Tales from the bench

[Landmark]

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Didn't anybody tell ya a dirty air filter traps more dirt than a clean filter.

 

[04ultra]

Well he said it lost power and was getting hard to start ... We all had a good laugh .

 

[Mastermind]

Well he said it lost power and was getting hard to start ... We all had a good laugh .

I bet. lol

 

[Czed]

I got a 394 in one time from a logger who said it was gutless it was filthy but ran great good compression. i was at a loss until i tried to cut with it he had worn through the sprocket and it was spinning on the crank new rim barely covered the damage he is still running it now.

 

[bryanr2]

gonna show this thread to my saws so they know they are loved.

 

[TJ the Chainsaw Mechanic]

I had to rebuild two 066's that smelled like marijuana. I was the highest one at work that day.

 

[raumati01]

I got a jonsered 2077 a while back, previous owner told me it had basically no compression. Put it aside to work on it later, got into last week. Muffler off, piston looks good and tight, no scoring.....hmm take off the cover and there's no spark plug. Put in a plug and suddenly I have decent compression and it runs ........

 

[drf256]

Great thread. Thanks for sharing guys. Thoroughly enjoyable.

 

[Stump Shot]

Last winter my cousin asks me to order up a piston and cylinder for a 372xp, as he found one for sale that had been at the local dealer that was blown. So I ordered up what he wanted and sure enough he brought over a mint looking 372xp sans muffler(mechanic at dealers signature, always something missing from what he can not repair, not the first time I've worked behind him) so I can see instantly, a perfect looking piston, hmm. I also notice a piece of paper that was torn off between the carburetor and the manifold, upon removal, noticed it was a feeble attempt to block it off to pressure test, one could see the impression on the paper that it had missed its mark. So I dug through my junk pile found a muffler, did a proper pressure/vac test, which it passed. Noticed some tygon line in place of the impulse line was kinked, as there is an offset there. replaced it with a proper one and the saw fired right up and ran like the new saw that it was. Felt real bad for the man who sold his saw for $140.00 and bought a brand new one, as the only thing that was "blown" was my mind. My cousin however was ecstatic, and didn't even mind that he did not need the new P&C that he just bought.

 

[Poleman]

Said saw wouldn't run right.....

 

[Poleman]

Couldn't get the e clip off......a 2lb hammer worked!!! Bent the crank and it wobbled and chain always spun......

 

[Poleman]

You can sharpen this, right???

 

[Poleman]

What's the matter with my gas.......it's only 3 years old....I think......

 

[Backtroller]

Those are some good ones Rich

 

[beaglebriar]

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You can sharpen this, right???

Touch that up a little with a file.... good to go.

 

[Stump Shot]

Saw abuse, really should be a crime instead of a crying shame.

 

[Mark71gtx]

New filter? Looks fine to me...

 

[Stump Shot]

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New filter? Looks fine to me...

What the flock?

 

[Mark71gtx]

Exactly... I saw another one this week on a coworkers 026. He brought it in complaining that the kill switch wasn't working and the filter cover kept falling off. I slid the cover off and saw a dust covered filter. I pulled the filter and tapped it on the table and saw there was no flocking left. I looked at the carb and it had a pile of dust on top of the carb flap. I bent his spring so it made contact with the kill wire again, cleaned the crap from the carb, and brought him a new filter the next day. I told him the intake side of his piston is likely pretty bad off. He said he will run it until it won't...