Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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MechanicMatt
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Switch to the left is on, choke should be on other side. I have a few “2 series” saws, I like them. Have a few three series too, like them too
muad
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OK, I had it right then.
If the choke is just a square piece of plastic, it must be broke on mine. it was in and I could not pull it out.
I think it needs gone through by my local Stihl/Husky guy. I’ll have to drop it off this week.
MechanicMatt
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Hope he’s trustworthy, I got a local guy that’s a crook and a guy a hour away that’s a gem. If he tries condemning it, bring it home and we’ll walk you through fixing it.
Does it feel like it has compression?? That’s the MOST Important thing. Then a vacuum test. After that everything else is easy peasy
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Oh yeah, he’s awesome. A honest, knowledgable guy. I have bought two saws from him, and a Toro rider. He could have sold me a 261 on Friday if he’d have pushed it, but he steered me to the 180 for the wife instead. That proved to me again that he’s a good dude.
This dealer is about 35 minutes from me. There’s another Stihl dealer closer, but they don’t work on Huskies. Kuhn’s does.
Compression “feels” good. I pulled the plug and looking down in the cylinder, it also looked good to me.
Dag nabbit
MechanicMatt
Cut Split Stack Burn
Great to hear, even better is now that you are seeing the light and converting to the good side you can stop being one of these guy 
Poor Stihl owners, y’all like the dark side in Star Wars..... never gonna win
Poor Stihl owners, y’all like the dark side in Star Wars..... never gonna win
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MechanicMatt
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Hey Steve, just a thought....
when you here some clunky clunk in the front end, jack it up and check it out. Put the jack under the control arm to check the ball joints.
It would royally suck to wreck that thing with the kids in it.
when you here some clunky clunk in the front end, jack it up and check it out. Put the jack under the control arm to check the ball joints.
It would royally suck to wreck that thing with the kids in it.
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Hahahahahahaha!!!Great to hear, even better is now that you are seeing the light and converting to the good side you can stop being one of these guy
Poor Stihl owners, y’all like the dark side in Star Wars..... never gonna win
Hey, I can like both, can’t I? Balance in the force and all...
muad
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Somehow I cannot see the problem with living in the house. The battery cases are entirely encased in concrete so here should be no lead contamination. Tearing it down would be hazardous waste if foundation/walls were broken up.
I suspect the owners cancer would have been caused while building the foundation.
Far from being an expert but...
An old friend lived across the street from a sludge dump, they dug big furrows that looked like a giant plow cut them. Then drove big tankers over the furrows with the valve open. Then capped it off with wood chips and saw dust from saw mills, and the dirt from the furrows. When the winter freeze came alon the sludge got too thick to run out of the tankers. My friend thought he would get a month or two reprieve from the smell, nope, they contracted with cement companies that couldn’t pour concrete, to use their mixers. I guess it’s different than a land fill because it was shallow. Only a few years went by before they put in a golf course with giant luvury homes. I always wondered if they had a problem with the smell?
You know he’s a pro! Got chaps, gloves, probably ears and eyes. Lots of bars and wedges,and a camera. I think he’s one of you guys trying to make us laugh! Can’t be me, I only own one wedge. It’s an old Mac wedge and is on the shelf with all the other yellow stuff. JMO, one rope works better than ten wedges.Great to hear, even better is now that you are seeing the light and converting to the good side you can stop being one of these guy
Poor Stihl owners, y’all like the dark side in Star Wars..... never gonna win
Funny, but when Matt has a tough tree to fell, who does he call???? (The guy with all the Shihls???) (and ropes, and comealongs, and wedges - lot of em).
But no matter what you have, there is no substitute for knowing what you are doing!
But no matter what you have, there is no substitute for knowing what you are doing!
I had one with me. Praise the Lord we were in the left lane of a divided highway and nobody was to my right when it let out.
There was no warning to this. And unfortunately that was a new front axle from last summer and the ball joint was new from then too.
