peatff
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Everything posted by peatff
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I like the old 0 series Stihls because the parts are still available and the saws are usable. Old 036 was £120 and just needed carb kit, fuel pipe and choke lever and 044 was same price and spent about £50 to get it running and it's a good saw. You just have to be a bit sympathetic and like tinkering to use old stuff I think.
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Get some brick acid in the cylinder to fizz the aluminium off it. It might look smooth when you wet and dry it but there may be some transfer left in any grooves. I use something like 240 grit aluminium oxide paper with WD40 to clean it up and does a good job of glaze busting for the new rings to bed in.
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If I were you I would get someone who knows what they are doing to take a look at it for you. Pouring petrol in every orifice isn't a recognised remedy for a stuck saw. You fitted a new ignition module, is it catching the flywheel and is the ergo start working ? A six year old could pull my mate's MS181 over and if you are not sure where the clutch is are you confident to pull the top end off ? Watch a few youtubes and look online for similar problems then have a go at it.
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Can you film it while you do it and stick it up on Youtube ? You'd be my hero.
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It's ticking over and running the chain with no load so it probably just looks and sounds like it's running fast.
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Sounds like the clutch if it stalls under brake.
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Sorry, the difference is it's an October harvest moon. The harvest moon is the full moon nearest the Autumn equinox, what do they harvest in Spring ? and usually occurs in September but is late this year. Telegraph article explains it well I think
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What's the difference ? You have to convince the market that they need whatever you are selling
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Extinction ? 4 stroke saws would have to be really thought out so as not to be either too heavy or too fragile. You'd need injection and dry sump to be able to hang them on a strop or turn them on their side and that would make them prohibitively expensive.
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Just been out for a look through a monocular and it's dazzling.
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You don't have a location in your profile or anywhere. Someone local could offer you an opinion on whether it is worth mending or how you could go about it.
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You're only supposed to take the bloody spark arrester out (in a Michael Cain style)
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Belt drive are slower running and quieter. I have a direct drive 3hp 90 litre and it struggles to run any rotary tools like die grinders and cut off tools for any length of time. I can spray paint with a hvlp gun (uses about 30psi) and the compressor fills up while the gun is still open but a die grinder runs it down in no time and you have to wait for the tank to fill so I use a Dremel now.
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First one here in a decade apparently. Got a really good view of it in a clear sky here very impressed.
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If the holes line up what's the problem ? You could make up a box with a baffle in it or make up a stub to fit on the block and fit an expansion pipe like a bike if you have the skills. The world is your bivalve mollusc of choice.
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You will be lucky to run any air tools apart from a nail gun or possibly an impact wrench. It's cheaper to buy and run a 600w electric sander or die grinder than a 2kw compressor and it's quieter as well. They are always handy for blowing tyres up and blowing filters out though.
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That's very polite of you [emoji3]
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What's tired about it does it need new rings, new clutch or new bar and chain ? Or are you just ready for a change ?
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I would Araldite that and reinforce it with a riveted aluminium plate.
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That's like a Swiss army knife, handy.
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There's a Gleditsia like it round the corner near some bungalows. Does yours have any thorns and produce pods ?
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Thermofoam.
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Chain gauge and drive link count should be marked on the bar somewhere.
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Their standard 550xp is £418+vat which is £502, the heated handle is £31+vat and an 18" bar is another £12+vat on top of that according to their website. That's more like £555. If you are vat registered can you claim it back ?
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Cheapest 550xp I've seen is at Forest and Arb for £499 but if I was going to be using it a lot and that's what I liked it's what I would go for. I have a 135 for firewood and although I like it it's not in the same league as the pro saws.
