Stupidest Repairs Ever Witnessed!!!!

[terry2tmd]

The one that really gets me is the guy who shows up with a plastic fantastic that he straight gassed, and wants me to fix it. That's like giving CPR to a hamster, or trying to refill a bic lighter. The parts and labor cost more then they originally paid for the saw. Anymore I just tell them it will cost more to fix it then it is worth, and try to steer them towards a real saw. I've had a lot of people get mad at me over it, and take it to another guy only to be pretty much told the same thing. I try to give every piece of equipment a equal chance, but I am developing a real dislike for these disposable saws because of this!

 

[Modifiedmark]

I am developing a real dislike for these disposable saws because of this!

Why dislike the saw?

Its not there fault there owned by idiots that would screw up a steel ball with a rubber hammer.:hmm3grin2orange:

Those same idots would screw up the "real" saw your steering them to in the same amount of time and there no cheaper to fix either.:msp_wink:

 

[Duke Thieroff]

Oh yeah I forgot I had those. These are precious.

Mark,

It was my first saw man. Why won't you let it go? I didn't know how to make repairs back then, and I tried my best.

I thought I asked you to not post those pics.

That's not cool man, we have problems now.

I have a Poulan I painted yellow and slapped some 10-10 stickers on I'm going to send to you on account of this, I only wish it ran as good as a Mac.





Just kidding, friend. That thing is a work of art man, never seen nothing like that before in my travels. Could you elaborate more on it?

Chris

 

[blackoak]

I knew a guy once that his fix for a not working oiler on a 610 Mac was an oil squirt gun on a string tied around his neck. He would squirt the chain down when he felt it needed it. He was to tight to pay the 35 bucks I told it would probably cost him to get it fixed. And yes it was used motor oil in the squirt gun.

 

[056kid]

Thats probably the way his daddy oiled the chain on his old 2 man saw...

 

[Dan_IN_MN]

I knew a guy once that his fix for a not working oiler on a 610 Mac was an oil squirt gun on a string tied around his neck. He would squirt the chain down when he felt it needed it. He was to tight to pay the 35 bucks I told it would probably cost him to get it fixed. And yes it was used motor oil in the squirt gun.

I've seen that before! A little squirt will do it!

 

[Johny Utah]

When my brother was racing motorcycles back in the 70's, we did something I wouldn't recommend.

His 250 Bultaco Astro flattracker siezed after his heat race. That piston was like it was welded to the cylinder. He qualified for the expert main, but the P&C were toast and we were loading the bike in the truck when our neighbor in the pits came over and offered to help.

He told us that if we pour battery acid through the sparkplug hole, wait about 15 minutes it would unstick the piston. So, with nothing to lose, we tried it and it worked! We poured a bunch of Blendzall in the cylinder afterwords, tossed in a new sparkplug, and it fired.

The bike was down on power for sure, but as the track dried out it worked to his advantage and he finished the main event in third.

When we tore the bike down the next day, that was the worst looking piston I had ever seen from a seizure. I would guess that it had very little compression, but it ran. We still laugh about it to this day.

We use muriatic acid to remove aluminum from chrome cylinders all the time. The cylinder is off the engine of course, lol

 

[sachsmo]

One of the stupidest ones I have done is,

Threw a rod on an old Kohler Magnum, while it was down it got new valve guides, rings one new piston and rod. put some cross hatch back in the cylinders and lapped and ground the valves.

Got it all tucked back into the Sunstar, got half the lawn mowed and it lost all power. Seems the cam got cracked when that rod was flailing around in there. Took a good hour of run time before it separated. You can buy a cam and lifters for a V8 cheaper than that little dude!

 

[tomdcoker]

I have seen this done. It is a trip. I have seen tire and rim jump 3 ft. high.
The trick is to know how much propellant to use. To little and it does not work. To much and it can get dangerous. Tom

Inflating tires with hairspray or propane and a match.

 

[cbfarmall]

Just kidding, friend. That thing is a work of art man, never seen nothing like that before in my travels. Could you elaborate more on it?

Chris

That is actually my saw (Pioneer 750)--bought it off Ebay for parts. Took it to Mark's because he just had to see it. I was astounded when I saw the plumber's tape on the recoil cover but nothing compared to the flywheel hack job. Don't know if the saw was a runner after that repair. I do know the cylinder was very usable and is on my 700D. The crankcase is pretty well cracked around the bar studs and the handlebar hacked up. Still a fair amount of parts left, but I'm keeping the flywheel as-is for a conversation piece.

