Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[MustangMike]

I only have 404 chain on one saw, a mildly ported 661 with 32" .063. It is harder to pull and slower than 3/8, so I would not want to put it on all my saws, but it will hold up longer for those tougher jobs. Maybe keep one around for stumping or cutting dirty wood.

 

[singinwoodwackr]

You all and your stretched underwear! Lolol
On a more serious note, does anyone else occasionally forget a standard thing to check when diagnosing a saw???? I have done that several times. Been struggling with a hooskie 445 and it suddenly hit me that I never checked to make sure the coil was grounded well. I've seen corrosion get between it and the engine.
I wonder if it may be worth it to me in the long run to make a check list of every issue I've ever seen so when I get the occasional stubborn one I could go down the list and jar my memory on something I may have forgotten!
If anyone else has already created such a list , that would be an awesome thing to share!

Or, a bare ground wire? I have one to reassemble tomorrow that I had to make a new harness for. New piston ring finally showed up.

 

[singinwoodwackr]

I only have 404 chain on one saw, a mildly ported 661 with 32" .063. It is harder to pull and slower than 3/8, so I would not want to put it on all my saws, but it will hold up longer for those tougher jobs. Maybe keep one around for stumping or cutting dirty wood.

The only 404/ .063 I have is a 42” for the 066 and 661. Everything else is 3/8 .050, even the 36”.
dirty wood…semi-ch, skip.

 

[bob kern]

Or, a bare ground wire? I have one to reassemble tomorrow that I had to make a new harness for. New piston ring finally showed up.

That's on the list for sure. So common.
Just ordered 15' of heat resistant slip cover just for kill wires!!

 

[MustangMike]

If anyone else has already created such a list , that would be an awesome thing to share!

Several times I have seen a saw get "hard to start" (or impossible) due to increased compression. It is almost always fuel leaking into the case, and most often the fuel lever on the carb. Sometimes the plunger (with seal) needs to be replaced, sometimes it is just the fuel lever is set wrong (this usually only occurs if it is a new carb or if the saw has been worked on, or the carb rebuilt).

Another annoying thing if a saw won't start is when the flywheel key has sheared. If you pour a bit of fuel in the back of the carb and the saw fires OK, this is not it!

 

[bob kern]

That's on the list for sure. So common.
Just ordered 15' of heat resistant slip cover just for kill wires!!

Come to think of it, I took a pic. !!!!!

 

[bob kern]

Several times I have seen a saw get "hard to start" (or impossible) due to increased compression. It is almost always fuel leaking into the case, and most often the fuel lever on the carb. Sometimes the plunger (with seal) needs to be replaced, sometimes it is just the fuel lever is set wrong (this usually only occurs if it is a new carb or if the saw has been worked on, or the carb rebuilt).

Another annoying thing if a saw won't start is when the flywheel key has sheared. If you pour a bit of fuel in the back of the carb and the saw fires OK, this is not it!

Now that you mentioned that, anyone ever seen a Tilly metering lever gauge?? I have the walbro and zama , but never could find a tillotson.

 

[chipper1]

Long bar?

Stihl .050 chain .

 

[chipper1]

Several times I have seen a saw get "hard to start" (or impossible) due to increased compression. It is almost always fuel leaking into the case, and most often the fuel lever on the carb. Sometimes the plunger (with seal) needs to be replaced, sometimes it is just the fuel lever is set wrong (this usually only occurs if it is a new carb or if the saw has been worked on, or the carb rebuilt).

Known problem on the dolmars, weak metering valve spring. Some guys have even experienced a hydrolock situation where they can't pull it over at all. Pop the plug and it spins right over. It could really cause some damage depending on where in the crank rotation the piston was sitting when it gets a bunch of fuel in the chamber, although I've not heard of anything serious happening.

 

[chipper1]

Looks like my scrounging is done for the winter; we got between 20 and 24 inches of snow in the last 3 days and no frost in the ground. I'm glad I'm 3 years ahead.
I've been getting into the ash big time having cut and have in the stacks over 100 trees. The ash near me is in the second year of dieing so it's still good and solid yet.

We got around 5-6" from the last storm so far(yesterday and this morning), they are saying another 4-6. The winds are switching from east to west, then the lake effect will get us and the cold temps from your area.
Surprisingly there's still quite a bit of ash still standing here, I see a lot of it in the river valley. Every time we get a storm more go down. Just noticed one at the bottom of the street yesterday when coming home that had fallen right to the edge of the road. A few years ago there was a couple killed while driving on the same road(a few miles away) when one fell across the road. You'd think they would have cut anything down that could reach the road, but they didn't.
I'm glad we're ahead too, nice not having to worry about it.

 

[farmer steve]

Or, a bare ground wire? I have one to reassemble tomorrow that I had to make a new harness for. New piston ring finally showed up.

I bought a Poolan 5200 from a guy a few years ago. He said the off switch didn't work and had to use the choke to shut it off. He didn't use it much because of that and i got a deal. When I tore it apart I compared it to the one I had. No ground wire from the switch. The screw that the ground wire should have been connected to was Stihl paint covered from the factory. I think the wire was never put on from new.

 

[farmer steve]

It's National Sticker day. Got this one in the mail yesterday with payment for a part I got for another AS. member.

 

[WoodAbuser]

It's National Sticker day. Got this one in the mail yesterday with payment for a part I got for another AS. member.
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Looks like Stihl saws r so good they can be used for brain surgery. This bodes well for @SS396driver car show helper.

 

[JustJeff]

Looks like a size #2
Old #2 Griswolds skillets sell for up to $1800.
To bad that's not a Griswold

Dogs ready for one

The dog is always ready in case I drop something! I'd have to dig out a tape measure, I'm guessing 3.5-4". It was a cheapo 3.99 pan from TSC, almost like a novelty item, but I works great.

 

[SS396driver]

Our kitchen is all Hickory…some hard stuff.
I did the front of our island special with leftovers from the cabinetmaker.

Does a number on the planer blades . I have to touch mine up soon . I did the maple and then this both real hard woods. But hickory is much harder

 

[SS396driver]

Looks like Stihl saws r so good they can be used for brain surgery. This bodes well for @SS396driver car show helper.

Mmm


Edit : I get it now . Fred the polisher

 

[sean donato]

I only have 404 chain on one saw, a mildly ported 661 with 32" .063. It is harder to pull and slower than 3/8, so I would not want to put it on all my saws, but it will hold up longer for those tougher jobs. Maybe keep one around for stumping or cutting dirty wood.

One of my friends runs his 066mag with 404 on a 20" bar. I've tried to convert him to 3/8 but he insists 3/8 will snap. He's an old log head, pretty much set in his ways. As a matter of fact he's got the only 404 chain I deal with on a semi regular basis.

Now that you mentioned that, anyone ever seen a Tilly metering lever gauge?? I have the walbro and zama , but never could find a tillotson.

I've never seen one, of they make/made one I'd likely get one.

 

[hi5]

Hope this is a good place to post pics of firewood I manage to scrounge!



old cheap white top husky 61 I bought, fixed the fuel tank and put an aftermarket 272 top end on it, running real nice craving a bigger bar tho 20in with full chisel atm

 

[WoodAbuser]

Hope this is a good place to post pics of firewood I manage to scrounge!

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old cheap white top husky 61 I bought, fixed the fuel tank and put an aftermarket 272 top end on it, running real nice craving a bigger bar tho 20in with full chisel atm

It is a good place to post them some days. Others we are off and running on other stuff!

 

[singinwoodwackr]

Does a number on the planer blades . I have to touch mine up soon . I did the maple and then this both real hard woods. But hickory is much harder