Modding a 357

[P.M.P.]

Drilled a hole in tank just inside beyond the vent

 

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[Ironworker]

Squish was the same on my 357 minus the gasket.

 

[Jughead]

just deleted the gasket and installed a new meteor in mine.got .021 i swear it melts thru locust like theres nothing there when noodling.still have a long way to go on break in.i've only ran 1 tank through it.next up will be a 346ne bottom with a oe cylinder.

 

[Jughead]

 

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[P.M.P.]

I just oredered some carbide double cut burrs for widening the ports a little.

 

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Thats a nice one

 

[Jughead]

Thats a nice one

decent.was building to resell but it had a little corrosion damage in the very bottom of the crankcase.must have been ran on ethanol.the bearings were super crusty.
later in the spring i may try some porting or take it down to see what rattler can do.

 

[P.M.P.]

decent.was building to resell but it had a little corrosion damage in the very bottom of the crankcase.must have been ran on ethanol.the bearings were super crusty.
later in the spring i may try some porting or take it down to see what rattler can do.

The one I have the dealer that sold it to me(off craigs list) said was the same way the used the bottom end out of one and the topend from another.

 

[Jughead]

i have another 359.can't remember why its on the shelf.it was a complete tear down too.i think i shelved it to modify the muffler shown.may tear it back down to ad crank stuffers to it.
this makes the third 359 i have done and im really liking how easy they are to build.i'm slow but from bearing install to finish i think i have 3hrs in it.not counting tear down and clean up which was 1 1/2 hrs.

 

[cus_deluxe]

seems like all 3-series saws are pretty easy to work on, even the clamshells. recently gave two 345's new intake clamp/partition/flange, and while its a bummer to have to tear them down COMPLETELY, its pretty easy to do so.

 

[mdavlee]

I need to get busy on the mandrel. I got a 357 sitting here myself.

 

[cgraham1]

*f-word I wish they'd fix this pic size issue. It's really annoying to not be able to see anything.

 

[cgraham1]

357xp is one of my favorites. I have a ported one and it's a real good runner.

 

[P.M.P.]

I just wanted to say everything Iam doing to this is from what others have shared without them sharing I WOULD NO NOTHING.
Its looking like wendsday till bits come in. Need tomake a smaller mandrel found some 180 emerycloth. We have been getting pounded with snow which I like

 

[sunfish]

This is a 359 that got a new oem 357 top-end a while back. Not ported yet, but will be. Have another 359 in a box for the same treatment.

 

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[P.M.P.]

I got the jug back on last night used some Hondabond 4 that I had.Got it all put together and plugged the decomp.