The Burning Rom
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I was able to get a week off at the end of April, so I traveled to WI and finished off a saw I had been working on six months ago. There were two parts that it needed...a wrap handle and a new air filter cover...and I had found them since I was last in Wisconsin in November. It felt good to finish another saw...I have so many of them laying around at different stages of assembly. Anyway, this saw is an 020av super top handle that I have installed the "Professional" rear handle on. I started with one of two busted up 020aveq saws that I had gotten in a lot on fleabay last summer. Both the saws were missing parts, though they both tested good on spark and both had 150psi+ compression. Since I already had two other 020av top handle saws, I decided to convert one to rear handle.
The tank was all busted up on one of em, so I started with that one since I had plenty of NOS parts laying around. I replaced both tank halves with NOS parts. The outer tank half/recoil that I had isn't the "super" version with the extra vents, but those seem to be hard to come by and I didn't want to wait for one. I installed a NOS dual pickup fuel line kit and a NOS nameplate. I also installed a NOS oil pump cover, sprocket, and muffler. I had a NOS chainbrake side cover without the guts, so I took one of the busted up covers from the pair of saws and swapped over the guts. That was a PITA...and required some drilling to remove the alignment pin and brake band. To finish it off, I installed a NOS rear handle, NOS top handle, NOS AV buffers, and a NOS air filter cover.
The saw is "done" for now. I will either repaint or replace the crankcase in the future if I have time and/or one comes along at a decent price. I am also toying with the idea of re-doing the silver Professional lettering on the handle. It could also use a new "Made In West Germany" badge on the starter. The current one is a little dinged up.
I started with the one on the right:
New tank installed:
Professional handle installed:
Picture of it with my an 020AVP owned by my boss that I fixed for him. His saw is all-original, including the bar and functioning isolating brake. Just needed some carb work:
Picture of the two rear handled 020s as well as my other two top-handle 020AV supers:
Link to the album with the rest of the pictures for anyone interested: 020AVESQR Build
The tank was all busted up on one of em, so I started with that one since I had plenty of NOS parts laying around. I replaced both tank halves with NOS parts. The outer tank half/recoil that I had isn't the "super" version with the extra vents, but those seem to be hard to come by and I didn't want to wait for one. I installed a NOS dual pickup fuel line kit and a NOS nameplate. I also installed a NOS oil pump cover, sprocket, and muffler. I had a NOS chainbrake side cover without the guts, so I took one of the busted up covers from the pair of saws and swapped over the guts. That was a PITA...and required some drilling to remove the alignment pin and brake band. To finish it off, I installed a NOS rear handle, NOS top handle, NOS AV buffers, and a NOS air filter cover.
The saw is "done" for now. I will either repaint or replace the crankcase in the future if I have time and/or one comes along at a decent price. I am also toying with the idea of re-doing the silver Professional lettering on the handle. It could also use a new "Made In West Germany" badge on the starter. The current one is a little dinged up.
I started with the one on the right:
New tank installed:
Professional handle installed:
Picture of it with my an 020AVP owned by my boss that I fixed for him. His saw is all-original, including the bar and functioning isolating brake. Just needed some carb work:
Picture of the two rear handled 020s as well as my other two top-handle 020AV supers:
Link to the album with the rest of the pictures for anyone interested: 020AVESQR Build
