Macpherson
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yep, oxy-acetylene , the universal spanner, good luck.
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That`s what I mean......maybe if Honda made them the concept would work..!!
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Aye, I read that one and I can see where your coming from, but all I was meaning is that surely it must be possible to make a satisfactory, reliable 4-stroke engine that can do the job, after all who would want a 2- car these days.
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Yep, your probably right, but it`s an innovative idea, somebody will prob make it work when the patent runs out.
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Hi, just googled it so you should be able to download it or view it online, cheers.
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great tool,imo !!
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mosi-guard`s great stuff to:thumbup:
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Yep, Smidge is just about the best I`ve tried, for the highland midge anyway, put it on the dog to, don`t know about the horse.
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I like to make every sweep cut and I like to swap sides and stances regularly so my old body is strained equally in all directions so I prefer a double sided blade normally, but, having said that from a fatigue point of view, swinging the damn thing about all day, there`s a definate case for the longest cut at the lightest weight which is probably single sided, so you need both, cheers:biggrin:
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I just use the old battery out of my last car which probably wouldn`t start a car now but it takes enough charge to run the grinder, back street garages usually have piles of them sitting around just find one that still produces a spark and your away, they`ll probably just give you it
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you can do a weld repair as has been said, Tig prob the easiest but i have also had a good success rate with oxy-acetaline and silver solder on cast iron which may be another option, it`s not scrap,the other methods mentioned are also fine, I think I would try the K seal or similar first, you might be lucky, cheers
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hi, the 114 first appeared in about 1980 I think, 51cc, cheers
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Lowest common denominator engineering, just like everything else about today, over complicated and piss poor under engineered crap. It has to be robust enough to be fit for use Doesn`t matter what I want I nearly always go for older stuff, bullet proof, well looked after with low hours. Slightly off thread, sorry.cheers:laugh1:
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Hi Eldon, so you don`t fancy an auto tune landy then, what saw did you end up with then? At least with points you could still bump start just on the alt or dynamo so you could always get home, whereas with electronics, a pulsing current or under 9v and your screwed. cheers, lost in the past and looking for a big saw with points:biggrin:
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Same as woody, Iv`e been using Rosate 36, about £34 for 5L on ebay, but all of these glyphosate products at 36 per cent are the same,[i think?] just got 10L of Clinic ace, same spec , just Monsanto !! cheers
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Husvarna 394/395 rebuild/build off/ differences...
Macpherson replied to wisecobandit's topic in Chainsaws
Ive Been looking forward to seeing the end result of your work, but I appreciate the difficulty in obtaining new plastic as i`ve been looking for a while for my old 266, but I think I`ve got hold of the husky paint codes so I see no reason why the plastic couldn`t be given a spray with 2 pack paint, which is normal for motorcycle plastic parts,won`t cost much, then all you need is the decals, which are available, it should make them look new. Did you get the crank cases powder coated, the colour looks pretty much bang on, cheers. -
.......wheelbarrow, knife n fork.
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hi, haven`t seen this particular valve guide, but if that`s all that`s wrong with the engine it shouldn`t cost much to get a couple turned off on a lathe, a fix I`ve resorted to many times on various engines. Out of curiosity I`ll need to get hold of a knackered 4 mix engine to see how fragile they really are, if carbon build up on the valve stems is causing them to stick open the springs must be noddy !! cheers
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Hi, the 4 mix engine is a 4 stroke engine which runs on the usual 2 stroke mixture by drawing it through the crankcase and circulating it round the engine to lube it like a 2 stroke before passing the fuel to the 4 stroke valves, [or something like that !! ] Think the idea is to reduce vibes, noise and fuel consumption, think it`s used in the backpack blowers and combi systems, not sure about the strimmer. sorry if this is a bit off thread, cheers
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You could do worse than get a granberg sawtune grinder, gets all the teeth the same which is important and it`s a great tool anyway whichever chain you end up with but i think granberg do a chain that size, cheers
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Yea, if it would just stick to the chain you wouldn`t need so much !!
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That`s really interesting as I`ve got a 30+ year old Stihl with no adjustment on the flow which the modern oil just pisses through, I recon I remember about 15 odd years ago , I bought a gallon of chain oil, and thought , that`s thin.... of course the saws have evolved and moved on a lot , but maybe I need to check out Millers for a gallon for the old one. cheers:biggrin:
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Don`t know anything about Echo`s but a tool that seems to have had a cool reception is the Granberg clip n trim which is basically a comb that`s bolted onto a chainsaw`s bar so you an cut bushy stuff without the scrub being drawn in, I bougth a 16" one and have used it several times now to demolish tangled scrub, this particular device is quite light weight and I fitted it my own way on a spare bar, but I knew as soon as i saw it I`d try it.......Don`t know how much hedge you need to cut or what size, but it would be easy to make up something up to bolt onto any bar, like a pole saw if it`s really high. The only drawback is that using a chainsaw as a hedgetrimmer`s gets heavy pretty quick, might be worth knocking something up though. cheers
