firefighterwolf
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I put this together planning to try my ha nd at porting... but just haven't got the time to learn how to do it.
Anyhow, I received the saw as a nice and clean 345 with a scored piston. I assume it was because of the intake boot with the plastic intake clamp. I pulled the saw completely apart then cleaned and inspected everything. Found a good 45mm cylinder top end from a late 350 (the cylinder with the removable transfer covers) and installed it along with a meteor 353 flat top piston. I used pieces of solder to determine the squish. By deleting the gasket, the squish is at .0225" I used Yamabond 4 between the plastic case and aluminum base and used Loctite anaerobic gasket maker between the base and the cylinder. I clipped the plastic clamps off of the intake and installed it with a quality metal hose clamp. The carb limiters were already trimmed before I got the saw. It fired right up but was running very rich (I assume that's because I fixed the air leak). Anyhow, I've tuned it proper and have run less than a tank of fuel through it.
Again, I was planning on trying to port it, but I was just kidding myself. I don't have the time. I figured that with the removable transfer covers, and the ability to put a 357xp carburetor on it, I could get it to run close to my Masterminded 346oe. Maybe someone else wants to give it a try!
$200 obo pho shipped to the lower 48.
Anyhow, I received the saw as a nice and clean 345 with a scored piston. I assume it was because of the intake boot with the plastic intake clamp. I pulled the saw completely apart then cleaned and inspected everything. Found a good 45mm cylinder top end from a late 350 (the cylinder with the removable transfer covers) and installed it along with a meteor 353 flat top piston. I used pieces of solder to determine the squish. By deleting the gasket, the squish is at .0225" I used Yamabond 4 between the plastic case and aluminum base and used Loctite anaerobic gasket maker between the base and the cylinder. I clipped the plastic clamps off of the intake and installed it with a quality metal hose clamp. The carb limiters were already trimmed before I got the saw. It fired right up but was running very rich (I assume that's because I fixed the air leak). Anyhow, I've tuned it proper and have run less than a tank of fuel through it.
Again, I was planning on trying to port it, but I was just kidding myself. I don't have the time. I figured that with the removable transfer covers, and the ability to put a 357xp carburetor on it, I could get it to run close to my Masterminded 346oe. Maybe someone else wants to give it a try!
$200 obo pho shipped to the lower 48.
