Stihl TS350 restoration

[alexcagle]

Did this restoration of a 38 yr old cutoff saw, go some parts off eBay and even was able to get some parts from Stihl. I used the 49mm "super" shortblock. It was ugly and had points, but I converted it to electronic with a trigger unit. I is great, but it will top out at 13,500 rpm. My Stihl regional tech guy said the old carbs had a valve in the carb to limit the rpms. I have the origional carb, but don't see anything like that on it. He said it was called a shaker valve that operated on the harmonics of the engine. I'm scratching my head. I know that is way to much rpm for the spindle and could be catastrophic, should the blade come apart at that speed. Does anyone know of a rev limiting trigger unit?View attachment 167798View attachment 167799View attachment 167800View attachment 167801

 

[josh1981]

very nice. brand new. how did you restore the paint

 

[alexcagle]

Good old sherwin williams industrial 2-part epoxy. Their std grey floor paint works as is but the 2part epoxy orange they can mix up for you. That stuff is really tough, and you don't have to worry about when you spill gas on it either. I have used the stihl spray paint before, and if you look at it wrong it chips, and gas dissolves it right off. The hardest part is getting the old paint off. Cooked on 35 year old paint doesn't come off very easily. Sherwin sells some bix spray varnish and paint remover that works better than the auto parts store kind. Then just get the old die grinder out with a scotchbrite tipped bit and go to town. Just watch the part numbers and anything you want to remain. Like the oil and fuel writing cast into the housings.
I have two 075av's that i am restoring right now, one will be to use and the other for my display. Anyone out there know where i can get a chainbrake from a donor saw? I need the hand actuator, lever and the entire side cover with it's guts. Thanks!

 

[josh1981]

Good old sherwin williams industrial 2-part epoxy. Their std grey floor paint works as is but the 2part epoxy orange they can mix up for you. That stuff is really tough, and you don't have to worry about when you spill gas on it either. I have used the stihl spray paint before, and if you look at it wrong it chips, and gas dissolves it right off. The hardest part is getting the old paint off. Cooked on 35 year old paint doesn't come off very easily. Sherwin sells some bix spray varnish and paint remover that works better than the auto parts store kind. Then just get the old die grinder out with a scotchbrite tipped bit and go to town. Just watch the part numbers and anything you want to remain. Like the oil and fuel writing cast into the housings.
I have two 075av's that i am restoring right now, one will be to use and the other for my display. Anyone out there know where i can get a chainbrake from a donor saw? I need the hand actuator, lever and the entire side cover with it's guts. Thanks!

wow man thanks a bunch. i got a 025 stihl saw I am working on. This will come in handy for that.

 

[alexcagle]

I haven't tried the epoxy on any plastic parts yet, but I can tell you that I sprayed some epoxy primer a couple years ago, and accidently oversprayed my forklift. It is virually unremoveable. It's even still stuck to the vinyl seat. I think it's there for life. I tell you what, i'll mix up a bit of orange today and paint an old faded out plastic 028 orange cover for a test, and get back with you. I'll write down the Sherwin part numbers for you too.

 

[southbound]

Looks great!!!

 

[2dogs]

Your saw looks great! My TS350 looks just like your "before" pics, especially the very rusted blade guard. Mine is just a using saw so looks are not important to me. Still...

 

[betterbuilt]

here's your pictures. Nice work.

 

[alexcagle]

Thanks, I have two 075/076's that I am restoring right now. I'll post the pics later when I get them both done. One is done and quite frankly, it's a beast! It's got a 32" bar .404 RS chain, new cylinder/piston assy, bearings, seals, epoxy paint, and new handle still available from Stihl. Of the two saws, they both had 076 crankcases, (as they both had the side mounted oil caps), but one had a manifold that was an inch taller than the other. I am not sure why Stihl did this, but I'm sure somebody on this forum can tell me. I have a big tree that needs cut down, so I'll test it out this weekend. Weeeeeeee!

 

[betterbuilt]

Thanks, I have two 075/076's that I am restoring right now. I'll post the pics later when I get them both done. One is done and quite frankly, it's a beast! It's got a 32" bar .404 RS chain, new cylinder/piston assy, bearings, seals, epoxy paint, and new handle still available from Stihl. Of the two saws, they both had 076 crankcases, (as they both had the side mounted oil caps), but one had a manifold that was an inch taller than the other. I am not sure why Stihl did this, but I'm sure somebody on this forum can tell me. I have a big tree that needs cut down, so I'll test it out this weekend. Weeeeeeee!

