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Never reuse a circlip...
What was the best learning experience you ever got working on a saw?
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woodyman
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Mine was when I ported an 026.A year before I had no idea how to do it,was going to have someone else replace the rings.AS is a great place to learn stuff
Always have some spare circlips handy. One flew off one time and landed somewhere up in Minnesota, and not a single dealer had one in stock. Amazing. Dealers here stock parts you never need, but don't stock the ones you do need.
I learned the hard way to put the impact gun away when working on chainsaws.
Another lesson learned is to take special precautions when removing the little lever spring in a chainsaw carburetor. They have a way of disappearing.
GASoline71
Mr. Nice Guy
Learned to love Blue Loc-tite... a necessity for fasteners on the big evil monsters that I own...
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Mastermind
Work Saw Specialist
Ain't that the truth. I now have "system" I use when I disassemble a carb for cleaning. Even that has failed. lol
jimdad07
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I learned that the intake boot on a 660evl can just pop off of the bottom carb bracket WITHOUT HAVING TO PUT A HOLE IN IT ACCIDENTALLY BY PULLING ON THE CARB!!! Learned that one trying to get the top of the saw housing off that has part of the back handle on it as well as the kill switch. That saw was my first major teardown, great learning experience. I think my 045av was a lot easier.
When I pulled a "lightly seized" 038 apart: and found the bottom end rotted out from water: bad crank and cases...........
Mastermind
Work Saw Specialist
After porting several Huskys in a row, I started on a Stihl, about halfway into the job I realized that I didn't pay any attention to where the ring ends were. I got lucky, but I also got a good scare.
Ain't that the truth. I now have "system" I use when I disassemble a carb for cleaning. Even that has failed. lol
Another lesson: never put that little spring in carburetor cleaner. Leave it dirty. I tried dipping one in carburetor cleaner once...it was never to be seen again.
DarkTimber
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That some times its the simple things got a stihl 036 in trade for another saw went over it repeatedly to try and find why it would not crank good spark good compression clean air filter plenty of mixed gas. Old mixed gas dumped old gas out, put in fresh gas fired right up now that is the very first thing I check.
pops21
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My first total rebuild of my 041av. Also reading every post on AS about the saw your working on. It really opened my eyes, to how much you can learn from other people's builds and questions about different issues.
warjohn
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When I discovered my 2051 needed a new piston for the second time I new it had to be a tuning issue. It had never had straight gas or old gas in it. I discovered the throttle cable was stretched so the carb would never open up completely. As a result it was tuned to lean to reach what the tech thought was WOT.
jimdad07
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After tearing a couple of them apart, I see exactly why they are the most hated saws around for working on. I do like how they run once they get there though.
Tommy Hall gave me some advice and monitored my tank handle assembly swap on my now favorite 028 Super. I really learned a lot.
