Mark_Skyland
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Without being biased as we do sell them, the feedback is 100% positive. We have tried and tested them ourselves for the past 10 months and they are still up to the job of being waterproof. They don't make you sweat to death either.
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I will have another check of them tomorrow but some bad scoring above the exhaust port and the acid just doesnt seem to work as well as it does on the stihl cylinders. I have 2 550xp cylinders that have gone down while using aspen, one 560xp due to a crank bearing and a 560xp due to no 2 stroke. Stihl 441 and 260 due to bad fuel came up lovely with not much effort. I was just thinking the autotune had kept the saws running better than a standard carb would hence more/severe damage.
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I don't seem to have much success in salvaging cylinders on the 550xp or 560xp saws. Is it just me, the owners running the saw to death or are the new husky cylinders bores not as tough as the old ones/mahle cylinders? Either the chrome ends up pitted or there are too many scores in the wrong place.
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I think your dealer and adw are correct. What have you done to that chain?! I've reused many a thrown chain but that is scrap.
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As already mentioned the husky 135 is a great little saw and should come in around your budget. My advice, don't buy off the internet, call into your local dealer to pick up some advice on using the saw and the correct ppe. It's worth a lot more than saving a few pounds by shopping online.
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Getting the clutch off is the hardest thing. Lots of sharp whacks while the plug and decompressor are doing their job or an impact wrench help. There have been some changes on the oil pump but I think that has been over twelve months ago so might not affect your one. If it is a dodgy pump then make sure you do get a warranty claim out of it as they arent that cheap of an item and you will need to replace the worm gear too.
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Ebay issue - any ideas what to do about this one?
Mark_Skyland replied to agg221's topic in General chat
Have had that a few times, every time paypal has been on our side. If it's tracked and signed for your case is usually 100% secure Its people giving out their paypal information, getting their accounts hacked then some scum bag using it to buy on ebay. The scum bag and the buyer always wins but sometimes we dont have to lose out if we do it right. -
If the pump is blocked due to sawdust etc then yes it isnt a warranty problem and its your wrong doing (no offense its just the way Im wording it) If the pump has failed due to a manufacturing defect then sure it will be replaced under warranty.
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Well it wont be a warranty job if its a plugged pump or stripped worm due to a dirty filter etc.
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Check the worm drive thread is OK. Its a cheap fix.
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I don't have a clue sorry. I don't know if it's something Echo are doing or wether it's just the UK echo supplier. Sorry no 360, 280 only. Can you do me a favor and pm me your email address as I need to arrange getting the 2510 back to us.
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That will be my fault sorry, I was meant to email you today. Just waiting for the 280's to come in, did you want one as a loan saw or a refund on the 2510?
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Have used both but the last two I used the oregon drum and bearing I will be getting some of those metal cage bearings though as suggested by Spud
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No doubt there is an issue its just that the bearing is the same one that is fitted to a vast range of saws. The issue as far as I know is the clutch drum, this is causing the bearing to fail, trash the oil pump etc rather than the bearing being at fault.As you say more often than not the oil pump arm is broken. The drums on the 261 seems to wear extremely fast. I have had ms260's in that must have done thousands of hours on the same bearing and hundreds on the same drum. Ive just been fitting the ms260 dums and have had no return issues as of yet
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In a politicians answer kind of way Stihl probably are right. The bearing is OK the drum isnt. Well thats my take on it.
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Just bumping this as 3 other dealers have contacted me to say they too have either had the same people try it on with them or similar chancers in the last week. Police and card industry won't do anything to help so it's just down to us!
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Just a quick message for any other arb dealers. We have had a few attempts of a customer trying to purchase mainly the treemotion and superlight harness using stolen credit cards. Three attempts the first one unfortunately succeeded resulting in a chargeback. They are also be trying to purchase other specific items which if you want further information please PM me.
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There is something wrong with the message limit so best to email atm. I did type got but didn't seem right,I'm probably watching too much yank tv buddy .
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I've done a little bit of work with the top handle husky but Barry has used it on a lot more jobs. He made a youtube vid which husky picked up on last week and promoted it! I think they are brilliant, I wouldn't replace a petrol saw with one, or should I say I wouldn't have a battery as my only saw but it is a great bit of kit on the right jobs. Haven't used the stihls but have heard a lot of excellent praise about them. I think there will be a hell of a lot more of them about over the next few years.
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Yup, I would like to blame autocorrect on my phone but my spelling is terrible so no excuse. I bet they do have an inventor knocking about somewhere though! Those inverters are about £50 but it looks like they havent any in stock yet. I dont think they draw that much current but yes, might be worth running the van while its charging but then goes against nearly everything a battery bit of kit stands for.
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Ahh but when the customer asks "do you need an extension lead for your tools?" You can now say"yes, but don't un plug the kettle first" I know husky are bringing out (may already be available) an inventor so you can charge from the van battery.
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Ebay issue - any ideas what to do about this one?
Mark_Skyland replied to agg221's topic in General chat
Sounds like the courier has signed for it and left it, otherwise he wouldn't have left a card. Open a case with eBay, if it's through PayPal you and the seller should get their money back since it was tracked. We have had this quite a bit usually with stolen PayPal accounts, never got our money back if it wasn't tracked though. -
Good man, always putting yourself out to help others.
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Cheers to those for the feedback on the air filter issue.
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Yes it is black, the 'legs' that slot into the metal bar are longer so they go through the plastic casing more.
