Tales from the bench

[Poleman]

Hope you had safety glasses on!!! Those springs are brutal that’s for sure,
I find that lineman pliers (Klein’s) are too big to get the end over the Post. I use a good pair of needle nose and a medium flat screw driver. Have a pair of brake pliers some where that I use to use.

 

[Matt M.]

Hope you had safety glasses on!!! Those springs are brutal that’s for sure,
I find that lineman pliers (Klein’s) are too big to get the end over the Post. I use a good pair of needle nose and a medium flat screw driver. Have a pair of brake pliers some where that I use to use.

Safety glasses, what are those? Lol
And I was using Klein's! However, my Snap ons I have home have much better teeth. Probably would not have slipped with those...lol

 

[beaglebriar]

View attachment 101747 I swear.....there are people who shouldn’t own a saw....View attachment 101745View attachment 101746Last time it was used was 2010....he thinks. Never cleaned the filter. It’s like wrappedin paper from the fines being wet and drying......fuel tank looks like it has crude oil in it and as bout as thick.....gotta call him if it’s gunna be over $20......

Oh ya....it’s a non decomp 044, 12mm....

Lol I wouldn't even touch a saw for 20 bucks.

 

[Onan18]

Lol I wouldn't even touch a saw for 20 bucks.

$20.00 is $20.00

@T.Roller

 

[stihl livin]

Lol I wouldn't even touch a saw for 20 bucks.

20 bucks is 20 bucks

 

[T.Roller]

$20.00 is $20.00

@T.Roller

He's right

 

[67L36Driver]

Tales from the bench... so I was working on my MS460. Re installing the big brake spring... using linemans pliers to grab and push to get the hook end caught hunkered over the saw... needless to say pliers slipped and boink, right into the forehead! And my thumb caught the saw somewhere! The forehead was deep, ripped my thumb wide open, was a bloody mess and had a headache afterwards...lol lesson learned, never slip on this again...lol
The scar like over a month later. Good I didn't hit me eyeball!

I use a length of 5/16” steel fuel line with one end cut on a 45 deg angle. Works on all the creamsicle brake springs. [emoji108]

Polish & oil the surface so the spring slides easier.[emoji6]

 

[Dub11]

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More work waiting...
2-Stihl 390’s bearings and???
Stihl 026????? Bearings
575-bearings and ????
Jonsred 2071- bearings and???
Johns Red 2077 not shown- bearings and???

These are a Dealers saws.... if you cant bolt it on they don’t do it. They don’t split cases....just say it’s shot and buy it for a song and I get them to fix so they can resell them. They furnish most of the part other than the Stihl’s I buy but their getting greedy and wanting a kickback on parts I buy and put in a saw....the relationship may soon end if they continue...

Wait kick back on the parts you buy? How the *f-word does that work?

Sorry but I must be reading something wrong or not getting it cause it sounds like someone needs an ass kicking for a kick back.

 

[Philbert]

Great thread. Now I don't feel so bad about being OCD on my saws!

I can only really contribute chain stuff from my A.S thread. These are some of my favorites (not counting the chain held together with a POP rivet!):





Philbert

 

[Poleman]

Dub, your right been hosed on two high dollar jobs....now I tell them they supply ALL the parts on high dollar jobs like they were. Theyhim haw about that because they don’t have sources and internet illiterate.

 

[Poleman]

I quit ordering part through them also to help them get a better rate and paid price + 15 %.... they snuck that one in on me once....

 

[Onan18]

It's officially mowing season in Georgia. Hey @Spike60 beat this one!

 

[Adirondackstihl]

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It's officially mowing season in Georgia. Hey @Spike60 beat this one!

Looks fine to me

 

[USMC615]

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It's officially mowing season in Georgia. Hey @Spike60 beat this one!

I see nothing wrong here...! WTF!

 

[Onan18]

Looks fine to me

You should see the tablespoon of sludge that I drained out of the crankcase, I will be impressed if it doesn't break the rod five seconds after startup.

 

[67L36Driver]

Refill the crankcase with ATF. Run it 25-20 minutes and drain. All manner of sludge will be removed.

It will kill it or cure it.[emoji6]

 

[Lone Wolf]

Refill the crankcase with ATF. Run it 25-20 minutes and drain. All manner of sludge will be removed.

It will kill it or cure it.[emoji6]

I'm not liking the kill it part! You do this a lot?

 

[Onan18]

I'm not liking the kill it part! You do this a lot?

I had a customer one time that brought in a push edger with a broken blade arm, part was NLA. Called him and told him I had to dis-assemble, V-Grind, weld it, dress down, paint it, and re-assemble with a new belt and blade. Gave him an estimate of $150.00 and he approved it. When he came to pick it up he started raising cain saying that we had told him it was only going to cost $35.00 (our minimum estimate fee). I showed him the notes where I called him and he approved it but he said I was lying and that he had never approved anything more than the $35.00 estimate fee. Finally the manager agreed to let him have it for $35.00 which covered the belt and blade but no labor. "Somehow" before his edger got loaded a can of valve grinding compound was spilled, and most of it went into the crankcase of that edger.

 

[Lone Wolf]

I had a customer one time that brought in a push edger with a broken blade arm, part was NLA. Called him and told him I had to dis-assemble, V-Grind, weld it, dress down, paint it, and re-assemble with a new belt and blade. Gave him an estimate of $150.00 and he approved it. When he came to pick it up he started raising cain saying that we had told him it was only going to cost $35.00 (our minimum estimate fee). I showed him the notes where I called him and he approved it but he said I was lying and that he had never approved anything more than the $35.00 estimate fee. Finally the manager agreed to let him have it for $35.00 which covere the belt and blade but no labor. "Somehow" before his edger got loaded a can of valve grinding compound was spilled, and most of it went into the crankcase of that edger.

 

[67L36Driver]

I'm not liking the kill it part! You do this a lot?

Do it on lawnmowers I get from garage sales. Mostly have never had the oil changed. (Or, even checked/added for that matter.)
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