mikerecike
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From the album: mikespics
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cheers all -for the leads and advice - next question I have a yard Man MTD 55/46 YM 5018e self propelled mower and want to change the tired belt. The sticker with the MTD model number is worn and illegible. Can anyone help me with a part number/list please? Have looked at MTD website in USA but they only field telephone calls - no email help Thanks folks
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cheers rich and eagle - appreciated
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ok - thanks barrie
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Anybody know if there's a table that details the size of various self propelled and sit on mower drive belts? Basically I want to be able to source v belts that aren't badged or marketed for specific mowers - the price for these belts when marketed as mower specific seems ridiculous for what they are. Also interested in any reasonably priced supplier of these. Cheers
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have you got a pic of this - am always on the lookout for home made tools
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how easy is a oil pump to fit on a stihl ms460
mikerecike replied to price steve's topic in Chainsaws
check where the black oil pipe from the tank connects to the oil pump - under the saw - this can work loose and reduce any suction action - its a rectangular ending to the pipe from memory which should sit snug in a rectangular cavity and connect to the pump haven't seen the vid but the pull cord will be to stop the piston moving - effectively locking the crankshaft - to allow for unthreading of the clutch -
i did one of those beauties a while back - somehow the flywheel key managed to fall out itself! Don't you just love those plasticine recoils too. Nice green though.
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Re semi derail; stihl vs husky hedge trimmers - used both - wouldn't go back to either - Tanaka all the way ps was run in years before i had it
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It's not going to help you put it back together again but I like the original intention of the name. Charles Ferguson founded the Home Electric Lighting Company in Conneticut in 1921 - his aim...to make lightweight generators for home use.
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cheers spud - feel confident to have a go now if it's xxx or b
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Ok folks - all helpful stuff - much appreciated - and yep it is for those as spud calls it 'xxxx or bust' situations - one question - Barrie mentioned significance of flywheel diameter - is that just so the angle of the coil pickups matches - or is there some other explanation?
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Am wondering what the science/art (if any) is behind inter changing ignition modules. Spud told me the other day that he's used a stihl module in an allen?? strimmer I think it was - is it just about - if the screw holes fit and it it'll fit into the space give it a go? is there any danger - are they all the same thing but just different shapes? - I know some people here are unlikely to be experimenting with other peoples machines but if it's the difference between a runner and an ornament I'd like to know the ground rules.
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like it:thumbup1: got a pic of one?
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got to the bottom of this one - wasn't happy with it - opened the muffler hole up this morning - i'd previously cut some internal baffling but that made no difference - and it now runs like I'd expect a TD18 to - plenty of oomph in a pocket sized unit
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Quote: Originally Posted by Eddy_t View Post Oh dear, be warned, when I pulled the cylinder on the 009 all the big end bearings fell out! Little cylindrical jobbies that don't appear to be held in by anything! I know the 009/010/011 & 012 are essentially the same saw but with different handles, pistons and cylinders CHEERS CHAPS - FOREWARNED
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looking good ET. On my bench along side a pool of tears is my 011. Just fitted your flywheel and fired it up - forgot the oil pump was off the other side - so after a lot of pulling it fired but started screaming i guess because the oil pump vents direct to crankcase. Was a bit slow to react - running for a screwdriver instead of shutting it down - end result my first diy scored piston and some horrible grinding sound from the big end bearings? anyway If it's not too horrendous when I open it up could well be my first piston change. what fun.
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ok good to know its the combustion chamber . Compression is 150psi and yep I've had similar issues with TD18 coils. It's an old bent shaft thing - maybe there's still some drag in the gear head which was totally seized - i also haven't looked at the clutch end - maybe that's slipping? Like you say it'll be fine for garden strimming - I just thought it'd have a bit more oomph to spare
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Strimmer doesn't seem to be making full power - may just be a small engine though -18cc - carb cleaned, exhaust de carboned, muffler baffles opened - looking down plug hole i noticed this - looks too uneven to be part of the structure - can carbon build here - feels solid -don't want to poke it too much in case it falls inside - is this correct and just a rough casting?
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From the album: mikespics
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does running it like that eddy affect the cooling in any way? - i don't know the contra but with some saws the shroud is used to direct the air from the flywheel over the cylinder - don't know if hypotheticaly the gain from no cover equals the loss if you see what I mean? or whether it's relevant in this case or not
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nice looking muffler - is that brazing? never brazed anything - would it to be to thin to mig?
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something is loose I'd guess letting air in - all screwed and bolted down properly? - crank seal leakijng air? have you pressure tested the fuel line - sometimes a crack only opens when twisted one way? sure there's enough petrol in there covering the pickup?
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aha..... cheers Spud
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that's interesting , I assumed quickstop referred to having a chain brake fitted. - cheers eddy - did you post it by the way?
