jammin_with_j
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So I have noticed that the way Husqvarna has attached the muffler on the 55 Rancher was a horrible design. Have seen a couple saws lately that have been shelved or sold because of the way the muffler bolts behind the ears of the cylinder. I have fixed a few cylinders with broken ears, sending them with my friend to the machine shop and having them welded up and the faced machined.
So one of my co-workers brought me his 55 Rancher when I told him I had fixed a few broken like his. When I got it looked like it was straight gased besides the broken muffler attachment ears.
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So he ordered a meteor piston and cylinder kit from Bailey's. It was a closed port cylinder that has the larger bore of the 55 vs the slightly smaller 51. When I got it the first thing I did was send it to get work at the machine shop. It came back looking like this...
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Just wondering if anyone has done this also and have the results lasted?
This saw was not in too bad of shape, cleaned it up a bit.
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So one of my co-workers brought me his 55 Rancher when I told him I had fixed a few broken like his. When I got it looked like it was straight gased besides the broken muffler attachment ears.
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So he ordered a meteor piston and cylinder kit from Bailey's. It was a closed port cylinder that has the larger bore of the 55 vs the slightly smaller 51. When I got it the first thing I did was send it to get work at the machine shop. It came back looking like this...
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Just wondering if anyone has done this also and have the results lasted?
This saw was not in too bad of shape, cleaned it up a bit.
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