Weird or Unusual things in/on saws/pics

[alexcagle]

What's some of your; "oh, I have to take a picture of this" or no one will believe me pics....
Criteria for a perfect mud dobber nest was met?

This mud dobber nest is an option on the 1127 series Stihl?!

 

[derwoodii]

is that wasp or bug critter mud nest? we can get similar of these up exhaust holes making tuning a problem

 

[alexcagle]

is that wasp or bug critter mud nest? we can get similar of these up exhaust holes making tuning a
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Wasp

 

[alexcagle]

This got the optional synthetic fur cylinder.

 

[alexcagle]

This Partner K950 saw got dropped and spent a week in the Ark River, downstream of a large wastewater treatment plant. No, it's just mud.

 

[fearofpavement]

Those pics are examples of why it isn't always wise to remove spark screens in the muffler. Without the screen, one of those dirt daubers can build a nest right in you cylinder if they want. Picture firing up the saw with the cylinder and muffler full of clay...

 

[alexcagle]

Those pics are examples of why it isn't always wise to remove spark screens in the muffler. Without the screen, one of those dirt daubers can build a nest right in you cylinder if they want. Picture firing up the saw with the cylinder and muffler full of clay...

Lol
Yep. Gives a whole new meaning to "squish"

 

[alexcagle]

Double Arghh! A view of stratified charge intake after both backflow reeds on both sides of a Stihl TS700 aftermarket cylinder failed from bad casting seats that slipped through Q control.
Also, to make matters worse, that's sand cast that was somewhere in a hidden port that didn't get flushed out in manufacturing.
Plus the icing on the cake is that this Is the second one in a row that did this! This pic is the warranty replacement cylinder......lesson learned.
I think this cylinder might be too complex for Hyway to manufacture. These check reeds, are only on the "stratified charge" intake air only ports. Unusual design to me. When they failed because of a rough surface and hole cast in the wrong place, it causes incredible spitback that soaks the filter and floods out.
The middle pic is of one of the reed petals that detached and hung in a port! Fail!

 

[A10egress]

damn mud dobbers will nest in anything.... including air tubes on a Coleman Lantern luckily, none on my saw!

 

[Guido Salvage]

This was a Craigslist find Dayton branded Poulan 5200 that I had shipped from Connecticut.

Those are small acorns that came out of the muffler along with the pieces of carbon.

 

[USMC615]

What's some of your; "oh, I have to take a picture of this" or no one will believe me pics....View attachment 478056
Criteria for a perfect mud dobber nest was met?
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This mud dobber nest is an option on the 1127 series Stihl?!

That is sweet right there...gotta give those little mud phuckers a thumbs up there...lol.

 

[Conquistador3]

This was a Craigslist find Dayton branded Poulan 5200 that I had shipped from Connecticut.
Those are small acorns that came out of the muffler along with the pieces of carbon.

Have they got dormice in Connecticut? Looks like their handiwork.
Damn little critters will get literally everywhere.

 

[alexcagle]

I once counted 9 different spiders crawl out of one saw last summer while I was tearing it down for crank bearings that had set in a barn for a couple years. Good thing they don't bother me. I Just splat'em with a hammer like playing whack-a-mole

 

[alexcagle]

This was a Craigslist find Dayton branded Poulan 5200 that I had shipped from Connecticut.

Those are small acorns that came out of the muffler along with the pieces of carbon.

......hope you didn't try to start it like that, lol
I always enjoy when broken piston, rings & bearing cage bits end up in the bottom of the muffler stuck in a pool of oily goo. I use my handy inspection camera to make sure I got all the death bits out. That way they when the saw rolls around in the back of a truck upside down, something harmful doesn't jump back in the exhaust port.

 

[anlrolfe]

What's some of your; "oh, I have to take a picture of this" or no one will believe me pics....View attachment 478056
Criteria for a perfect mud dobber nest was met?
View attachment 478057
This mud dobber nest is an option on the 1127 series Stihl?!

I've had the worse luck with mud-daubers in Coleman stove and Lanterns. Hard to get the proper air/fuel mix with wasp & spider nesting. With the lantern it's a PITA to have to swap out mantles just to find these Lil fellas left you a surprise

 

[Guido Salvage]

......hope you didn't try to start it like that, lol

No, I pulled the muffler to check it out first and found it first.

 

[Welder56]

Don't have a picture but bought a used 036 pro that needed some attention. Heard something bouncing around In the oil tank. Dumped out and a huge dead June bug came oozing out.

 

[RedneckChainsawRepair]

I was working on a 029 not long ago and there was a 2nd oil cap inside the tank.

 

[alexcagle]

Another use for bailing wire?
I was tearing a dolmar saw down and found this beverly hillbiliies repair.

 

[Philbert]

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Also bought a lot of 3 used saws once: one had moss growing out of where the muffler was supposed to be. I think that it was growing out of saw dust that had never been cleaned out.

Philbert