Redneck Chainsaw Repairs

[Saw_Squatch]

I figure the total combined years of experience with chainsaws and chainsaw repairs on this site has to be an astronomical number so I I'm curious about this and have to ask. What are the craziest most unorthodox saw setups and repairs you guys have seen out there? Anything from facepalm inducing acts of stupidity, to white trash engineering marvels and beyond, what kind of stories can you tell?

 

[oldbitz]

Old fella who used to do the fencing on the property I use to live and work on (R.I.P Billy) was a right old tight arse and didn't believe in buying new gear unless he really had to. He used to sit and weld the rails on his saw with hard facing rods then grind them to keep them going.

 

[qurotro]

The carburetor diaphragm swell a bit and won't push the needle enough, someone put a piece of cardboard behind it to "help" the carb get enough fuel.

The other one is someone really wants a stihl bar on huskys

 

[furb]

Wood av mounts on a 365 special

 

[P.M.P.]

Wood av mounts on a 365 special

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Fabulous reminds me of the clutch cover I riveted with a some copper to keep it together.

 

[CJ Brown]

I just repaired a Husqky 365 with roof flashing holding the fuel tank and clutch cover together, and assembled with #12 wood screws lol.

 

[P.M.P.]

I just repaired a Husqky 365 with roof flashing holding the fuel tank and clutch cover together, and assembled with #12 wood screws lol.

That's pretty cool butt it will never be Freddy Flintstone cool

 

[Saw_Squatch]

That's pretty cool butt it will never be Freddy Flintstone cool
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Not chainsaw related but neither is this so it works lol

 

[Cut4fun]

Have had a thread like this for years. I save the good and bad ones I have seen posted there.

I will dig some up.

This one was posted recently.

 

[furb]

Can we do cars? My wife’s element can stock with a 51R. They don’t like to start in cold weather with the little battery. I bought the highest cca battery to fit in the hole and ended up with the terminals backwards. Half an F150 control arm, cable from a junk car and a trip to the hardware store got it together. Good enough for who it is, should say jms on it.

 

[P.M.P.]

Can we do cars? My wife’s element can stock with a 51R. They don’t like to start in cold weather with the little battery. I bought the highest cca battery to fit in the hole and ended up with the terminals backwards. Half an F150 control arm, cable from a junk car and a trip to the hardware store got it together. Good enough for who it is, should say jms on it.

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I don't see why not I already fugged the thread with that pic of mewheeliebarrow.

 

[Saw_Squatch]

Can we do cars? My wife’s element can stock with a 51R. They don’t like to start in cold weather with the little battery. I bought the highest cca battery to fit in the hole and ended up with the terminals backwards. Half an F150 control arm, cable from a junk car and a trip to the hardware store got it together. Good enough for who it is, should say jms on it.

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Yeah I already posted a car one myself, might as well

 

[furb]

I got a mini Mac with a mr clean oil cap. I’d get a pic but it’s raining and dark. I’ll get is tomorrow.

 

[P.M.P.]

6ft of ironwood makes a great handle

 

[furb]

 

[Cut4fun]

Dont want to overload it here. So little by little will pull them from old thread.

 

[Cut4fun]

One I did on envoy that has been holding for years on power steering metal part of line. Was like $300 parts or with labor $500. I thought hmmmmm. Time for a redneck fix.

 

[CJ Brown]

Lots and lots of redneck fixes in the rust belt.

 

[Woodpecker]

6ft of ironwood makes a great dent puller
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Fix'd for gooder ackeracy

 

[furb]

One I did on envoy that has been holding for years on power steering metal part of line. Was like $300 parts or with labor $500. I thought hmmmmm. Time for a redneck fix.

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I broke hard fuel lines on my 97 K2500 and run hose to the metal line ends. Not nearly as nice as the envoy fix.