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You can see in this 8 second video that the 10 psi held good but you can see some tiny little bubbles coming out between the cylinder and base. I did the gasket delete using Permatex Motoseal gasket maker. Is this going to work or do I have to take it apart and try again on my base gasket seal...

I am about to put together a new piston and cylinder on a 575XP. Going to do the gasket delete. I checked the squish and it was .028 without the gasket. What kind of sealer should I use between the cylinder and Case? Looking on this site a lot of people like the Loctite 518, but I do not see on...

So I know a bunch of you boys have the same problem. I have more saws than I can use. I have my favorites that see a lot of action. I have some others that do more sitting on the shelf then running. When I store them, I generally dump the fuel, then run it till I run all the fuel out of the...

I do more lurking around here than posting. I know you engineers have made multiple changes, modifications, additions to your splitters. I love to see people’s ideas, good and bad. Show us your good ideas so we can do it to. Show us your bad ideas so we don’t waste our time doing them. We need...

Big older white oak tree foaming at the root. You can actually see it bubbling and running out. What is this? Is it hurting the tree?

2004 395XP is leaking oil at the oil tank vent that comes out in the chain adjustment grove. Inside the oil tank, the hose is hooked up to the fitting that exits out at the chain adjustment grove. The other end of the hose is not hooked to anything. It just ends off up near the top of the tank...

Need all the parts to get a chain brake going on a Husqvarna 262xp. Here is a picture and a list.

So I had two 395XP saws and one wasn’t running good so I sent the one that wasn’t running good off to have it ported. I got it back a couple of weeks ago. There is nothing sadder than having a new toy like that and not having any big wood to cut with it 😢. I found a friend with a big white oak...

A friend sent this saw home with me and ask if I could check it out. It was making a bad rattling sound when you tried to crank it and it would not start. Looks like the side of the cylinder was just flopping loose. What is this and what is supposed to hold it together?

Rebuilding a 262xp for a friend. Dirtiest saw I have ever seen. Had so much oil and sawdust buildup that the vented cover on the flywheel side, the vents were 80% clogged up. I don’t believe it had ever been cleaned, since 199? Piston and cylinder are scored beyond repair. Low air flow on...

So a friend bought some property and he’s having it cleared to build a house. He invited me over to cut up some tops for firewood. I am not a professional but what in the world is going on with this stump? Is this some new tree falling cut that I don’t know about? It looks to me like it has that...

Cutting a back leaner yesterday and needed more lift than what one wedge could lift. When I doubled up with 2 wedges after about 3 hits with a hammer, the double stacked wedges would pop out. Never got it jacked up on the double stack wedge. Sure wouldn’t want to get it jacked up on 2 then have...

First rebuild. Looking for some words of wisdom. What should the squish be on a 395XP ?

i do believe this is the largest diameter tree I have ever cut. It was for a friend where I work. A biggen limb fell out of it a little more than a year ago and he had a tree company take it down to the trunk. I’m not sure why the didn’t take it lol the way down. Anyway it was 71” diameter but...

I scored some red oak that had been cut down about 1 year ago. It was close by so I took the train to get it. That way I can split and haul it home in 1 trip. All the small limbs and easy stuff was gone, what was left was just the big o trunk full of knots and crotches already cut into 18"...

It only has enough pressure to split small straight grain wood. When it pushes against any thing large or a small knot the ram just stops. The 8HP Briggs & Stratton keeps on running, it only bogs down slightly. It has new 13.5 GPM 2 stage pump from Northern Tool. I have not dealt with a 2 stage...

So I just bought this homemade splitter because I needed it like I need a hole in my head. Wasn't looking for a splitter, but I came across this, and I guess I just needed to rescue it from the weather and trees growing up thru it. It has been setting for 20 years, I'm guessing. I sort of have...

Does Walnut make good firewood? hope so, I'm gonna be burning a lot of it. This is the first load I cut this afternoon. There will be one more load of the trunk. I don't plan on taking the trunk to a mill, but how much would it be worth if I could get it to a mill. The log is a little over 24"...

CAD has struck again and some how I have two 346XP saws, one is a 2001 Old Edition, and the other is a 2011 new edition. One of them needs a woods port job and I need some advice from you guys that know to tell me which one to have ported. A little history on the saws: The 2011 NE I got from...

So how can you tell if a tree is hollow or rotten inside when it looks healthy on the outside before you cut into it? I know you can thump it with a hammer, but you need a fine tuned ear for that. I man told my today that it would have barnacles growing on it if it was rotten inside. anyone ever...