Now I'll be the first to admit I'm a dumbass, so that's a fact. What I know about chainsaws couldn't fill a cull peanut shell, although after another year or so reading about you guys adventures, I might can fill it. Now here's what happened.
I traded some labor for some cash and an old Stihl 036 last year. It was missing the clutch drum, sprocket, the chain brake and had no bar & chain.
Well the first thing I did when I got it home was see if it had compression and spark. It did & would sputter with some mix poured in the carb. I then took the carb apart & went at it with a can of carb cleaner. Put it back together & it started up & ran. I blipped the throttle maybe 5-10 times over two startings and it idled maybe a total of 5 minutes during those startings. Well later after I researched prices to buy the missing parts I decided I couldn't justify the $$'s required to complete it so I decided to sell it. Yesterday a guy tells me that by running it without the clutch drum, I have messed up the crankshaft and the crank bearings.
Says he is a Stihl expert and knows what he's talking about. Can this be the case or is he blowing me some smoke in your most valued opinions ?
Thanking anyone who responds in advance.
I traded some labor for some cash and an old Stihl 036 last year. It was missing the clutch drum, sprocket, the chain brake and had no bar & chain.
Well the first thing I did when I got it home was see if it had compression and spark. It did & would sputter with some mix poured in the carb. I then took the carb apart & went at it with a can of carb cleaner. Put it back together & it started up & ran. I blipped the throttle maybe 5-10 times over two startings and it idled maybe a total of 5 minutes during those startings. Well later after I researched prices to buy the missing parts I decided I couldn't justify the $$'s required to complete it so I decided to sell it. Yesterday a guy tells me that by running it without the clutch drum, I have messed up the crankshaft and the crank bearings.
Says he is a Stihl expert and knows what he's talking about. Can this be the case or is he blowing me some smoke in your most valued opinions ?
Thanking anyone who responds in advance.