parrisw
Tree Freak
Yeah that's cool Will. Shame your not next door. I'd get ya to do some machining for me.
Ya, for sure man. Would be cool if we all lived next door to each other.
Yeah that's cool Will. Shame your not next door. I'd get ya to do some machining for me.
Ya, for sure man. Would be cool if we all lived next door to each other.
Wow, could you imagine. That would be one ell of a GTG, lol.
The epa would probably bomb us cause of our 1st class carbon foot print. .
Thanks for that Brad.
That 181SE runs great for a stock saw.
Mate, if others want that 288 so badly, it's enough for me to keep it.
If your not desperate for the bucks, keep it.
To many times we get down the road and and say "wish I had a kept that saw".
Onya mate.
Heh that was actually the 181SE that I ported a year ago in the vid. That would really be amazing if it was stock and running like that! Sorry for any confusion. The one I have that's still stock was a freebie like yours (at the scrap metal yard) and was in similar condition - though mine needed all three covers - but the P/C were just fine still. Boggles my mind why someone would throw it out like that, but I'm not complaining! I have a theory though, that my local saw shop is tossing borderline saws in the scrap bin just so I pick them out and then come down and buy a hundred or two dollars worth of parts to get it going again. Probably in collusion with the scrapyard owner!
Lookin' good AUSSIE!!!
Those top covers (or at least nice used ones) are hard to find. They're still available here in Canada at the dealer for just under $60.
1. Was the 066 piston unusable because of your porting work, or because the ports were already too wide on the aftermarket kit?
2. I was able to find some generic black fuel line for my 181 that was just ever so slightly larger than the hole in the tank. I tapered the end nice and smooth with the disc sander, oiled it, and pulled it through with some pliers. Once it was in place I used a bit of Seal-All around it for extra precaution. Two years on, it's holding up just fine still. The OEM line was something like $28 at my dealer, to which I told him to keep it.
3. Are you specifically looking for the HD top and filter? If not, I know that at least the low top parts are available OEM here still - the low top cover is about $50 CDN. I have the part numbers for both kits buried in an IPL here somewhere though... I may have even posted them already in this thread; I know I did somewhere here not too long ago.
JD, is that for the kit or the cover only? Is that crowd online?
Brad, the 066 piston is only 34mm across the skirt and with the cyl ported I didn't have enough skirt. It was a toss up of between compression and porting. I assembled with the kit piston and had 145/150 psi before running.
Shame the 066 piston didn't have anymore area.
I did a similar thing with the fuel line. I used a micro watering system pipe joiner and that spread the hose.
At $60 the kit was a bargain (cover, filter, manifold and clamp). It's just that I'd rather the high top for kit $60 over the low top cover for $40. I could really do with the high filter also. If nothing left I will have to settle for the low cover.
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I spotted some high cover kits for $60, but do you reckon I can refind it?
Was it Chainsawr at all Al ? http://store.chainsawr.com/search?q=181
I found a few 181SE carcasses at a local Husky dealer closing shop, and will be hopefully able to make at least 2 good runners out of it.
I am considering buying a 288 P/C kit for one of them to convert it to a 288. Seems they bolt on easily, but do I need another carb also ?. Acres specifies two different HS types.
I also noted that the max operating rpm specified is totally different 12500 max for the 288 vs 8400 for the 181
Can someone clarify this ?
thanks
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