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A few weeks back I was given a Stihl 026. It arrived in a five gallon bucket due to being in several pieces. Was told it had been in this bucket for several years. Good bucket BTW. It will " Start " if a dab of fuel is dropped into the spark plug hole so it has spark and some amount of...

I have heard you Chainsaw Guys talk about using Sea-Foam to help clean out Carbs. The Question I have is: How much Sea-Foam do you put in the tank with the Fuel? Is it a 50/50 mix? What do you guys use??? Thanks David

Here the Story: Some time back one of my coworkers heard me say that I wanted to learn to repair Chainsaws. He said I got just what you need. A few days later he showed with a Poulan Pro 220. Was hoping for a Stihl MS460... But hay it was free.:) So here goes.. This is my first attempt at...

Our Disaster Relef team was donated a MS180C with a Tool-less chain tensioner and a 14", .043 bar. The saw runs well but the tool-less tensioner is junk. Want to buy a "DEAD" MS180 with the two-bolt side plate. I think a MS170 side plate will also fit. Also want to buy a 16", .05 bar for it...

Our Disaster Relief Team has been donated a used Stihl MS180C. The little saw runs fine. But, It has a Tool-less Chain Tensioner on it.... I would like to replace this tool-less thing with a standard side adjust chain tensioner. Provided a good parts saw can be found, It look like a simple...

I am a member of a, newly formed, Baptist Disaster Relief Team. We want Standardize the saw size on our saws. We have 1- new Husqvarna 460 saw The bar on the 460 has the following numbers on it.... SN A 20/50 .050/1.3 3/8 72DL 545 00 54-04 QT We have 3- used Husqvarna 350 saws 2 -...

Well, The Brick Man has just about finished rebuilding the old Chimney. Now the Wife and I are on the hunt for a new Fireplace Insert. Does anyone out there have any exsperence with the Lopi units??? The Freedom Insert is the one we are looking at. I have not even figured out if it has a...

We are having an old chimmney rebuilt. The old fireplace had a damper. The plan is to get a (new) Fireplace Insert and heat the front of the house with it. The room is not large enough for a free standing stove. Question: The Brick man said the he "Was Not" going to install a Damper..... Is...

We have a Large Camellia Bush that is right next to where we are having some work done on our home. The brick man stated that it would have to be moved or cut back. The bush is almost 20 years old. The trunk is 4" across and it is about 8' high. The Question is: Will the bush be more likely...

A few weeks back my wife got herself a new Dolmar 421. With it we got two "Mustard Packs" of two cycle oil. The packs are Black and Blue with Opti-2 written on them. There are 1.8oz of oil in the packs. The directions say to mix the contints with 1 gallon or 5 liters of gas. I mixed one 1.8oz...

Here in the next few days my Wife will be getting HER first chainsaw. My wife, at 5'10" and 180lb's, just does not have the upper body strenth to run a 55cc or larger saw for more than an hour. The saw we are looking for cannot have a powerhead that weighs much more than 10lb's. Less weight...

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There are still a lot of uncut, downed trees from the tornadoes that came throught Alabama back in April. Many are being held off the ground by their branches and root balls so they should stay sound for quite some time. Others are flat on the ground. I have been cutting a few of the "Flat...

Some type of wild THORNED Bradford Pear tree is taking over large areas here in north Alabama. After Church let out Sunday a friend of mine asked if I knew how to Kill them. He has a 20+ acre field of them. Some are 25' tall. I told him that some type of tree killing herbicide was most...

Can someone point me to Good You-Tube Viedos that show how to safely drop a Big tree? I have two pines that are 26" and 28" diameter at 3' off the ground. Both are right at 60' tall. Both are most likely going to have to come down in order to make room for a new overhead power line that is...

Y'all must be slowly working your way into my head. Ever since I found this site I think "Chainsaw" half the time. Having read quite a bit on this site I see that a lot of you run a 40-1 mix in saws that the maunfactors of the saws reccomend that a 50-1 mix be run in. If I understand it...

I either have the wrong size file or dont know what I am doing. Maybe both:eek2: Have always sharpened my chains completely free hand. Cutter and rakers. Got a Stihl MS310 some time back. Had a Stihl dealer put a new chain on it. Ask for a file to sharpen it with and he handed me a 3/16...

I have found a Stihl 024 AVS in GOOD condition. Is this saw a "REAL" pro model saw? Thanks David

Is it worth the effort to port a small (30cc to 35cc) saw. I have been thinking that a small saw with good power would be great for limbing out trees and cutting up 10" to 12" stuff. Money wise I would be just as well off to go through 3 or 4 "cheap" saws as opposed to buying one good small...

Just signed up and making my first post on this site. We live in North West ALabama. Tornado came within 2 or 2 1/2 miles of our home. Took my two year old MS310 to help. 20 years of firewood cutting had not prepaired me for tornado brush. I did what I could but mostly had to cut around the...