A friend/contractor has been doing some work at my home the last week (redoing ceilings) and he knows about the chainsaw thing I have going on. He mentioned he should bring his saw over so I said do and it showed up today.
He chuckled and said tell what all is missing...huh Stihl 029 super
So I take a look and first off I see he has two washers over the bar studs cornfused I ask him and he said it just didn't seem right to him so he did that. No way it could have oiled the bar. Clutch bearing was bone dry and not rotating. SO I removed the clutch and completely cleaned under it and around. Reinstalled and greased the bearing, but it still rotates a little stiff but the oil pump rotates a little stiff as well. I started it and it does oil well though so it I think it will be ok. BUt I took another look at the clutch cover......it said made in west Germany on it ruh roh. It looks to be a clutch cover off an 038 to me. I happened to have a spare 029 cover so I sawped them out and low and behold it fits perfectly without the washers on the bar studs. So I ask him where he got the saw?
He bought it from Ebay and picked it up locally. I know who the seller is as I watched his auctions. Never bought from him though. When this guy went over to pick the saw up the guy opened his shop door and he said there must have been a couple hundred parts saws everywhere. He said from what he saw he had a sinking feeling that he might have problems down the road. I guess the guy had several saws that where in a truck fire and he was going to part those into running saws he claimed.
So next I notice the muffler is loose. The muffler was completely shot. The guy cobbled a screen onto it and the cover only had two bolt holes in it as the lower part was missing. I remove the muffler and the better apart of the back and front of the muffler is gone. The center baffle and tubes that keep the muffler from being compressed are falling out. So now it needs a new muffler.
Piston has very light scratches but it does seem to run ok.
So next I figured I better take a look at the carb. It has a MS290 carb on it with the limiters in place so with the completely almost non-existent muffler it has been running very lean. Lucky it didn't lean seize. At least it did have the proper airfilter.
Also missing is the chip guard. No fuel tank vent. The nylon chain bump guards directly to the saw body. The saw thing is this guy paid a premium price for this as well. The whole saw is cobbled together, but the owner has had it for close to a year now so it has worked for him. Just not very well.
I try my best when I list something to express all that I can see is not right and be upfront as much as I can be. This seller it would seem is just taking advantage f people that don't really know any better and once they do it is to late to ding the guy and call him out.
Sorry it is long but had to vent. I will post a picture of the muffler tomorrow. I have yet to see muffler this bad. Thankfully it didn't damage the block side so the new one on order should seal up good.
He chuckled and said tell what all is missing...huh Stihl 029 super
So I take a look and first off I see he has two washers over the bar studs cornfused I ask him and he said it just didn't seem right to him so he did that. No way it could have oiled the bar. Clutch bearing was bone dry and not rotating. SO I removed the clutch and completely cleaned under it and around. Reinstalled and greased the bearing, but it still rotates a little stiff but the oil pump rotates a little stiff as well. I started it and it does oil well though so it I think it will be ok. BUt I took another look at the clutch cover......it said made in west Germany on it ruh roh. It looks to be a clutch cover off an 038 to me. I happened to have a spare 029 cover so I sawped them out and low and behold it fits perfectly without the washers on the bar studs. So I ask him where he got the saw?
He bought it from Ebay and picked it up locally. I know who the seller is as I watched his auctions. Never bought from him though. When this guy went over to pick the saw up the guy opened his shop door and he said there must have been a couple hundred parts saws everywhere. He said from what he saw he had a sinking feeling that he might have problems down the road. I guess the guy had several saws that where in a truck fire and he was going to part those into running saws he claimed.
So next I notice the muffler is loose. The muffler was completely shot. The guy cobbled a screen onto it and the cover only had two bolt holes in it as the lower part was missing. I remove the muffler and the better apart of the back and front of the muffler is gone. The center baffle and tubes that keep the muffler from being compressed are falling out. So now it needs a new muffler.
Piston has very light scratches but it does seem to run ok.
So next I figured I better take a look at the carb. It has a MS290 carb on it with the limiters in place so with the completely almost non-existent muffler it has been running very lean. Lucky it didn't lean seize. At least it did have the proper airfilter.
Also missing is the chip guard. No fuel tank vent. The nylon chain bump guards directly to the saw body. The saw thing is this guy paid a premium price for this as well. The whole saw is cobbled together, but the owner has had it for close to a year now so it has worked for him. Just not very well.
I try my best when I list something to express all that I can see is not right and be upfront as much as I can be. This seller it would seem is just taking advantage f people that don't really know any better and once they do it is to late to ding the guy and call him out.
Sorry it is long but had to vent. I will post a picture of the muffler tomorrow. I have yet to see muffler this bad. Thankfully it didn't damage the block side so the new one on order should seal up good.
