Jonsered 2159 - My Sons First Rebuild. She Lives!!!

[XP_Slinger]

Carb box floor removed.



A few fasteners later the tank is separated from the cases.



Lastly, he removed the piston.

 

[XP_Slinger]

Time for Austin to split a crank case for the first time. Sorry about the upright video, wasn’t thinking.

 

[XP_Slinger]

Time to press out the old bearings. I showed him how to set up the first one and he got them both done without crushing anything.



Next, I showed him how to carefully heat the inner race of the bearing then drop it onto the crank. He repeated exactly what I showed him and got the other bearing on the crank with no issues.

 

[XP_Slinger]

Here’s how she sits until we get the rest of the parts in the mail and the ones I ordered from my dealer.



Installed a new operator presence lever in the tank handle...mandatory. While we were working on the tank, he installed a new fuel line and filter. A new vent is one of the items on order.



Waiting on my kit to update this HDA-199. For those of you that may not know, the blue diaphragm tab visible in this pic tells me that this carb hasn’t been updated. In addition to updating the internals, I will also drill a hole in the fuel pump diaphragm cover to vent it.

 

[XP_Slinger]

Austin’s Saw has an aftermarket top end on it with no markings whatsoever. Check out the differences in port sizes and shapes compared to the OEM Mahle cylinder. I assume the saw ran “ok”, but I’m sure the OEM will run stronger.

No name transfers, tiny and shapes aren’t consistent


Mahle transfers



No name intake



Mahle intake



Exhaust, Mahle on the right.

 

[RIDE-RED 350r]

Wow! The differences are quite stark

 

[XP_Slinger]

Wow! The differences are quite stark

Yes they are. But, that no name cylinder is in decent shape and we could do some experimental grinding on it in the future. Maybe I’ll let Austin “port” it and see how it runs...lol!

 

[Stihlmar]

Very cool thread.

 

[David Young]

You would have to port it to get to stock. It may be ok on the tighter 357 bottom. Another problem is look at port location and how far the transfers are slanted toward the intake on oem.

Very cool to be doing a build with him.

It’s tough to let them do it and just watch

Keep the pics coming

 

[PA Dan]

My 14 year old son has been wanting to spend his money on a cell phone or other electronic device lately. That all changed when I let him run my 372 a week ago and he has since been asking me for a trip to the saw junk pile at our local dealer.

Playing the responsible dad I convinced him that a 357 or 359 would be a better Saw to learn with. Plenty of power and reasonably nimble as far as weight.

So we head to the “junk” pile and what do we find but this 99% complete 2159. It needs all the normal updates such as intake clamp and carb kit, but overall it’s a solid builder. Probably a better start than I’ve had on any saw I’ve brought back to life from that pile.

All parts are on order and I’ll get pics and update this thread as we go through it together, but he’ll be doing the work with me guiding him along the way.

He has already cleaned it up pretty good, we’ll be starting the tear down tomorrow evening.

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Introducing a 14 year old boy to redheads...[emoji38][emoji41]

 

[p61 western]

Introducing a 14 year old boy to redheads...[emoji38][emoji41]

He will be a pro by the time he's 16.

 

[p61 western]

OK all funny bs aside great thread, and great to see your son getting involved in saws. My youngest has recently bought and gone thru a Craftsman/ Roper 3.7.

 

[Lightning Performance]

You have no idea how jealous I am of all you guys who get to spend time with your sons and grandsons doing anything. The saw builds, toys and pig roasting must be quite a time for you two.

 

[XP_Slinger]

You have no idea how jealous I am of all you guys who get to spend time with your sons and grandsons doing anything. The saw builds, toys and pig roasting must be quite a time for you two.

You have no idea...LOL!

 

[XP_Slinger]

He will be a pro by the time he's 16.

He’s pretty close already, he’s always had a lot of mechanical talent. Now it’s teaching him how to put things back together carefully. Pretty proud of him

 

[p61 western]

He’s pretty close already, he’s always had a lot of mechanical talent. Now it’s teaching him how to put things back together carefully. Pretty proud of him

My youngest is 11, and needs more help on the put back together deal lol.

 

[Wonkydonkey]

Great thread,
enjoy all the time you can get, you’ve done the dad thing now it’s time for building good friendship of the future.

 

[XP_Slinger]

Great thread,
enjoy all the time you can get, you’ve done the dad thing now it’s time for building good friendship of the future.

Couldn’t have said it better.

 

[Wonkydonkey]

Yeh,

I wanted todo the same thing, but as my son lives with his mum, all of a sudden my son was 13 and not intrested in coming to see me. His mates were more important, he only saw me every 2wks so I was always on the losing side.
I cannot force him, I just let him know, “this is your choice”.
Yeh It sucks.. but if I push to hard, it will push him away

Maybe he will change his mind, but when, that’s a long wait to find out.

Cheers

 

[David Young]

Yeh,

I wanted todo the same thing, but as my son lives with his mum, all of a sudden my son was 13 and not intrested in coming to see me. His mates were more important, he only saw me every 2wks so I was always on the losing side.
I cannot force him, I just let him know, “this is your choice”.
Yeh It sucks.. but if I push to hard, it will push him away

Maybe he will change his mind, but when, that’s a long wait to find out.

Cheers

It’ll come and go be patient. I recommend if you give time up that you normally see them tell them they owe you a lunch date or visit.
Grab a burger go to the driving range batting cage or movies. Don’t make it a habit you don’t see each other.