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Im putting a hyway 52mm cylinders kit with pop up piston on my Stihl 461. I lost one of the retainer clips for the piston pin.( It went flying) Can I use any clip that fits? Or does it have to be the kind and size of the one I lost. Auto zone has a big selection. Would a snap ring work ?

I grounded the bucket at work and it scraped the ground kind of hard and now is tilted forward. The self leveling still works but it's not straight up and down anymore..something slipped. Is there a way to readjust it.?

I was giving a 028 wood boss. The piston and cylinder was toast.. I ordered a new top end off eBay and put it on the saw. I can not for the life of me get the clamp on the boot that connects carb to cylinder. It's driving me crazy. I had the same problem on my 461 I replaced the top end on. On...

I'm replacing the piston on my461 Stihl with a pop up piston, would it be feasible to leave off the barrel gasket to further raise compression? I'm going to add an after market muffler mod also. This saw gets used a lot.

Im replacing the piston on my Stihl 461. I'm going to replace it with a pop up piston. Lucky for me the cylinder isn't scored. But why would it break in the first place?

I am stumped on why these leave on a 10 year old red grapefruit tree would be turning white. I first thought sunsculd, but it’s pretty uniform around the tree, or an iron deficiency. But there would be other lives showing signs of it. Plus the tree is giving a solvable iron periodically as...

I’ve been running across a large number of mature Oaks in distress from grade changes during construction. These homes are 5 to 10 year old and the damage is manifesting in many ways. My question is ,is it possible to Attempt to help these trees by removing soil around tree bases, exposing Root...

Our bandit chipper run for 5 minutes then shuts down. The Time befor it stops keeps getting shorter. Now it starts 30 seconds later it dies. It’ll restart afterwards but still dies.

I went up today to assess a defect in a black oak about 30 ft. Up. When I struck the tree I could tell the whole leader was hollow beyond where the defect was visible. Small red and black ants started swarming out of the hollow leader. It looked like water pouring out there was so many of them...

I have 40 years experience in the tree care industry. I climb every day and am currently employed with a large contractor in Calif. doing high risk removals. I do fine pruning to ansi standards and then some. I am 60 years old but slowing down some. I've always been happy as a...

I don't know how old this old stump is, but I've never seen a spring board stump before. Working an isolated area in Sonoma Co. Calif. really Mountainous area. Getting those logs out must of been a challenge.

I'm wondering if the Notch fiberglass/carbon fiber extension pole saw is conductive to electricity? I know it's not rated or recommended for use around electrical wires, but would there be any advantage over a silky aluminum pole? I know aluminum poles will fry you. Id like to get one for line...

As the world turns. I find my self at a spiritual retreat donating my time doing much needed maintenance on their trees for room and board OM. Anyway safety pruning the many hazards that are everywhere I can handle. Beautify the landscape, trimming the fruit trees, some dicey removals, got it...

Ok lm up here not doing what i signed up for. I took a class and got QCLA. Didnt think it would bite me in the rear. You line guys are insane. They got us cutting throu heavily forested areas branches hanging over the lines. Its a while new ball game. Don't think i like it.

Going to be heading up to northern Calif. To clear out hazardous trees left over from the fires that burnt up the state this year. This is a massive project. The pays decent, but when you factor in over time from 12 hours, six dayz a week plus per diam, it comes out to what i was making a week...

I am an experienced tree professional and above average climber. I can trim beautifully, do the most difficult removals, I can run a crew and get any job done unsupervised. Closest to La Jolla the better. I'll take full time, part time, by the job, I'm easy. Two things I love trees and kayak...

One of our clients called and said one of of trees we treated is in decline. Several people have been out there to inspect it. Its been giving more injections. Yesterday I checked it out. First thing i notice is mulch volcanoed up the trunk. I pull back the mulch, still no root flare. Ive...

I picked up an old altec bucket truck. Use to be an davies truck. Anyway it had been sitting for a few years. One out rigger came down on its own after i parked it. I added 10 gals of fluid to it. but i can't get the out riggers to move up or down. The boom seems to work fine. up down side to...

I posted before about the morebark Hurricane ive been working on. After replacing the clutch assembly it would start and run perfect for 10 sec. or so and die. I checked the oil, though a little thick it was full. So i ruled out rhe low oil kill switch. But i noticed on start up the oil...

I picked up this strange old craftmen chainsaw. I know craftmen never made saws. It looks like it could be a homelite or poulen. Whats unusual is it has a built in chain sharperner. Anyone have any idea what it is?