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Glamour shot.
That's a damn good looking saw DJ. And the hat is cool too.
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That's a damn good looking saw DJ. And the hat is cool too.
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Thanks Dan, I do enjoy that saw. It has some sorta black overspray on the plastic. I've tried literally everything to get it off.
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That plastic polish kit might take the over spray off, or a clay bar probably. Would sure beat running lol.
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Thought about that, really don't wanna jack up the high top. I think it's deep in the plastic.
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The polish shouldn't hurt it. Sucks that it's on there that good though.
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No one has a top cover in stock. But, that's OK. The thing about living in Ireland is you have to find a way to make stuff work. It's expensive bringing stuff in, and there's precious little about to make life easy. So I went and opened the hole up a touch more with a dremel so the crack might not grow larger in the future, grabbed a rubber grommet and some super glue and went to work:
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Work saws that get worked are da best..
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It looks great to me! Shinier than any of mine.Glamour shot.
Tighten that damn chain tho before it comes off and smacks da case behind the clutch.
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Lol... I knew someone would have something to say about that.It looks great to me! Shinier than any of mine.
Tighten that damn chain tho before it comes off and smacks da case behind the clutch.
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No one has a top cover in stock. But, that's OK. The thing about living in Ireland is you have to find a way to make stuff work. It's expensive bringing stuff in, and there's precious little about to make life easy. So I went and opened the hole up a touch more with a dremel so the crack might not grow larger in the future, grabbed a rubber grommet and some super glue and went to work:
Looks good to me [emoji106]
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nothing better than a dirty work saw , did you see the refurbed 281 on donedealNo one has a top cover in stock. But, that's OK. The thing about living in Ireland is you have to find a way to make stuff work. It's expensive bringing stuff in, and there's precious little about to make life easy. So I went and opened the hole up a touch more with a dremel so the crack might not grow larger in the future, grabbed a rubber grommet and some super glue and went to work:
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Ugh. This 281 is killing me! Now it's not got spark. It just died while idling. I swapped plugs to make sure that wasn't it. I rewired it coz the wires were tired and worn through(top one from the coil to the other 'coil', right?). Nuttin. Took the kill switch out of the loop. Nothing. I only just replaced the little coil a couple of years ago. What a pain.
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Test continuity across pins of switch to ensure it’s not internally shorted causing constant ground? Disregard read right over taking it out of the loop all together.
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I had the same thing happen to a 288. It would die at idle and start right up. Crimp both ends of the red wire, between the coils, to tighten them up. That fixed my problem. The rough idle they have would cause the loose wire end to bounce around and loose spark.
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OK, I'll give it a try. SOmething I also noticed this morning was the chassis was loaded up with mix, and it poured out the carb as I was airing the thing out to make sure it wasn't flooded. I am hoping maybe it loaded up while I was trying to restart it. I injured myself last week, and maybe wasn't able to get the 400rpm's necessary to generate spark while I was holding the saw with my feet and the plug with my hand. I don't have a vice up here big enough to hold a saw this large. Good news is it has new wiring, I guess. SO, I'll go ahead and crimp those wires on the positive terminals then.
Thanks, mang!
Thanks, mang!