Chris B.

 

[RiverRat2]

I work with a guy who thinks beating on the battery with a hammer will get a dead truck to start. Also the guy who was asking me about what might be wrong with his saw, when I asked him what it was doing he said "I can only get it to start with ether" I asked him if beating on it with a hammer helped.

I dont care what you say thats funny right there!!!

maybe he should beat on the starter, that does work when you get one that is on the fritz. I have 1/2" x 8" rod stuffed between the gas tank and seat on my old quad and have been starting it that way for a year...

LOLOL!!! You really are a redneck!!!! new bushings and a new bendix will fix that, change the brushes while you're in there!!!

 

[tomdcoker]

Years ago I was working at a service station . When my relief man came in he told me to look at the tire on his car.
I walked over to the car and one of the tires had a knot sticking out about 2 inches. One side sloped down to the normal side wall. I walked up and bent down to look. I heard the cords breaking . I hollered run and got about ten feet away before it blew . Tom

Back when I was a foreman at a tractor/trailer shop, I had a bunch
of green kids working for me on 2nd shift, they came into my office
one night, saying, " Fish, come out here and listen to this tire we just
mounted, it sounds like popcorn!!!!!"
I ran out to see a couple of guys with their ears up to a sidewall of a trailer tire, [not in the cage], listening to the popping sounds.....

 

[tomdcoker]

This is good and funny.
I have a neighbor who bought a new Stihl 250. Somehow he wore a hole through the plastic over the oiler and it would not oil. He told me that he oiled it manually with a squirt can.
I sharpened some chains and repaired a John Deere trimmer for him and got the 250 in trade. Put a another tank and another flywheel on it and now it is a working saw. Tom

I knew a guy once that his fix for a not working oiler on a 610 Mac was an oil squirt gun on a string tied around his neck. He would squirt the chain down when he felt it needed it. He was to tight to pay the 35 bucks I told it would probably cost him to get it fixed. And yes it was used motor oil in the squirt gun.

 

[tomdcoker]

Several years ago I topped of the tank on my four-wheeler. I cranked it and it went about 50 feet and died.
I checked everything I knew to check and could not find the problem.
I loaded it and carried it to a man who worked on my small stuff at the time. He took the gas cap of and asked if I had just fueled it. I thought he was think it had water in the gas and told him that the gas was keept in a sealed containter.
He got some fuel on his finger, looked at it then at me. It struck me wnat I had done. It was diesel in the tank. I ran a tank or to through it before I got all of the diesel out of it. Tom

 

[joe25DA]

How about this clown. Either too lazy or too dumb (both more than likely) to route the fuel line the correct way he drilled a hole in the carb box and one through the recoil. He ruined a 25DA that was in pretty good shape. I fixed it but that pi$$ed me off. He had a new S25DA that needed a fuel line too and said "You can have this one too, but just to let you know I haven't done the fuel line yet". Thats no BS.
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[terry2tmd]

Why dislike the saw?

Its not there fault there owned by idiots that would screw up a steel ball with a rubber hammer.:hmm3grin2orange:

Those same idots would screw up the "real" saw your steering them to in the same amount of time and there no cheaper to fix either.:msp_wink:

Guess you are right. After working around Ruffnecks you"d think a guy would get used to it, but I have a hard time with them getting mad at me. I will repair it for them, it is just gonna cost them more then it would to buy a new one.

 

[Modifiedmark]

Guess you are right. After working around Ruffnecks you"d think a guy would get used to it, but I have a hard time with them getting mad at me. I will repair it for them, it is just gonna cost them more then it would to buy a new one.

Don't sweat it. Take there money or someone else will. :msp_thumbup:

 

[PogoInTheWoods]

Does this sorta qualify? And wouldn't it have been easier to just replace the exhaust and muffler on this thing in the first place?

Bought it from the same guy I got the pristine 031 from if anyone remembers that thread. Actually got it in the same deal. But...

As far as "stupid" goes? I'd say actually adding a muffler would ruin the essence of such superb redneckery and I would immediately be struck by lightning and forever burn in Hell for doin' somethin' that dumb!​

Poge

 

[Fish]

The price of a muffler on that thing is probably staggering.

 

[PogoInTheWoods]

The price of a muffler on that thing is probably staggering.

I can put a piece of chi-com Briggs replacement junk on the threads that are there for 6 bux. I'd just hate to ruin it.:hmm3grin2orange:

Haven't found a manual or IPL for the beast to price out any OEM stuff yet.

Poge