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Ive also done that when someone paid £449 for a Brand new in the box fake MS440 and was told to "mind my own business we are very happy with the saw"
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Stihl have finally come to their senses re delivery
Ray1 replied to Kev Stephenson's topic in General chat
You've been able to get deliveries of non sharp Stihl machines and parts and peices for 3 or 4 months or so now. Some places still wont send things though. -
If one set of gears has failed the other will go quickly after its been fixed resulting in a waste of time and money. Last time i priced the gears up a couple of years ago they were £120 plus vat and i wouldn't do it with patten parts. Ive done a few in the past but its just not worth it, with parts and labour costs it comes in at more than a new unit. As previously said its not worth doing.
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Im pretty sure it will be the same Chinese junk thats all over ebay.
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Dont bother, get a new head. http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/maintenance-help/78109-hl-100-gearbox.html
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Tree friends in Northampton. There has been a few reports of vans been followed back to your yards. I've just been approached by someone in a silver Toyota reg mx13vwe asking if I want to buy smart tv's, although it wasn't chainsaws or arb gear no doubt if they will nick that they will nick anything. So silver Toyota mx13vwe. tag anyone you know with a van chipper or yard. Was posted on my facebook feed by a local climber who freelances all over the country.
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Im rebuilding one at the moment, there easy little saws to work on.
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Its a normal right handed thread. you will need to lock the piston up using a suitable method or use a nut gun to get it off.
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Is the label still on the chain brake handle? If it is there could be a clue on there.
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They are a bit of a pain, remove oil and fuel caps, remove 4 screws and pull the brake lever off its mounting and wiggle the recoil cover to free it up. Its around the handle and oil tank area its tight to get off, you need to use a bit of force to pull the handle at the side downwards and lift and kind of twist the recoil cover off.
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Go Chinese on the bay, Delivered to UK in 5 days £12 all in. Make sure you get the correct one, i think they changed the length of the crankshaft half way through production and then changed the flywheel.
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I always dismantle 1123 series of saws to replace crankseals, you can strip the saw into individual parts in 15 mins. Clean the old dirko off and fit new seals and apply new dirko and rebuild and test in an hour.
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Sounds like an air leak to me, when the new piston was fitted was the saw pressure and vacuum tested? Why did it need a new piston in the first place and was it doing this before the piston was changed?
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Clearly a case of "well it aint my tool" syndrome...
Ray1 replied to wisecobandit's topic in General chat
I hire some tools out and it really used to bother me when they came back scratched or a nick out of a trimmer blade or rotavator tines with wire wrapped round them. Then realsied lifes too short to worry about it. What really does get to me though is builders hiring Ts400's and measuring 2 stroke oil out in the fuel filler cap. -
You can just buy the head on its own without the combi shaft.
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Buy a whole new head, the gears cost around £120 plus vat and are a nightmare to change, you need to heat up the casing to just about melting point to get them out.
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Screw a 5mm bolt into it and use use a claw hammer under the head of the bolt to lever it out.
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Sure its not just blow by?
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Guhring I wouldn't use anything else. The 8 year old 20 piece set i have is still as sharp as the day it was made and gets abused on a daily basis.
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From 1st September Monday, 01.09. - Lidl UK
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What model is it? KM55 KM85 KM90 KM100 KM130?
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I was in a final salary scheme, paid into it since i was 16 and stopped paying into it when i took voluntary redundancy at 34. I get a statement every year showing what i will receive at Nominal Retirement Date and it shows i should be able to live quite happily on that, but thats at the price of things today. What will a loaf cost in 30 years time when i get to NRD. Hopefully this place will be paid off in 3 years and i will buy another and rent it out. Bricks and mortar is the way forward in my opinion. I pretty much think the state pension will be a thing of the past for when the next generation reach retirement.
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This is what i use, the pump is vacuum and pressure, its sold as a brake bleeding kit hence the two tubs for collecting brake fluid but never used it for this. The compression tester is over kill for what i need but it was dirt cheap on offer for what it is. Think the pump was around £75 and the compression tester was £95 on offer marked down to half that because one of the hinges on the case was broken. Never used a gunson but everyone else i know in the business swears by them.
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Im not sure but i think he will end up paying less tax so he wont be any worse off. Just ask him.
