Here's the finished saw:
It's been done for a week but I finally finished wiring the handle heaters today and they work! A new Oregon 24" B&C are due in soon. The saw rips. New bearings, seals, gaskets, Meteor piston/ring, AM magnetic pick up side of the two piece ignition and fuel hose. The carburetor was fine. Deleted base gasket, squish at .024 and 185 psi compression cold on my Mac pressure tester, 174 on my old Craftsman, I believe the Mac.
I bought it on the Trading Post a month ago, I thought I paid a little much but in the end I got my money's worth...
The heater wiring drove me nuts as it was almost completely broken and gone. I had to buy a service manual on a disk to get the route. It is: generator to 1/2 wrap handle, then to the right side of the throttle handle, out the left side of the throttle handle to the switch, switch to engine ground. I used the on/off switch ground as it was close.
When I test fired it, I let it idle to see if the heater worked as I'm not much of an electrician. But by God the handles heated up, then I flipped the switch off and they cooled. Amazing. Thank god for shrink wrap and solder....
The muffler work was done before I bought the saw. I guess it's adequate.
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It's been done for a week but I finally finished wiring the handle heaters today and they work! A new Oregon 24" B&C are due in soon. The saw rips. New bearings, seals, gaskets, Meteor piston/ring, AM magnetic pick up side of the two piece ignition and fuel hose. The carburetor was fine. Deleted base gasket, squish at .024 and 185 psi compression cold on my Mac pressure tester, 174 on my old Craftsman, I believe the Mac.
I bought it on the Trading Post a month ago, I thought I paid a little much but in the end I got my money's worth...
The heater wiring drove me nuts as it was almost completely broken and gone. I had to buy a service manual on a disk to get the route. It is: generator to 1/2 wrap handle, then to the right side of the throttle handle, out the left side of the throttle handle to the switch, switch to engine ground. I used the on/off switch ground as it was close.
When I test fired it, I let it idle to see if the heater worked as I'm not much of an electrician. But by God the handles heated up, then I flipped the switch off and they cooled. Amazing. Thank god for shrink wrap and solder....
![20140330_152210_4_zpskm42aopi.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/5cf/5cf1233bce8851e8863ed7e96f8004e2.jpg)
![20140330_152544_zps2ic0jmvd.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/592/592a34a3a8227492fcc8474a59c462b2.jpg)
The muffler work was done before I bought the saw. I guess it's adequate.
![20140326_212113_zpsrrc8btdg.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/83f/83f2a3c4fe5723e49eed473c298e766d.jpg)
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