Recent content by arborlicious

Always sunny in Nelson

Nice work Mark. Great to see such detail going into a saw and your subsequent posts herein.

I've put an order in for both the T540i XP and 540i XP as they're offering 50% off the a second skin. Goodbye to the gutless Stihl MSA161T.

Giving my workhorse MS200T its monthly service yesterday and noticed this crack... An m5 x 0.8mm machine screw goes in there to help hold the bar horizontal since the MS200T only has a single bar stud. Might be time for some JB Weld.

I had my mates saw back together before noticing the little brass plug in the plastic bag. I'll have to sort that out next time. Still no luck with the 661C. The new 3/8" heli-coils seem to be too long which is strange given that the threaded portion of the spark plug is 3/8". If I wind the...

I tested the hot air gun on the old oil hose first to see what it could take. Boiling hot water did not work. Not sure about a spring in the hose. It's working now and the oil flow looked fine.

I've just replaced the oil pump on a friends 064 AV after the old one had seized (also taking the worm gear with it.) It's all working well–my first time running an 064–man, what a beast. Anyway, the new (AU$140) OEM oil pump came with a straight piece of hose already attached but it seemed...