Things that come into your shop andmake you go "WTF???!!"

[RIDE-RED 350r]

I know alot of you guys have full-on shops and probably have a million "WTF" stories about things that have come through your doors. Well, I don't have a bonafide shop but I have been repairing saws for a local tree service company and a relative here and there.

Well, the tree service gave me a little 338XPT and told me it runs like crap. So yesterday I had a look and sure enough, it runs like crap. I decided it would be prudent to pull the carb for disassembly, cleaning and inspection. So I went to going about that little task and there it was... or I should say WASN'T... No air filter! LOL! And of course the air filter base was caked with debris, wood chips and saw dust... Gee, I wonder why it runs like crap! LOL!

So after servicing the carb and getting it back together, it runs like a watch.. Picking up a new air filter for it tomorrow...

 

[Mark71gtx]

The guy who I fix saws for brought me 5 026's in saying they either will not start, or are down on power. 3 out of 5 were missing the air filter covers. The filters were caked with weeks of sawdust and grime...

 

[stihl saws]

The guy who took his mower blade off and sharpened it, then put it on upside down is my favorite. It was beating the grass into submission with the round side.

 

[stihl saws]

I'm also amazed by the number of people who can't put line on a trimmer correctly.

 

[jmssaws]

I'm also amazed by the number of people who can't put line on a trimmer correctly.

I use to work on trimmers but now I'm saws only. I hate them with all I have

 

[Milkman31]

I use to work on trimmers but now I'm saws only. I hate them with all I have

Same here! I can't stand to work on trimmers.

 

[jmssaws]

Same here! I can't stand to work on trimmers.

I don't period.
I can't take the smell of stale Gass anymore.

 

[Warped5]

The tree sevice guy that gave me an MS391 with 'no compression' on the tag.

So he ran it so long, the chain wore through the rim and the drivers destroyed the splines on the drum.

There was also so much heat from him running a dull chain for so long that the seal started leaking and the cylinder scored.

Oops .... forgot to mention that the crank end was neon blue.

 

[jmssaws]

I've seen 660's with every peice of plastic melted off even the plastic on the oil pump from dull chains.

 

[RIDE-RED 350r]

Neon blue cranks are perty!

 

[czar800]

Oops .... forgot to mention that the crank end was neon blue.

I've seen bars almost completely neon blue!! A guy I work with took the co. Chainsaw and was trying to cut asphalt like a cut off saw!!!!

 

[stihl saws]

Don't get me started on the saws and trimmers that were simply flooded out from no one taking the choke off. Yeah, that smokes a lot when you get it fired.

 

[angelo c]

I got a ms460 that was so caked with sawdust that the kill switch springs would not make contact...forget about the air filter.

 

[tickbitintn]

Premixed diesel was one of my favorites so far...
I also like spur sprockets that are cut into two from wearing clean through....

 

[redtractor]

I had a mower come in that had the flat air filter replaced with some sort of a fiberglass mat that was so dense, air couldn't pass through it. I guess it also means that no dirty air would get past it.

 

[redtractor]

Premixed diesel was one of my favorites so far....

Come to think about it, diesel should be oily enough. Go ahead! Pour it straight in!

 

[RIDE-RED 350r]

Come to think about it, diesel should be oily enough. Go ahead! Pour it straight in!

Must have one hell of a pop-up piston and almost no squish clearance in that saw to be able to run diesel! LOL!

 

[tickbitintn]

bottom end was clean for sure... was flooded pretty bad after he had tugged on it for 20 min on full choke...

 

[redtractor]

Must have one hell of a pop-up piston and almost no squish clearance in that saw to be able to run diesel! LOL!

Had a z-turn with 2 fuel tanks come in with complaint of smoke. Yeah, started and got it up to temp on the tank of gas. Still ran after switching to tank that had diesel. not well, but ran.

My favorite part of these kind of stories is that it was always the wife/kids/neighbor. "Of course sir. Its your story and your sticking to it."

 

[Deets066]

Carb adjustment screws........