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I just picked this beast up, fairly clean saw, not abused. Rebuilt the WJ-20 carburetor today along with a WJ-9 from another saw
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it came with a 28” bar


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Does the muffler on a 8500 come apart? Detached it from the cylinder and have the baffle out but can't seem to separate the muffler. Going to clean up all the carbon build up.
 
It's junk so you need to sell the 8500 to me. If the muffler is like the other 54, 52, 4900 the are welded

Hahaha, no selling it here but thanks for the info. Looking at the IPL it didn't appear to come apart but wasn't sure. Any tips on getting in there to clean out the carbon build up?
 
Ok. Thanks. Maybe I should remeasure the existing rings as I got .061. Believe comp was 150 before I tore it apart.

The P4000 ring keeper pin diameter is 1/16”, so add 0.007 or 0.008” to it to get a minimum 0.070” gap. That’s where I set the 7700 type rings & they work well. Use a #50 drill bit, not a stack of feeler gauges, for greater accuracy.

Seriously doubt the gap was 0.061”, that is smaller than the pin, lol.

How deep in the bore are you measuring that?

There’s a new 4000 piston & rings on fleabay for $100, if you don’t want to mod those!
 
Hahaha, no selling it here but thanks for the info. Looking at the IPL it didn't appear to come apart but wasn't sure. Any tips on getting in there to clean out the carbon build up?
Build you a good fire or put it in your fire place or wood heater and burn it out, keep an eye on it, don't need it cherry red and warped.

Steve
 
I checked my new piston and rings and they are the same. 080.
What rings are you using, don't want to start something but can't add to the stock rings

They’re the 7770 rings #530024769, originally sized for a 1.965” bore, and the 4000 is a 1.935” bore IRC.

Don’t think that 0.010” difference, between a .070 & .080” end gap could ever be accurately measured by a compression test though.

Too bad they didn’t offset the keeper pins into half the ring land, like the Stihl & Husky's, then you could just grind the ends for a true .007 gap & cut a notch for the pin.
 

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