It is with great sadness that I report.......

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HuskStihl said:
The (hopefully temporary) demise of my beloved SuperMike 288. @mdavlee built me about the bitchinest 288 u'r gonna ever see.


Alas, one hot afternoon it made a death rattle, and I shut it down immediately. Unfortunately.....
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The culprit?
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The good news; the cylinder looks remarkably good. The bad news, since the small end bearing grenaded, I was hopeful the bottom end was fine. Sadly, it revolves 3/4 turn than catches. Maybe there's just a piece stuck there somewhere, but prolly not.

At this moment, I haven't the time or patience to split it and make it happy, so I'm gonna mothball it until I've got more time.
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It's an inanimate object. Get over it. It's not like it's your child or a Homelite 750. Just playing, I killed a saw recently and it hurt and it wasn't anything close to your beast. My condolences.
 
Homelitexl903 said:
It's an inanimate object. Get over it. It's not like it's your child or a Homelite 750. Just playing, I killed a saw recently and it hurt and it wasn't anything close to your beast. My condolences.
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IF YOU HAVE NOTHING CONSTRUCTIVE TO ADD, AND YOU DON'T LOVE MY SAW, THEN STAY OUT OF MY THREAD! THIS IS SERIOUS CHAINSAW BUSINESS, AND JOKING AROUND IS NOT APPROPRIATE.
J/k, my threads are designed to be ****ed with, the saw will hopefully be working by next week!
 
HuskStihl said:
My max saw budget is $450, so all my fancy saws are at least 10 years old
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You big spenders make me feel cheap.

Well, ok, I am cheap. :laugh:

In all seriousness though, it does look as though the cylinder will be useable with a little clean up of the squish band.
 
Chris-PA said:
You big spenders make me feel cheap.

Well, ok, I am cheap. :laugh:

In all seriousness though, it does look as though the cylinder will be useable with a little clean up of the squish band.
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Speaking of squish band......
Thanks to @mdavlee
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The big bumps are cleaned up..

Thanks to @Definitive Dave (I think)
I am now in possession of this
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Looks solid!
And for @bitzer, a close up of the intake
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Put some sand paper like that on your new piston to restore the compression you lost with the gasket install. Might even sharpen the spark a little. Personally I find that a wad of steel wool gives you more flexibility - even conforms to those D chambers.

Good chainsaw humor is hard. Above isn't too good. Actually it is awful, but too many keystrokes to just waste.

Ron
 
Getting closer
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A trick I learned from Mike. Bolt the carb/block assembly to the cylinder before bolting down the cylinder. Much more easier. Also, you need to do a voodoo dance and pray the crazy impulse channel doesn't get at all obstructed by the two gaskets between the cylinder and the carb
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Those who know me will find this ironic, but I couldn't find my yamabond. Hopefully up and running this weekend.
 
HuskStihl said:
Getting closer
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A trick I learned from Mike. Bolt the carb/block assembly to the cylinder before bolting down the cylinder. Much more easier. Also, you need to do a voodoo dance and pray the crazy impulse channel doesn't get at all obstructed by the two gaskets between the cylinder and the carb
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Those who know me will find this ironic, but I couldn't find my yamabond. Hopefully up and running this weekend.
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I know you earned that grime and crud but clean your junk up...who do you think you are, Ron Jeremy?;)
 

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