Recent content by Diesel Freak

Most surprising and best was probably a 064 I owned for a while. It was surprising because the only 80cc+ saw I had to compare it to was my PM800. It was like a Ferrari vs a Fiero! Honorable mention for surprising would be Poulan 8500 and 3700. Never woulda known Poulan once made respectable...

Being that I live in Michigan and do a fair amount of buy/sell/trade I'd be interested to know who the Michigander is that I should steer clear of.

Sale pending..

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Completely original, homeowner use only. When I was cleaning it, i found the insulation around the ignition wires to the switch was a bit detiorated. I cut back 3 or 4 inches and crimped on new connectors. It had not been affecting the saws performance at all but I just wanted full...

Has anyone ever tried welding up scoring on a piston and tried machining it? I know the material is pretty thin for the amount of heat saturation but maybe it's another option? Joseph

I finally got around to running it last weekend and here are my thoughts.. 1. Seemed very lackluster for the first tank. Was not impressed. Realized it was running a hair too rich. 2. By the end of the second tank it stated to really wake up. Tweaked the carb a little more. 3. Whoa...

McCulloch PM700, just listen to it and you'll understand.. -Joseph

I let y'all down. The weather was junk yesterday and I was pressed for time. Also, it turns out that the crank bearings are junk so I don't really have anything positive to report other than I finally fixed a crank seal (thanks Genius) on an 026 that I've never run... I see why so many like...

Huh... That's a novel idea. I'll see what I can do. Joseph

Is there a different way to run it? :beer-toast1: Joseph

Being that I mix a couple gallons at a time, I was planning to run it a little fat instead of actually mixing it fatter for the extra oiling. That way I don't have 2 gallons of 32:1 to share with all my other saws. Joseph

Thanks fellas! I wasn't sure if it had to be babied or not. I'll give that a try. Joseph

Hey guys, I just rebuilt my first top end. Swapped a 55 p&c on a worn 51 husky and am getting ready to go run it so I thought I would take the opportunity to see what I'm supposed to do to break it in? Thanks! Joseph

I didn't want to.. Joseph