Turd Furgeson
ArboristSite Member
Hey Guys,
Last weekend I dropped a large old pine of some type in my yard, it almost looks like an Italian stone pine... Taking a quick look at the growth rings I aged it to about 70 years old. My Jonsered 535 although running like a champ seemed a little undersized for the task. Since this was one of my "small" trees I decided a saw upgrade was needed.
Monday on a whim I called the local home depots a few minutes before my lunch break and ended up finding a saw in West Allis. The tool guy said he thought somebody was going to buy it as he was looking it over for about 30 minutes before I called. I decided to chance it and drive down there. I walked in the store made a B line to the tool rental and there she was. She wasn't pretty looking but the $165 sold me. I was in a rush so didn't look over it too close. I thought it had a new bar, and they threw in two new chains, a scrench, and some Makita oil. The tool guy said it only had 27 rentals, it sure didn't look like it though.
Over the course of the week I've been able to take a closer look at it. It starts up on the second or third pull. It seems to hesitate when you give it gas. I cut a few large limbs from the big pine and it did okay but i wasn't in awe like i thought i would be. A few times in the cut it seemed to bog down.
The bar was not new, it was just wearing a fresh coat of paint. It's actually pretty worn down. I tried pulling the muffler but I don't have a long t27 driver. I pulled the spark plug. Somebody had buggered up the threads so I'm going to have to be very careful not to strip them completely. The plug was new. A peak in the cylinder showed some scoring on the exhaust side. I'm not sure if it was from dust or from a lean mix. The saw has the standard air filter but instead of a white element like I've seen in some pictures it was black. There was fine dust inside the housing of the filter.
My compression gauge is acting up a bit, it's not holding pressure like it should but watching it while pulling showed up to 175 psi on the 4th pull. This kind of surprised me because because of the scoring and when i did the drop test from the starter cord it would drop all the way down one stroke at a time.
I pulled the clutch cover. The outer clutch drum was blue and scored. Somebody must have been revving the piss out of it with the chain brake on. The clutch bearing was bone dry so i cleaned that all up and packed the bearing with fresh grease. I'm thinking about ordering a new drum and clutch to have on hand if these start to slip.
The oiler works great.
My plans for the saw are to find a new bar. I'm thinking a 28" would be nice to have as the 20" is still usable if needed. After seeing all the dust I'm thinking a HD air filter kit is warranted. Plus the grey plastic is in rough shape on the saw. I might replace the gas and oil caps as they are a bit buggered up. I also would like to put a OEM 79 CC piston and cylinder on it.
Even though I've read about every thread in the search function about these saws I have some questions.
I'm a bit confused about the carb adjustments. Non of my older stuff that I've tinkered with has limiter caps. With the saw in stock form can I make adjustments or do I have to modify something or use a special tool? I'm thinking the hesitation might be a rich or lean condition.
Do you guys think I should give the store a hard time about the buggered up plug hole, bar, and burnt up clutch drum and see if I can get some money back so I can stick it into the saw?
Is there a simple way to check out the bottom end of the saw before I drop money on a new top end?
What's the best price you guys have seen lately on the 79 CC OEM kit? The best reference I saw was 169.99 but that was a while back.
Thanks,
TF
Last weekend I dropped a large old pine of some type in my yard, it almost looks like an Italian stone pine... Taking a quick look at the growth rings I aged it to about 70 years old. My Jonsered 535 although running like a champ seemed a little undersized for the task. Since this was one of my "small" trees I decided a saw upgrade was needed.
Monday on a whim I called the local home depots a few minutes before my lunch break and ended up finding a saw in West Allis. The tool guy said he thought somebody was going to buy it as he was looking it over for about 30 minutes before I called. I decided to chance it and drive down there. I walked in the store made a B line to the tool rental and there she was. She wasn't pretty looking but the $165 sold me. I was in a rush so didn't look over it too close. I thought it had a new bar, and they threw in two new chains, a scrench, and some Makita oil. The tool guy said it only had 27 rentals, it sure didn't look like it though.
Over the course of the week I've been able to take a closer look at it. It starts up on the second or third pull. It seems to hesitate when you give it gas. I cut a few large limbs from the big pine and it did okay but i wasn't in awe like i thought i would be. A few times in the cut it seemed to bog down.
The bar was not new, it was just wearing a fresh coat of paint. It's actually pretty worn down. I tried pulling the muffler but I don't have a long t27 driver. I pulled the spark plug. Somebody had buggered up the threads so I'm going to have to be very careful not to strip them completely. The plug was new. A peak in the cylinder showed some scoring on the exhaust side. I'm not sure if it was from dust or from a lean mix. The saw has the standard air filter but instead of a white element like I've seen in some pictures it was black. There was fine dust inside the housing of the filter.
My compression gauge is acting up a bit, it's not holding pressure like it should but watching it while pulling showed up to 175 psi on the 4th pull. This kind of surprised me because because of the scoring and when i did the drop test from the starter cord it would drop all the way down one stroke at a time.
I pulled the clutch cover. The outer clutch drum was blue and scored. Somebody must have been revving the piss out of it with the chain brake on. The clutch bearing was bone dry so i cleaned that all up and packed the bearing with fresh grease. I'm thinking about ordering a new drum and clutch to have on hand if these start to slip.
The oiler works great.
My plans for the saw are to find a new bar. I'm thinking a 28" would be nice to have as the 20" is still usable if needed. After seeing all the dust I'm thinking a HD air filter kit is warranted. Plus the grey plastic is in rough shape on the saw. I might replace the gas and oil caps as they are a bit buggered up. I also would like to put a OEM 79 CC piston and cylinder on it.
Even though I've read about every thread in the search function about these saws I have some questions.
I'm a bit confused about the carb adjustments. Non of my older stuff that I've tinkered with has limiter caps. With the saw in stock form can I make adjustments or do I have to modify something or use a special tool? I'm thinking the hesitation might be a rich or lean condition.
Do you guys think I should give the store a hard time about the buggered up plug hole, bar, and burnt up clutch drum and see if I can get some money back so I can stick it into the saw?
Is there a simple way to check out the bottom end of the saw before I drop money on a new top end?
What's the best price you guys have seen lately on the 79 CC OEM kit? The best reference I saw was 169.99 but that was a while back.
Thanks,
TF
