Recent content by hacskaroly

I was seeing the sparks and dry leaves in the middle of summer in California (summer season - February to end of November).

Beautiful looking saw!!

I wish the bike handle version was an option when I got mine!!

I believe this is so, similar to the 545 and the 550. The 550 has crank stuffers where the 545 does not. From what I understand that is the main difference between the 5 series ending with 5 and the ones that don't, the ones that end in 5 don't have the stuffers.

I bought a 271 with melted plastic surrounding the clutch, paid $50, put about another $100 in donor case and replacement for melted parts and even put a rim sprocket on it....well worth it for that price!! The most I have paid was $450 for my FS-91R brand new, the most I have paid for a...

I agree with the above statement by Stumpshot. Once you get the cylinder off, this will be really interesting to see, its possible here or even a little to the left out of view, you might have had some carbon that worked on grinding down this area, possibly causing the ring to stick some or...

I agree with you, looks like a Jedi went through there with a light saber willy-nilly slashing stuff.

It's hard to see, is that just oil on the back side (intake side) or are those scratches? Roll the piston up and we can get an idea of what's going on with it and its ring.

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Yup, that is a double wide compared to what I had!!! 🤣

With parts getting harder and harder to find for some saws, sometimes you just have to get creative!

I am not familiar with this saw, is this the screw and AV buffer in question from the IPL?

For what it is worth, I have a McCulloch 10-10 that ate half of its ring, busted it into several pieces and then pounded them into the upper portion of the cylinder. Will probably need someone with a lathe to work them down if I decide to use the cylinder again! Crazy that your decomp came...

I am willing to guess it has an air leak!! Looks cool, always neat to see things in a "how it works" setup.

Without pictures, but with your description, I would guess that there is scoring on the exhaust side with possible aluminum transfer onto the cylinder. During that process, it is likely some of the aluminum got smeared over the ring, preventing it from fully engaging the side. I would agree with...