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  1. Captain Bruce

    What model of saw is this?

    The 311Y label is a safety sticker, placed on EVERY machine. To consider that to have anything to do with the model is silly.
  2. Captain Bruce

    Stihl 044 for milling

    Help me. 32:1? Is that a recommendation given the assumption that the over-sized (28") set-up, will definitely be run? This is cryptic? Thanks
  3. Captain Bruce

    My 028 has sat all summer unused and I fired it up yesterday

    The best threads are informative, brief, enjoyable, and need no promotion.....
  4. Captain Bruce

    Screwed by ebay

    You are clearly a welcome exit from eBay. Knuckleheads, with keyboards, and a denial complex have no place anywhere but on truth social......
  5. Captain Bruce

    Garage heating options

    My Family have heated with wood for 8 decades. Whether it was the farmhouse, of the barn, or the smokehouse, free wood, and the pleasure of cutting, splitting, burning, and smelling........so to your puzzle......whats an OWB? and, while failing to point it out, clearly, your garage is...
  6. Captain Bruce

    036 questions

    Bad Engine.
  7. Captain Bruce

    Son gased my brand new MS180

    and the game is on the 40", and the PC is searching, and the beer fridge is loaded, and MOM brings out some Chili, and sticks around for beer with the Boys.... The only real value is not in buying another machine given the cost to re-build, its in family working together.
  8. Captain Bruce

    Son gased my brand new MS180

    This is the seed for a Father/Son project. He learns the generosity of his Dad, appreciates it to the point the work is shared, and, he'll never screw up another engine. Win Win Next, show him how to change the oil on his lawn mower...........
  9. Captain Bruce

    Weird piston action in a blown Stihl 500i

    Everything coasts more because we have it. Thats the top of the food chain latest and greatest STIHL, resetting the bar for other mfgers.
  10. Captain Bruce

    Husqvarna home arborist needs expertise

    450's are great homeowner-grade saws. IF the carb has limiter caps, removing them for a better mixture might help. You also have the option of an older carb, with screws, NIB OEM. They are everywhere, by part #. If you aren't a mechanic, your other options include: Pay some local woodsman to...
  11. Captain Bruce

    Jonsered Chainsaws

    Pretty much, every saw was offered and issued a winter screen filter, and a summer flocked, fleece, thicker filter. Thats a given. Replacement parts for some old saws are hoarded solely for the value. The rest need not bother.
  12. Captain Bruce

    036 questions

    I'm confused. I asked.....has anyone bought an aftermarket engine assembly, in chassis....put the rest of the saw back together, and had an problems with its operation.....as in, Fired Up!
  13. Captain Bruce

    036 questions

    Customer / friend has a MS360 PRO with a bad engine. He wants it back running. I am seeing Farmtec engine assemblies already in the chassis for $200. He won't go for all OEM, and the labor involved. Anyone used one of these after-market cradles, ready for clutch and flywheel?
  14. Captain Bruce

    Weight of exactly 1 face cord of split & seasoned oak firewood ?

    IF you sell firewood, in a wood heating area, nobody wants a single face cord.......thats like buying home heating by the day? Casual homeowners with unsealed fireboxes will burn a FC thru the holidays, and be asking for more.
  15. Captain Bruce

    Weight of exactly 1 face cord of split & seasoned oak firewood ?

    Actually, all cut-for-firewood is measured by the bush cord. Stacked. 4' x 4' x 8'. pretty simple. A "face cord" is nothing more than what you see, when you look at the stacked wood. That would be the "face" of the cord. Here in Michigan, and S.W Ontario, wood is sold and delivered in Bush...
  16. Captain Bruce

    Oil mix questions

    Any opinions about the 360 assembly with engine, from China? Farmtec, Performance Corp., several seller offer this 1/2 rebuild. I have a customer who wants a NIB $150 assembly installed in a straight gassed machine. The OEM jug, piston, and rings are junk. Any experiences?
  17. Captain Bruce

    Stihl 026 will not run.

    Same problem following throwing the kitchen sink at a 455 Rancher. It was the fuel intake hose; it was crimped, pinched off. I trimmed the ends, and turned it in its port, until it laid down low. Saw started on first pull. Used it today. After sitting dry under the Bench for 4 mths.
  18. Captain Bruce

    This Photo of a Guy sawing

    Forget all that proper woodsman stuff.........this poor slob is snake fodder......look at the bite marks!
  19. Captain Bruce

    Waiting on Stihl Parts, WTF?

    Ask a month before you really intend to put the saw back to work....
  20. Captain Bruce

    6 mo old ms170 will not start

    MS170/180 units had an on-going service issue. The intact boot was sloppy, and would leak, and/or come loose. That same mfger./supplier provided boots for the early MS192/193's. Same issue. Replace OEM boot with new part #, re-assemble unit, go to work.
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