I have two 076 supers, a 075 and two project 076's. I'd love to see the pictures.
here's one of my supers with a ts760 air filter cover.

 

[betterbuilt]

Thanks, I have two 075/076's that I am restoring right now. I'll post the pics later when I get them both done. One is done and quite frankly, it's a beast! It's got a 32" bar .404 RS chain, new cylinder/piston assy, bearings, seals, epoxy paint, and new handle still available from Stihl. Of the two saws, they both had 076 crankcases, (as they both had the side mounted oil caps), but one had a manifold that was an inch taller than the other. I am not sure why Stihl did this, but I'm sure somebody on this forum can tell me. I have a big tree that needs cut down, so I'll test it out this weekend. Weeeeeeee!

In my reading I came across a few different mufflers. There was few pics with spacers added so the cover would fit. As far as I know all my mufflers are the same size.

 

[alexcagle]

Hey, thanks for the pic. I plan on reading the thread on URL insertion of pics.
I like the weights on your mill. (rockin' saw!)..... I've never seen one in action. The TS760 filter looks like a good idea. You probably get a year out of it since you are not cutting concrete!
Here is one of the 075/076's of two that I have finished. This one is a user, (not that there are to many trees big enough around here (in Okla) to warrant this length of a bar). It cut a 30" elm tree like butter yesterday. It tach'ed out at 9200rpm before the bleed valve in the carb kicked in to limit over-rev. I think one of the crank halves was an 075, as the manual oil pump body on it had a check ball and spring, but the other saw didn't. The one without the check ball didn't have a rounded seat for the check ball, so is it safe to assume the other pump was designed with a check ball within the pump itself. I couldn't see how to disassemble it, and it was working, so I didn't bother trying to rebuild it.
I've rebuilt a few TS760's before, and cutoff saws are primarily what I do. I have one customer that has about 50 TS400's left working, and has at least 40 of the TS420's that they are slowly converting to. They use them every day, so that keeps me pretty busy. I've woken up in the middle of the night dreaming I was fixing a saw! Since I only have to stock parts for about 4 or 5 different saws, I used a 4'x 8' sheet of pegboard for each model. I have every single part for 2 models, and a good stock of the others.
I am trying to locate an entire chainbrake assembly w/cover that is in good condition to put on this saw. If anyone has one, or has an idea who does, I would appreciate any info I can get.

Quote from Henry Ford: "Cut your own firewood. It'll warm you twice"

 

[alexcagle]

to betterbuilt: What makes a 076 Super different from a regular 076? I generally see that Stihl makes the cylinders a couple mm larger on "Supers", but the 076 Super is listed with the same size 58mm cylinder. - or am I wrong?
alexcagle

 

[sefh3]

Here are your pictures

 

[betterbuilt]

to betterbuilt: What makes a 076 Super different from a regular 076? I generally see that Stihl makes the cylinders a couple mm larger on "Supers", but the 076 Super is listed with the same size 58mm cylinder. - or am I wrong?
alexcagle

As far as I can tell the only difference is the carb on the super is a walbro. The air filter sits a little higher. The other difference is the handle has a few holes for carb adjustments. I have the numbers for the walbro if you want them. By the way that's one nice saw.

 

[alexcagle]

I know this is not in any way relevant, except for I used a Stihl cutoff saw to cut the doors on it, but this is a test to see if I can insert a pic. My smoker I built myself. It is awesome, If I may say so myself.......and I do.
When I go to the "copy shortcut screen" the copy shortcut option is not on the menu, I have to instead use properties and copy the shortcut there instead.
Thanks for taking the time to explain it (parrisw). It is great.

 

[alexcagle]

http://www.arboristsite.com/attachments/picture-forum/169052d1295541928-smoker-trailer-002-jpg

 

[alexcagle]

I think it's this POS work computer. Dernit. Didn't work. I got the jest of it though. I guess I'll have to use my laptop. thanks

 

[sefh3]

Here ya go

 

[sefh3]

I know this is not in any way relevant, except for I used a Stihl cutoff saw to cut the doors on it, but this is a test to see if I can insert a pic. My smoker I built myself. It is awesome, If I may say so myself.......and I do.
When I go to the "copy shortcut screen" the copy shortcut option is not on the menu, I have to instead use properties and copy the shortcut there instead.
Thanks for taking the time to explain it (parrisw). It is great.

This will work for you but you have too many http://'s in your picture link.