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Well at least the new ring didn’t cost much

Worked for you, but bad coil won’t cause my low compression

Good news…gonna try a new ring in my weak 257 too, since no scoring.

I would hope so!

I pay a lot extra to put non-oxy premium gas in my saws, why in the world would I use waste motor oil as bar oil?? And not that $8 for a gallon of bar oil is gonna break the bank, but I run across jugs of bar oil (and the atf I mix in when it’s cold out) all the time at garage/estate sales for...

My Husky 460 can also run a 24” bar…with full skip chain…comfortably in pine.

No, I wouldn’t run the 24” full skip on my 359 except for special circumstances. It’s heavy, unbalanced, and more likely to kick back…but it works when I need it. I’ve still got an 18” full comp to swap in and out. Or my 257 standing by. Eventually I’ll get my 66 operable, maybe even as a 272.

So after solving the starter cord knot interference problem, and the carb problem, that left the missing chainbrake issue. Fortunately I had a spare 55R carcass with a donor brake, so I set to work on what I thought would be a simple parts swap. Took the 55R brake apart and found one arm of the...

If my options were spending money on a new 61 p&c or spending money on a new 272 p&c (and maybe intake block and top cover), with the cost not being super different, I’d move up for sure. I’ve got a 66 I’d do that to if it went gunnybag, and a weak 257 I’ll turn into a 262 if a new ring doesn’t...

I’m running my first Archer chain, a 24” full skip on my 359, and am really happy so far. Cut for hours on a big maple this week, and touched it up easily a couple times during the day. At the end, cut the stump off level with the ground and noticed sparks a couple times. But then my buddy...

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A Chinese chainsaw is…the answer to a question I never asked.

With your experience, you're probably WAY ahead of me on this, but if not I'd order some chokers from a rigging place like Blue Jay Industrial in Hayden Lake ID. Just cutting firewood on a much smaller scale than you, I really like using them...trying to slide chain under a heavy log in thick...

So I had a 32” diameter maple to cut down and buck up. The biggest saw I currently have operable is my 359 with ported muffler, but it had an 18” bar with full comp chain. I know this probably runs against conventional wisdom, but I decided to try an Archer 24” bar and full skip chain. Ran that...

Then I’d better get cracking on installing the chain brake from one of my saw carcasses, so I can rock n roll.

I’ll get it running and make some sawdust, then pass judgment on it

Looking forward to putting a chain brake on my 154 and finding out!

But I like my 55R’s! The 028 Super will probably get sorted out and sold. My 1965 Homey XP1000 had a better choke/run/off switch design.

My 257 is currently my favorite “go to” saw, and I’m looking forward to building my weak one into a 262 and building a closed port 55.

Got the master switch performing in tune, but I knew the compression was iffy and it just wouldn’t start. I’ll pull the muffler and see if I need a whole new top end or just rings.