one said "vladimir i bet you cant cut that tree down"........

I wouldn't take my figures as typical - I'm not in a rush so I wait until something suitably priced shows up. I paid £98 for the saw and stuck a cheap (£45) pot and piston on - the cheapest I could find on ebay. I think I even stuck the original plug back in, it fired up and ran, so I left it alone!

 

It was before I had stripped a carb and to be honest before I had a good understanding of where air leaks came from. These days my approach would be a little more thorough, including the carb kit and a new plug.

 

In my case, the pot was unequivocally shot, due to lumps of piston ring being embedded in it. In your case, I would take the piston out and see if the plating is damaged in the bore. If so, replace; if not, clean it up and put a rather better quality piston in, such as a Meteor.

 

Since I did mine, I have picked up two secondhand OEM pot and piston sets for 044s. Both have one lug of the pot cracked off, but I can weld this back together. I think I paid about £15 each inc. p&p, but I took a chance there was nothing else wrong, and am able to carry out the repair.

 

I think Spud is away at the moment, but he's still very much in business so far as I'm aware. Probably worth dropping him a PM.

 

Alec

Thankyou very much for all that info mate....all taken on board.....

Ill strip the pot down when i get more time to play with it and get some pics up again!!!!

Thanks again

I bought a seized 044 from ebay - fortunately found the cause was a failed piston ring so after a few evenings making sure I had fished all the bits out of the crank case I put it back together with a cheap chinese pot and piston and it's been running as my bandsaw mill powerhead for the past three years. At one point when the 066 wasn't working I stuck it on the Alaskan on a 36" bar and it did it, albeit slowly. A really solid workhorse of a saw in my opinion, and well worth fixing.

 

If it was mine, I'd get it clean, including service kit for the carb (from Rowena), buy the missing bits (wait until they come up cheap on ebay) and put it back together, then get it pressure and vacuum checked and the carb set up. In my case I would ask Spud to do this - posting it works fine if you're too far off to do it in person. You then find out whether the cause of failure was an air leak and get the tricky bits dealt with. If it's not an air leak, you can reasonably assume someone used neat fuel in it and carry on and use it.

 

Alec

Brilliant news!!!! Yeah im thinking the same about spud mate but not been on in a while and wasnt sure if he was still doing that type of work lol

Spud if you read this and your up for it the jobs yours mate!! You came to mine a while back with a bar for my stihl 041....

Alec out of interest what did you pay on the siezed saw?? And how much did it cost to fix it?? Thanks for all your help everyone......

Good to see your fixing it

 

I have an old 044 its a cracking saw! came with a 24" bar when it arrived, put it on 20" as std but one day i needed to lower some stumps to wall height and i put the 24" on it, burried it into the 3ft ash and it was ace

 

one to keep

Just what i wanted to here mate....... heres hoping im posting the same kind of posts next year lol....

Yeah ive bought a few of them

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Yeah id be intersted in that mate how much you asking??? Strange that happend to your 230 aswell wonder if it was a common fault in that model??

Does anyone know if a starter from a ms460 will fit this saw?? As found one online but dont wanna buy it if its useless...... from what i can see on google it does but would like conformation from some of you helpful guys..... :thumbup:

Thankyou for that mate i think ill get a pro to check it out and go from there lol but ljke you say would be nice to have a project over the winter and to get a good saw out of it for couple of hundred quid

Hi mate its not siezed up!! Thats why im gonna get it looked at lol.....

Good news is the 023c is now an up and running rat smoker.... anyone needing any rats clearing up round in the midlands let me no we use terriers and no poison left and do it for next to nothing no matter how big a job

Out of interest does anyone no why its all burnt where the clutch was?? I think this one would be impossible to use as a saw again???

What would cause it to score so bad?? And how come it never siezed??

Aint got a clue if these pics will work lol but stripped it down and piston is scored pretty bad but looking them up on ebay and there available for around £60 so ill look into getting it fixed!!

How much would this cost??

And those interested in buying it ill keep you posted.....

Im going to check the piston out now ill try and post some pics of it so anyone who knows more than me can have a look lol

Hi mate im afraid i searched high and low for them but to no avail lol 150!!! Never thought it would be worth even half that lol but tbh i like the feel of it and would love to get it running!! It had a half tank of fuel (now gone!!) And is only 2002 model so i suspect it could be reformed to its former glory in the right hands??

Cleared a few small trees and bushes for a friend of a friend last week who has just moved to an old house thats been left untouched for a year or so. Anyway was talking to her when saws came up and she said there was two old ones in the shed that i could have if the were any use!! So i nipped down for a look expecting to pieces of shite lol and two my suprise one was a stihl 023c and the other a ms440

Anyway on closer inspection the 023c has no chainbrake or clutch but fired up after a few pulls so is going to be converted into a rat smoker!!!

The 440 has no starter or clutch cover tho but the engine isnt seized so thinking it might be worth trying to get it started?? What do you lads on here think?? Does anyone have an old starter assembly for it to see if it a runner?? What signs should i look for now to see if its fix or skip?? Many thanks in advance, stewie......

this guy should of played the lottery that week.........

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That's gutting mate, every day it's the same thing, where is all this stuff going?

Ireland in the back of a transit van!!!

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We?re stumped: Why did someone cut 80ft tree down and take it away from our garden? (From Bournemouth Echo)

no one heard nothing and it had a TPO on it.........

sounds dodgy to me......impossible no one would notice an 80ft tree being felled and removed...................im not falling for that old chestnut.........

seen a few of these trees in film like forrest gump, django etc and wondered if anyone knew the name.........

gutted lol cheers for looking tho mate!!! cant believe the trouble im having finding one............. ive found one in america but to get it sent over is over £30....... i least i no they do exist tho.........

bump.....

Sorry mate , I thought you meant a chain brake assy , I think the throttle interlock is just the same as a husky 61 or 266 , still available from dealers .

I may have one on a old 630 fuel tank under the bench , I'll check tomorrow and let you know .

TS

lol sorry mate i never knew the proper name........ that would be amazing if you have mate.............fingers and toes crossed........ :lol:

thanks pal........

£80............. maybe i explained wrong lol its this handle that is missing i need to find...........

cant find it anywhere and an otherwise completely mint saw is out of action..........

anyone know were i can get one tried ebay and the other usual places but no joy...........any help appreciated........