CrystalRiver1
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Hey Studs,
When you inherit a saw with a toasted piston and or scored up cylinder how do you determine what caused the damage?
I know many folks say stuff like this, "loaned to Wilbur and he straight gassed it---it was running super lean, or bad air leak...etc, etc."
Yet, if you have no such report...what methods/troubleshooting do use to walk down what caused the damage? My finances are not like Ft. Knox, and if I can save some dough by DIY...I will!
Perhaps I've been postponing the inevitable by NEVER doing a project saw...
I see some excellent DIY rebuild video's on YouTube...BUT these cats already know what killed the saws!!!
Here are pics of my toasted 026 and all I can tell you is this:
Bought it and it ran like a psycho ape for about 10 minutes, noticed it had an extra dull chain, shut it off---let it sit for about 7 months, put fuel/mix in it...it would pop---never fire up---checked the spark-plug and it extra black and the new plug was the exact fit via the Stihl manual, yet was loose as a goose...wire coming from plug was raggedy as a wino's mouth!!
Kept popping, but never fired up....took to the local Stihl shop---$35 later---Burnt piston!
Here are ze pics of great sorrow and horror!
I open to any & all feedback.
When you inherit a saw with a toasted piston and or scored up cylinder how do you determine what caused the damage?
I know many folks say stuff like this, "loaned to Wilbur and he straight gassed it---it was running super lean, or bad air leak...etc, etc."
Yet, if you have no such report...what methods/troubleshooting do use to walk down what caused the damage? My finances are not like Ft. Knox, and if I can save some dough by DIY...I will!
Perhaps I've been postponing the inevitable by NEVER doing a project saw...
I see some excellent DIY rebuild video's on YouTube...BUT these cats already know what killed the saws!!!
Here are pics of my toasted 026 and all I can tell you is this:
Bought it and it ran like a psycho ape for about 10 minutes, noticed it had an extra dull chain, shut it off---let it sit for about 7 months, put fuel/mix in it...it would pop---never fire up---checked the spark-plug and it extra black and the new plug was the exact fit via the Stihl manual, yet was loose as a goose...wire coming from plug was raggedy as a wino's mouth!!
Kept popping, but never fired up....took to the local Stihl shop---$35 later---Burnt piston!
Here are ze pics of great sorrow and horror!
I open to any & all feedback.
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