MS461 lasted four years for a tree service before the locator pin exited out the top end. The gauge in the cylinder wall shut it down.
Farmertec top end kit fixed it. [emoji106]
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MS461 lasted four years for a tree service before the locator pin exited out the top end. The gauge in the cylinder wall shut it down.
Farmertec top end kit fixed it. [emoji106]
Got a good one today, Restoring a Homelite Super EZ.When it arrives fuel tank is empty so new fuel line,new fuel cap (tested), new fuel filter and sonic clean/rebuild carb (plus a bunch more but not part of this). Saw starts runs and dies, hmmmm. take carb. apart again and clean again and use a Walbro kit this time instead of the Stens I used the first time, same thing happens. OK maybe a small passage I cannot get to is clogged so I order another used carb. do the standard cleaning and kit in it then put it on the saw. SAME THING
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While sitting there thinking about it I decide to take the old carb that I had just pulled off and pressure test it, tests fine so I take the metering side cover off and tap the metering valve to watch pressure drop and nothing so I pry up under the metering valve and here comes some nasty black gas. WTF pull fuel cap off and look at filter, closely resembles a lump of coal and the new Tygon fuel line is super soft to the point it wouldn't even hold the filter on the end of it anymore. Take fuel filter out of tank and turn saw upside down and here it comes super black gas from something that had dried in there before so all the sudden I see something in the bottom of the tank. Yep, I'm pretty sure it's the case gasket, I will be pressure testing the fuel tank to see if it is part of the case gasket. if so then there's another fun time splitting this thing for a new gasket.
.While sitting there thinking about it I decide to take the old carb that I had just pulled off and pressure test it, tests fine so I take the metering side cover off and tap the metering valve to watch pressure drop and nothing so I pry up under the metering valve and here comes some nasty black gas. WTF pull fuel cap off and look at filter, closely resembles a lump of coal and the new Tygon fuel line is super soft to the point it wouldn't even hold the filter on the end of it anymore. Take fuel filter out of tank and turn saw upside down and here it comes super black gas from something that had dried in there before so all the sudden I see something in the bottom of the tank. Yep, I'm pretty sure it's the case gasket, I will be pressure testing the fuel tank to see if it is part of the case gasket. if so then there's another fun time splitting this thing for a new gasket.
Looks like an area 51 finger bone....Got a good one today, Restoring a Homelite Super EZ.When it arrives fuel tank is empty so new fuel line,new fuel cap (tested), new fuel filter and sonic clean/rebuild carb (plus a bunch more but not part of this). Saw starts runs and dies, hmmmm. take carb. apart again and clean again and use a Walbro kit this time instead of the Stens I used the first time, same thing happens. OK maybe a small passage I cannot get to is clogged so I order another used carb. do the standard cleaning and kit in it then put it on the saw. SAME THING
While sitting there thinking about it I decide to take the old carb that I had just pulled off and pressure test it, tests fine so I take the metering side cover off and tap the metering valve to watch pressure drop and nothing so I pry up under the metering valve and here comes some nasty black gas. WTF pull fuel cap off and look at filter, closely resembles a lump of coal and the new Tygon fuel line is super soft to the point it wouldn't even hold the filter on the end of it anymore. Take fuel filter out of tank and turn saw upside down and here it comes super black gas from something that had dried in there before so all the sudden I see something in the bottom of the tank. Yep, I'm pretty sure it's the case gasket, I will be pressure testing the fuel tank to see if it is part of the case gasket. if so then there's another fun time splitting this thing for a new gasket.
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I just got this 5-20 gear drive running, but the inside of the gas tank also looks as clean as an 1890's sewer pipe....
Water inside the crankcase anyone?
The odds are, I'll never see this happen again.
This TS360, with a later TS420 guard looks like it could have been designed with this guard.....
Ouch, ouchier
ouchiest
ouchiest
Spark plug boot spring installed, boss......
The "Oldsmo-buick" of cutoff saws.....
Circlips can be evil.....
Custom paint.
Customer requested an unmistakably unique saw, so it wasn't mixed up with other contractor's saws.
Not warm and Fuzzy.
I suddenly held my breath for fear of ebola.
Water in all the wrong places.
Customer complaint of "hard to start".....
The worker called in sick the day after removing the dirty air filter without telling anybody else on the crew.
No doubt! I will be storing all my non spark screened saws with a piece of foam in the exhaust from now on. I bet a Mudd dobber in the cylinder would lead to instant scoring
This concrete saw had been a victim of a local river flooding this summer, following a torrential rain which hit the region very hard and caused a lot of damage.
A flood victim needs to be stripped down to the bone, and cleaned miticulously as mud particles will affect all crankcase bearings. A lot of work.
A flood victim needs to be stripped down to the bone, and cleaned miticulously as mud particles will affect all crankcase bearings. A lot of work.
redneck style starter handles come in all sizes and formats. This was a luxury redneck version, customized paint included.
That's a good one.
Made from a 1" PVC Sch 40 tee, plus a hacksaw.
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This is the "enormous venomous insect" paint job, I assume?
Odd question.....?
Do you use the metric system to size PVC Sch40 pipe in Europe?
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