Before and After

[WSE15]

Picked up a CS-5500 for a good price. Actually the first one I've ever had in my shop. Don't think Echo sold all that many. Cleaned up pretty nice!

 

[Manofstihl661]

What did you use on the plastic covers?


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[WSE15]

What did you use on the plastic covers?


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Wish I had something that worked that good! Air filter cover was cracked so that's brand new from Echo. Chain brake parts were gone from side cover so I found a different one on ebay. Recoil cover was broke - also ebay. And since I was on ebay anyway I grabbed a nicer looking top cover.

 

[Manofstihl661]

Wish I had something that worked that good! Air filter cover was cracked so that's brand new from Echo. Chain brake parts were gone from side cover so I found a different one on ebay. Recoil cover was broke - also ebay. And since I was on ebay anyway I grabbed a nicer looking top cover.

Ahhh I gotya. I've been looking for a good cleaner for a while but haven't found the one yet


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[TJ the Chainsaw Mechanic]

Yep, I know of a thread that this belongs in.


Oh, looks nice by the way.

 

[Manofstihl661]

Oh and I forgot to say Awesome saw! Looks great


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[stihl livin]

Ahhh I gotya. I've been looking for a good cleaner for a while but haven't found the one yet


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Try a product found at the dollar store called totally awesome. I have had great results with it when cleaning my sxs after a muddy ride.

 

[Manofstihl661]

Try a product found at the dollar store called totally awesome. I have had great results with it when cleaning my sxs after a muddy ride.

Awesome I'll have to go hunt around for it. Always worth a shot


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[Hilsay]

+1 on the awesome. It's works wonders.

 

[stihl livin]

Awesome I'll have to go hunt around for it. Always worth a shot


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im sure you can find it online

 

[Red97]

Nice work.

Does the 5500 share parts with the 4000-5000 chassis? I know the bore/stroke varies, but do the covers swap?

 

[WSE15]

Nice work.

Does the 5500 share parts with the 4000-5000 chassis? I know the bore/stroke varies, but do the covers swap?

Covers actually the same as the 6700.

 

[Nitehawk55]

I think one member mentioned he used Simple Green to clean plastics of grime .

 

[huskyboy]

I use simple green and it does not eat aluminum like purple power. It's strong enough to slowly dissolve carbon in cylinders as well.

 

[Nitehawk55]

Yeah , I've used simple green on cleaning some cruddy stuff but I haven't had a situation where I needed it on plastics yet but for anything else I had used it on I was impressed .

I think it might be Termite buffet that uses it ??

 

[Manofstihl661]

I use simple green for all my cleaning even guns when fully stripping. I but it in concentrate then dilute to what I want


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[Red97]

Covers actually the same as the 6700.

Never would have guessed that..

Thank you for the info.

 

[Jughead]

awesome is all i use.