Brian Webster
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My dad gave me his blown 290 to work on so I decided to give one of the chinese rebuild kits a try and see how it holds up. Kit was a HIPA kit off amazon and was 45 shipped.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B019...a_4?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=VFHSBPXEWD1P2NQC66BC
Installed the kit yesterday. The cylinder is a farmertec and looked pretty good. Not the fit and finish you'd get with an oem cylinder but nothing that would effect function. I took about 30 minutes and cleaned up some burrs and sanded down the exhaust port because it was a little rough.
The piston looks good to me and installed easily on the factory rod, i used the e-clips that came with the kit. The bearings were actually smoother than I expected so I used them to see how they hold up. They also installed easily on the factory shaft. Seals looked up to the task and everything on that end went fine.
Now for the extra fuel kit that came with it. It's pretty much junk and I wasn't impressed with any of it. The oil filter didn't even fit the supplied oil line and the fuel line was a joke. I fited the fuel line just to see and as others have said it kinked, its not even useful as a spare line. The air filter matetial is very thin. I used the spark plug, fuel filter and air filter out of the kit and the rest went in the trash.
I'm very happy with the p&c, we will see how the bearings hold up. The saw is running like a champ after a nice break in period today. I think the fuel kit only added about 5 dollars to the price paid for esentially a plug, fuel filter and air filter.
If i was doing it again I'd get the same kit and just know the lines are all junk. I'll get some pictures up when I can.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B019...a_4?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=VFHSBPXEWD1P2NQC66BC
Installed the kit yesterday. The cylinder is a farmertec and looked pretty good. Not the fit and finish you'd get with an oem cylinder but nothing that would effect function. I took about 30 minutes and cleaned up some burrs and sanded down the exhaust port because it was a little rough.
The piston looks good to me and installed easily on the factory rod, i used the e-clips that came with the kit. The bearings were actually smoother than I expected so I used them to see how they hold up. They also installed easily on the factory shaft. Seals looked up to the task and everything on that end went fine.
Now for the extra fuel kit that came with it. It's pretty much junk and I wasn't impressed with any of it. The oil filter didn't even fit the supplied oil line and the fuel line was a joke. I fited the fuel line just to see and as others have said it kinked, its not even useful as a spare line. The air filter matetial is very thin. I used the spark plug, fuel filter and air filter out of the kit and the rest went in the trash.
I'm very happy with the p&c, we will see how the bearings hold up. The saw is running like a champ after a nice break in period today. I think the fuel kit only added about 5 dollars to the price paid for esentially a plug, fuel filter and air filter.
If i was doing it again I'd get the same kit and just know the lines are all junk. I'll get some pictures up when I can.
