You'll also need a bottle opener - either to celebrate a successful rebuild, or for when your frustration with the project hits the wall.
I got mine directly from stihl, cost 30 Aussi dollars. This is what you meant right?
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I got mine directly from stihl, cost 30 Aussi dollars. This is what you meant right?
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Ah yes I have that kit, dubious about the piston stop though, heard many snap inside the cylinder?View attachment 762207
I know you have piston compression tool on your list... but I love this kit... also add on :
- feeler gauges
- small torque wrench
- spark tester
- long hex and toes bits
- mityvac vacuum AND pressure tester
- bench vice with magnetic soft jaws
Most important : use your Arboristsite resources!
Ah yes I have that kit, dubious about the piston stop though, heard many snap inside the cylinder?
Such a great item Bob! I have always wondered, what darn oil in in them for chainsaw work?!? 2 stroke oil I’m guessing?!Nobody mentioned a good old manual pump oil can yet?
Not all lubricant is applied via an aerosol can for all you youngsters. The old oil cans are great for giving everything a coat of oil while you are building the internals up.
They are also not too bad for coating a new chain and filling the groves in new bars before their initial run, plus they are also good for adding a shot of mixed fuel directly into carburetors when you are trying to bypass some of the carbs basic functions to see if the saw will fire up.
Then, if you go back a bit when saws were still held together with fixings other than hex or torx drive- correct fitting screwdrivers!
After all that....... learn that brute force and ignorance are never the answer when working on saw powerheads, understand that dissimilar metals react with each other in a bad way and it takes time for penetrating oil to work its way in to where it needs to be!
Pretty much start with, use what the saw with be lubricated with for the rest of its life internally.
In saying that, I have assembled saws with hydraulic oil as the build lubricant- working on the theory of what I had on hand at the time and any lubrication being better than none.
Best to use mixed fuel if you are shooting it into carbys though!
Yep, but a teaspoon or so in the cylinder, then the plug back in and fire the saw up- it will instantly cure low compression........... for a short smokey period!Hahaha yes good point about the mix. I don’t know much, but do know that two stroke alone doesn’t ignite very well! Ha.
Do those oilers leak easily / known for leaking?Yep, but a teaspoon or so in the cylinder, then the plug back in and fire the saw up- it will instantly cure low compression........... for a short smokey period!
Do those oilers leak easily / known for leaking?
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