oldsaw
"Been There, Milled That"
Well, after mowing the lawn for the first time today, I finally got the nerve to tear my 150 apart and re-seal the case halves that my father opened in error, now many years ago. A couple of the screws are broken around the gas tank, and some type of sealant glop was everywhere inside.
The story isn't atypical of what anyone faces splitting things that were best left alone. Searching the floor for a spring, trying to get a host of pieces parts all pointing the right way before the Yamahabond set-up. Except, my case halves are now screwed and clamped together on my workbench to make sure there are NO leaks this time. I don't want to do that again. I wouldn't put the effort in except that it is a really nice little saw, and its the one I learned to saw on 30 years ago when it was relatively new.
I did some of the smart things that I didn't do the first time I went into it, like wedging the recoil with a scewdriver. There is some amazing engineering in there, and a couple of places where someone needed their head examined, but, I guess that's been the case with every one of them I've opened up...except my old Mall built Monkey Wards, that is as near "engineering free" as any near modern saw could be. Not once did I go "wow, that's a neat way of doing it" on that old Monkey Wards thing.
Anyway, I'm 30 minutes of work from getting it done, and may end up finishing it tomorrow. Don't want to upset the "glue" holding it together. Now, my venting is over, and you can go about your day.
Mark
The story isn't atypical of what anyone faces splitting things that were best left alone. Searching the floor for a spring, trying to get a host of pieces parts all pointing the right way before the Yamahabond set-up. Except, my case halves are now screwed and clamped together on my workbench to make sure there are NO leaks this time. I don't want to do that again. I wouldn't put the effort in except that it is a really nice little saw, and its the one I learned to saw on 30 years ago when it was relatively new.
I did some of the smart things that I didn't do the first time I went into it, like wedging the recoil with a scewdriver. There is some amazing engineering in there, and a couple of places where someone needed their head examined, but, I guess that's been the case with every one of them I've opened up...except my old Mall built Monkey Wards, that is as near "engineering free" as any near modern saw could be. Not once did I go "wow, that's a neat way of doing it" on that old Monkey Wards thing.
Anyway, I'm 30 minutes of work from getting it done, and may end up finishing it tomorrow. Don't want to upset the "glue" holding it together. Now, my venting is over, and you can go about your day.
Mark
