Ibeatgodzilla
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Hello all,
Since my last post of a cursed 038 (multiple problems, which have since fixed, thansk to help and advice from members here although has recently faded out due to what sounds most certainly like an air leak... Just need to find out where from, but that's another story) I made the purchase of two more chainsaws to add to my collection. The guy was selling them as a pair, I was only after the 066 myself, but €400 for it and an MS180C chucked in too was a deal I wasn't going to turn down.
Even better, both were in excellent condition, ran straight away and have been very reliable ever since. I put a sticker on the 066's nameplate to change it into 666, seems more suitable.
Anyway - on to the point. To my surprise the MS180C has ended up being used very often for what I do, I do like how lightweight it is yet has the power for most little jobs I use it for. The other day however it suddenly stopped oiling - obviously that meant put it away, use another saw to finish the job, and look at the problem when I get back home. It seems a common problem on this model and I found a good video showing many likely possibilities, and how to get to them and fix them. It wasn' so easy as the oilway holes being blocked, so I had to look further.
Step 1: remove the bar and chain, insert a piston stop and take off the clutch to check the worm gear.
Result: crankshaft broke. Great.
I am aware that the clutch is a left hand thread and that I should be turning the socket arm clockwise to remove it. I have no idea why it was this tight - and I sure have enough leverage with a 600mm breaking bar and six-sided socket. The piston stop has never caused any problems in anything else.
So now the engine simply turns over with the clutch firmly in place. What started as a theoretically simple issue has now ended up in a basically fcukt machine. I've accepted the fact that on top of fixing the oiling issue I now have to replace whichever components of the crankshaft/conrod/piston/barrel which are broken too... But I cannot remove the engine, or even just the barrel, from the main body of the chainsaw without removing the very stubborn clutch first... I'm afraid that if I try to lock the engine a different way by putting a bar between fins of the flywheel I'll only end up breaking that too - it is only aluminium after all.
... Any ideas? Seems a shame to consider the saw a write-off as up until now it's been a very good machine and has certainly earned its keep.
- Dan
Since my last post of a cursed 038 (multiple problems, which have since fixed, thansk to help and advice from members here although has recently faded out due to what sounds most certainly like an air leak... Just need to find out where from, but that's another story) I made the purchase of two more chainsaws to add to my collection. The guy was selling them as a pair, I was only after the 066 myself, but €400 for it and an MS180C chucked in too was a deal I wasn't going to turn down.
Even better, both were in excellent condition, ran straight away and have been very reliable ever since. I put a sticker on the 066's nameplate to change it into 666, seems more suitable.
Anyway - on to the point. To my surprise the MS180C has ended up being used very often for what I do, I do like how lightweight it is yet has the power for most little jobs I use it for. The other day however it suddenly stopped oiling - obviously that meant put it away, use another saw to finish the job, and look at the problem when I get back home. It seems a common problem on this model and I found a good video showing many likely possibilities, and how to get to them and fix them. It wasn' so easy as the oilway holes being blocked, so I had to look further.
Step 1: remove the bar and chain, insert a piston stop and take off the clutch to check the worm gear.
Result: crankshaft broke. Great.
I am aware that the clutch is a left hand thread and that I should be turning the socket arm clockwise to remove it. I have no idea why it was this tight - and I sure have enough leverage with a 600mm breaking bar and six-sided socket. The piston stop has never caused any problems in anything else.
So now the engine simply turns over with the clutch firmly in place. What started as a theoretically simple issue has now ended up in a basically fcukt machine. I've accepted the fact that on top of fixing the oiling issue I now have to replace whichever components of the crankshaft/conrod/piston/barrel which are broken too... But I cannot remove the engine, or even just the barrel, from the main body of the chainsaw without removing the very stubborn clutch first... I'm afraid that if I try to lock the engine a different way by putting a bar between fins of the flywheel I'll only end up breaking that too - it is only aluminium after all.
... Any ideas? Seems a shame to consider the saw a write-off as up until now it's been a very good machine and has certainly earned its keep.
- Dan
