On today's episode of "its definitely broken"!

[Canadian farm boy]

Damn..... That usually doesn't happen on those. Sorry for your loss those 9.9-15's were darn good motors.

I'll find you a long block if you want to resurrect it.


Steven

We actually just bought a 4 year old 15hp merc 4 stroke today.
Probably wouldn’t hurt to try and fix the old Johnson to have for a spare. The dead Johnson is a 1987 model, 15hp.
If you find a decent power head at a good price I’d likely be game for it. Thanks Steve.

 

[Frank bierce]

Here is another toasty pic...


These covers are melted to the 395 ‍

 

[jacob j.]

Here is another toasty pic...
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These covers are melted to the 395 ‍

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I can't like that at all.

 

[I saw a lot]

Here is another toasty pic...
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These covers are melted to the 395 ‍

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That stinks. Do you think there is anything to salvage from them?

 

[Redfin]

 

[Yukon Stihl]

That stinks. Do you think there is anything to salvage from them?

The engine blocks should still be usable,handles with new rubber should be good.

 

[Wilhelm]

One of the two locking mechanisms wasn't doing too well today.


Spring should be about 2" long, it broke in half about a year ago, now it broke in two more places.
On the first spring breakage we had no replacement at hand and just stretched half of the broken spring to twice its length.
Today we replaced the spring with a new one.


It is a mills Automatic Tool Changer (ATC) arm.

 

[HYPERSAWS]

Shaun fixed one he swears they used as a hammer

I know a guy who had a tree set back on his bar was pinched, got pissed off and took his axe to his saw.

 

[kneedeepinsaws]

Heres my 372 xtorq i ripped into tonight. Looks like base gasket failure. Surface wasnt clean enough or i didnt let the hondabond setup before installing. Look at all the dirt on the side walls of the crank case...
Cylinder came off with ease. Couldnt get this saw to run right, idle would jump 1000rpm to high or it would fall on its face. Was driving me nuts, i never have taken off a carb and boot soo many times thinking it was the problem

 

[HYPERSAWS]

Heres my 372 xtorq i ripped into tonight. Looks like base gasket failure. Surface wasnt clean enough or i didnt let the hondabond setup before installing. Look at all the dirt on the side walls of the crank case...
Cylinder came off with ease. Couldnt get this saw to run right, idle would jump 1000rpm to high or it would fall on its face. Was driving me nuts, i never have taken off a carb and boot soo many times thinking it was the problem
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Pressure vacuum test would have showed quickly

 

[kneedeepinsaws]

Pressure vacuum test would have showed quickly

Yes, it passed multiple times believe it or not a month prior to the serious running issues... i was having a hard time tuning it two weeks ago with the above described issues... between then and now maybe it failed? Maybe the base gasket was holding? Dirt got in there somehow. I should have done the test before i popped it tonight...

i have a new meteor OE piston/cyl on there not setting up. Ill be doing another pressure vacuum test tomorrow.

 

[Lightning Performance]

Damn..... That usually doesn't happen on those. Sorry for your loss those 9.9-15's were darn good motors.

I'll find you a long block if you want to resurrect it.


Steven

Or send me some of the parts for my 9.9. It's minty but needs a bigger carb.

 

[Lightning Performance]

That stinks. Do you think there is anything to salvage from them?

The 200T I will buy and any others he is willing to part with over 80cc.
If he needs a full wrap for the 395... Howard sent me a bent 394 full wrap that can be straightened. It's not too bad at all. I have another here to fix it and match them up.





Just let me know ifn you need one out there. Not much else I could do.

Wish I had the scratch for that mmws 88 for sale here :-(

 

[Bigmac]

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14 bolt gov loc

 

[Lightning Performance]

14 bolt gov loc

Was a ...

 

[Bigmac]

Was a ...

Not the first....won’t be the last! At least they brake locked up, so usually you can get home!

 

[angelo c]

Heres my 372 xtorq i ripped into tonight. Looks like base gasket failure. Surface wasnt clean enough or i didnt let the hondabond setup before installing. Look at all the dirt on the side walls of the crank case...
Cylinder came off with ease. Couldnt get this saw to run right, idle would jump 1000rpm to high or it would fall on its face. Was driving me nuts, i never have taken off a carb and boot soo many times thinking it was the problem
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I might be the "founding member" of the "I HATE HONDABOND" club...used yamabond for years then decided "everybody" says they're the same, so the Honda dealer is around the corner and the Yama dealer is down the street. Hondabond is poo. Stingy weak ass whiney crap. Brand new tube to the trash bin type crap

 

[P.M.P.]

I might be the "founding member" of the "I HATE HONDABOND" club...used yamabond for years then decided "everybody" says they're the same, so the Honda dealer is around the corner and the Yama dealer is down the street. Hondabond is poo. Stingy weak ass whiney crap. Brand new tube to the trash bin type crap

Crushing hondabonds been my HERO

 

[kneedeepinsaws]

I might be the "founding member" of the "I HATE HONDABOND" club...used yamabond for years then decided "everybody" says they're the same, so the Honda dealer is around the corner and the Yama dealer is down the street. Hondabond is poo. Stingy weak ass whiney crap. Brand new tube to the trash bin type crap

Damn, care to share your experiences? Clearly its let you down before.
I almost want to do a little project farm madness. Put multiple dots of it on some clean steel and wait for it to dry. Then attack it with gasoline, brake cleaner and carb cleaner and see how it holds up

 

[angelo c]

Damn, care to share your experiences? Clearly its let you down before.
I almost want to do a little project farm madness. Put multiple dots of it on some clean steel and wait for it to dry. Then attack it with gasoline, brake cleaner and carb cleaner and see how it holds up

I hasn't "failed" yet...
The stuff has the consistency of water and has some sort of a "tackifyer" that makes it stringy and impossible to "spread" without spider threading everywhere. *s-word gets over everything . Shirts- work desk -shoes -cranks spiderwebs everywhere. I'll send you mine if you want me to pull it out of the trash.