ludwiggler
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When I described my latest garage sale impulse buy my Dad's first words were, "caveat emptor." Can you put my buyers remorse to rest?
I paid $175. I've needed a farm saw so I bought a Stihl 029 super and I'm aware they don't make this one anymore. It seems to start and idle great at factory carb settings. I buzzed through some old tough mulberry stump and it seemed to have some good power. More than I'm used to. I checked the compression with a cheap compression tester and its close to 120 after a few pulls. Carb looks pristine. Haven't looked at the cylinder. When I ran it I can see a very light spray of oil coming off the bar and chain at the tip and bar is lightly lubricated but wondering if its enough. I took the chain and bar and ran it to see the oil pump working. should oil be really spraying out or just flowing out? It did use up the bar oil however it seemed like the bar was getting hot. Not really smoking a ton but a little.The husky I've used seemed to throw more oil off the bar. I'm obsessing. I have no idea on age.
Questions:
1: Did i pay too much for a used-up older saw?
2: Is the oil pump working properly?
3: Other than the faded decal label View attachment 179311View attachment 179312View attachment 179313View attachment 179314View attachment 179311View attachment 179312View attachment 179313View attachment 179314where do I find a way to date this thing?
4: Is it quick to remove muffler and look at cylinder? It didn't seem obvious to me how to do it.
I paid $175. I've needed a farm saw so I bought a Stihl 029 super and I'm aware they don't make this one anymore. It seems to start and idle great at factory carb settings. I buzzed through some old tough mulberry stump and it seemed to have some good power. More than I'm used to. I checked the compression with a cheap compression tester and its close to 120 after a few pulls. Carb looks pristine. Haven't looked at the cylinder. When I ran it I can see a very light spray of oil coming off the bar and chain at the tip and bar is lightly lubricated but wondering if its enough. I took the chain and bar and ran it to see the oil pump working. should oil be really spraying out or just flowing out? It did use up the bar oil however it seemed like the bar was getting hot. Not really smoking a ton but a little.The husky I've used seemed to throw more oil off the bar. I'm obsessing. I have no idea on age.
Questions:
1: Did i pay too much for a used-up older saw?
2: Is the oil pump working properly?
3: Other than the faded decal label View attachment 179311View attachment 179312View attachment 179313View attachment 179314View attachment 179311View attachment 179312View attachment 179313View attachment 179314where do I find a way to date this thing?
4: Is it quick to remove muffler and look at cylinder? It didn't seem obvious to me how to do it.