mikehal

:-), I have one, they are excellent, well balanced and just feel right :-) Fiskars 121423 X7 Chopping Axe 850g FSK121423 376mm Anti Shock Soft Grip 121420 | eBay

Just when you have worn your bar out you will need to order a new one, and as your saw will not be listed on most bar suppliers books they will not know which one to send you. Chances are it will be interchangeable with say a husky 450

Many thanks, really appreciate that, like I have said it is only since September I have had any interest in chainsaws, BUT I will admit I love boys toys and think I may have found my new interest :-)

Hi mike. If it makes you feel any better I have one and it's on the second bar and third chain. Almost certainly a small mount husky bar if you need a new one. Wore out its original 20 inch bar but now on an 18. Only gets used for the rough and bar length wood which it copes with well. It seems to run better on the same 50 :1 as my stihl and husky compared to the original 25:1 recommended. As peatff says a bit thirsty and low revving 58 cc engine but has enough torque to easily run an 18 inch bar. I bought it to cut up 15 tonnes of 40 to 60 inch diameter which it has done and more, so doesn't really owe me anything if it failed tomorrow.

Yes it did make me feel better, and must admit that to me, a mere novice it does seem very well made, can you enlighten me however with what you mean by "Almost certainly a small mount husky bar if you need a new one

" ?, just not sure what you mean, at present it is on a 18" bar with a 72 /325/1.5 chain ?

My one

If it works safely and doesn't cost too much to run in parts & fuel. I think £76 is a bargain. Beside it may pay for itself in the long run. I think you're being too hard on yourself.

Thank you, well I did make a temp gasket from a cereal box and lo and behold no oil leak.

I have today cut over 50 green logs ranging from 7" to 15" diameter x 18" long, gone through 3 tanks of fuel and 2 oil so all in all I am actually quite pleased with my purchase now.

Am certainly pleased that I was not pushed into buying a new Stihl one as a few people tried to convince me to buy before I purchased this.

Still obviously a newbie, but does the oil and petrol consumption sound about right ?

An for anyone interested it is a Chinese 5200 saw, no make on it just the numbers, Fuel mix is 25/1, seems very strongly made in that all plastic seems very heavy duty ?

Thank you everyone for your help.

I thought about using silicone, but as the bar has to be slid to tension it i guessed it may not be such a good idea ? , I have ordered some gasket paper for auction site and hope that this helps.

Annoyed that I bought the saw for only £20 but has to date cost me £76 including initial £20 and still not quite right, could have bought new for less.

THAT all said the engine always starts second pull without fail, and actually seems quite powerful considering I am a chainsaw newbie.

I was always scared of them, but visiting screwfix live this year they had an electric one for £25 so bough that to try and was so pleasantly surprised how easy it was to use so that is what made me go for a petrol one, (only used for logging)

Only joined this forum yesterday but already thinking that it could easily become my new haunt :-)

Hi

I purchased a second hand chinese saw a while ago as a Project, I have since having it got it running. replaced oil pump, drive gear, clutch and roller bearing, oh and the 2 bar nuts :-)

However I have a problem in that oil leeches everywhere including clutch and brake band.

I notice in the assembly instructions it mentions gaskets on both side of chain bar but I do not have these and no searching on the web shows any such item, can anyone tell me if there indeed should be some form of gasket on the chain bar ?,

Many thanks for any advice given, please dont tell me to bin it, buy a brand one etc, as if I could afford to I would never have bought it :-(