Recent content by charles.mann

Trust me, i wont ask you for anything. Are you looking in the mirror when referring to brain dead people?

The P&C are pretty scored. The guy going to port it said it could be repaired but with scoring on the piston im opting to replace both and start with new. Going 180 is bc i got thst 660 and the guy porting recommended finding a manual carb and leaving the M tronic as is. He said he would do...

good thing i dont need your recommendation or approval to do or buy anything. I never had any signs the saw was performing poorly to warrant making an adjustment. Why fix it till it breaks? My JR2166 only needed 2 carb adjustments in 8 yrs, once with the original carb and once after a new carb...

Iv been thinking of getting a metal detector too. I cut a red oak a month ago that was intended for the wood heater. I noticed some unique color variations in the butt log and decided to open it up. I milled 4 slabs with no issues, but the fifth cut, about 4” into the cut, i hit something steel...

Nice bit of bacon on the ground. Now do it from a helicopter. Bring a whole different level of challenge but FAF

I changed to a large cup for the AL, bc i had to have a bit more stick out, plus upped my gas flow from 20, to nearly 30. I did notice when walking the cup, i was getting a grinding feeling, yet there are no damage to the cup ring. my next build, i will use a new cup and see if i still get a...

Nothing wrong with ugly, as long as its functional and “solid”. My first attempt at tig was AL which looked like a bird shat all over the project. But it holds up to the vibrations from a 12hp briggs eng turning a hyd pump. I was told to build a hyd purification unit and as lite wt. as possible...

@Lee H Yes sir, filler wire was to big and even though i was at 75 amps (should have went to probably 90-100) it took longer to heat the two pieces up and melt the filler. I guess having a 1” thick, 8” round ingot of copper to help pull the heat worked to good, until everything was hot. Once the...

Started on this build late thur afternoon and finished up a lil after lunch yesterday. Still learning to tig, learning the machine and getting it dialed in. I used 1/8” on the bolt on base and 0.080” for the curved section and sides. I used a piece of 2 1/4” od stainless tubing, tack welded...

The bar stud holes would have to be upsized to fit the 880 14mm studs and either replace the bar sprocket with a .404 sprocket, or change the saw rim sprocket to a 3/8 pitch. Here is a note for the granberg bars, even though the linked bar is a forester, but the mount hole info is why im...

gotcha. will look that up too. i only searched the s/n via a s/n search engine, and it gave me a 2016 +/- a year. I purchased it in feb of 16 so I'm 99.99% its not a 2017 model, which is why I'm assuming late 15, early 16 for manufacture yr. it only took 2wks from order date to date they called...

@SimonHS thanks for the info. I will look around the saw when i get hm in a couple weeks.

I am chilled. What question were you asking? Your post had no question in it. It was a statement and opinion as why not fix a problem before it becomes a problem. The process for my thinking is, if there is a know issue with x part, and there is a fix/upgrade to prevent failure, then why not do...

Yes, im thinking of a fix for something that might or might not happen. is there something wrong with having some forethought (thinking ahead). In case you didnt see it the first time in my previous post, i’ll repeat it. I will run what i have, except for upgrading to the newer solenoid and a...

Im not hell bent on a manual carb, and after doing some research the past couple days, it seems the ported m-tronics work well for the application the guys are asking of it. But, i would still prefer to have a manual set on hand as a back up. I did notice though, i have the older black...