Hey bubbajunk , what is the name of that plastic polish . Looks like it worked well .
I'm not really sure what the stuff is called, I bought it in a gallon jug about 25 years ago from a vendor at a motorcycle swap meet.
I've tried a dozen other brands since and nothing comes close. The original plastic jug cracked years ago so I transferred it into a jug from windshield washer fluid years ago. Its beige in color, very thin, and has no 'grit' feel in hand. It was being sold as windshield polish. The guy was a regular at swap meets back than but he was retirement age or better then.
I use it a lot to polish old plastic lenses on cars, it brings the plastic back to its original shine without removing a lot of material. On plexiglass wind screens, it would remove the yellow haze from UV exposure and polish out scratches. I'm down to the last 1/4 of the jug now, and have been looking for a replacement but the closest I've found is 3M clear coat polish that's sold to body shops. I don't think they market it on a retail level. It works but it takes twice as long and doesn't do much to restore color like the motorcycle polish does.
Looks like it cleaned up nice!!
@bubbajunk. Did you pull the cover off the chain brake mechanism? They get really cruddy behind that cover.
I pulled the clutch, surrounding cover, and blade guides and scrubbed it all clean. It was packed solid with wet sawdust. Even the clutch was packed inside. After seeing the bar I wanted to make sure the oil pump was working. The saw dust was packed up to the point where the bottom of the cover was blocked, it couldn't get out and was just getting wetter, and packing tighter by the looks of it. Somehow its all working fine.
You sure made a silk purse out of a sows ear.
Excellent job! A go to saw for sure.
How’s the spark arrestor?
The exhaust is decent, the spark arrestor looks good.
I just have to decide what to do for a bar and chain. I ordered a 3/8"-7 tooth sprocket so I have that option, plus a new .325-8 for a spare.
I've got a new old Windsor 25" bar in 3/8"-.050 with a couple of new chains so that may be an option on this for a while.
However, the one thing on my mind is that I've got a box of new .325 81 tooth chains here that will likely last me a life time.
It may be to my advantage to find a .325 bar just so I can use those chains. Right now my only other 20" saw is an 029 with an .325/81 tooth chain, but the 036 will likely replace that saw.
I checked the compression on the 036 and got a max of 171 psi on three pulls, does that sound right? The thing is nearly impossible to pull though without the compression release. I checked it on a cold engine after working some marvel oil through the thing to make sure it wasn't dry. (It had been sitting for many years).
I pulled it with the plug out about 20 times after oiling it to make sure the oil wasn't adding to the compression reading.
