Recent content by old guy

Hey, go for it, I need as much learnin as anybody!

Found the oil leak, it seems somewhere back in time someone put the long screws in the bottom of the handle mount, one of em punched the oil tank.:mad: Got the first coat of JB weld on it.

I have been using this saw for a couple of days now in red oak, 20'' bar, new dukes chain, it is an animal. My stock 372 has gone into hideing. Thanks for all the input Guys, couldn't have done it without Ya.

Thanks DRF256, I already have the 395 decomp in it & it only pops when it fires That thin gasket is a bit too much for me tho. Thanks for the info about the coil. I agree with you on decomps also.

I put this thing into some hard 20'' red oak today, 24'' bar, I may run it as is for a while, it is a strong engine. However it is pouring bar oil out the bottom with the screw turned all the way in & the idle needs adjusting.

Says rite on some I get, (void after 90 days)

Thanks for the reply, I will have to take it down again & put the wheel on it, it sounds pretty nasty the way it is.

A few years ago I aquired an 044 stihl, even with a D handle this became unstartable for my 84 year old carcass. So I bought a new stihl oem 046 cyl. & piston with a decomp button (made in Brazil). I made a thinner base gasket which gave me a squish of .018, well, I can't start that either, so...

Guess I'll keep dressing the wheels I have, I do have a $100 cbn on one of my round grinders.

price?

Neither, I square grind em.

Here's another John really likeing Duke's chain

I got some 20'' 3/8 blue Dukes chain & put one on 359 I just ported, now this saw has gobs of torque and that chain took full advantage of it, I was ripping some large red oak chunks & that combo just put a big smile on my face. Dukes chain is some good stuff.

Yeah, I got a couple of them too, they are light & a joy to run.

Yeah, I did the ignition too I moved it one fin on the flywheel. I was amazed at the torque, chain was pretty good, 20'' bar in 12'' white oak and I had to pull pretty hard to slow it down. Funny thing, it sat in the pole shed for probably 18 months and when I pulled the muffler it was filled...