Parts are starting to trickle in! Received my HL Supply order today which consisted of one of their round outlet mufflers, muffler bracket, fuel line, and a set of Caber rings as I am not sure what brand the rings are with the HyWay piston. Gotta say, the muffler looks pretty darned good on initial glance! WIIIIIIIDE open inside, no baffles or funnels of any kind. I'm not sure if the OEM mufflers have baffles or not, but I was a little surprised to find this muffler to be a completely hollow can. This will make for an easy time adding a second port that will surely breathe should I decide to do so.
Also received a pair of SKF 6203-c3 selaed bearings I ordered from and Ebay seller for a tad over 5 bucks a piece with free shipping. Thought that was a pretty good deal, just need to pop out the rubber seals and they will be ready for duty in my 288.
I also picked up an NOS muffler heat shield from Chainsawr as I thought those were NLA for some reason and scooped it up when I was cruising their page last week. That arrived today. My new 242 decal set should be arriving in another week or so. Ordering my 242 decals is the reason I went to Chainsawr in the first place. That should be arriving from Sugar Creek Supply in another week or so. YAHOO 242!
I now have everything I need to get the basic bottom end together! Probably get er done by this weekend at the latest, but with my job the weather ultimately dictates my schedule.
@rocketnorton if you would like to do some horse-trading with starter housings, shoot me a PM and maybe we can work something out.
I don't mean to throw people off with my new avatar pic... Just thought that pic of Curly captures the essence of "HOORAY 288!" and it seems fitting for this thread