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[rogue60]

Pics of the weird MS 880 muffler and set up. Two clips held in place with a steel spring clip! Muffler looks to be one piece, thick, cast aluminum.

That's the correct muffler for early ms880 about the only difference to 088 with the early ms880 was it had flippy caps.
The early ms880 as you have there is a strong running saw out of the box unlike the later down on power ms880 with steel muffler.

 

[justoldsaws]

Got this old Lombard L50 running today, it had sat in the back of my collection for 13yrs, carb diaphragm was the hardest ivd seen, soaked in brake fluid for 6 days, thorough carb clean and got it running. Very loud machine.

 

[MustangMike]

That's the correct muffler for early ms880 about the only difference to 088 with the early ms880 was it had flippy caps.
The early ms880 as you have there is a strong running saw out of the box unlike the later down on power ms880 with steel muffler.

Thanks for that info, good to know.

 

[rogue60]

Thanks for that info, good to know.

Yeah early ms880 still has the bigger intake and carb and the good coil all the same as 088 so no need for any mods to any of that just cut the limiters so you can tune it better.
It will respond well to opening up the pee hole for an exhaust outlet just open it up staying under the deflector go to big out past the stock deflector and it WILL melt the chain brake handle.

 

[MustangMike]

Thanks again for that. This 880 muffler is different than anything I've seen before.

Still waiting on the owner to make a decision on what he wants to do, I think he has been very busy will all the storm damage around here.

 

[Canadian farm boy]

Can I ask, why do you like porting the 572’s?

Easy to work on, fairly easy to port, pretty simple muffler to modify. Plus they make nice gains when ported.

 

[WillG]

357XP for a new stop switch harness. Good thing I opened it up as I found the intake clamp off and creating a massive air leak. Tried getting the clamp back on but no dice. IIRC it was a PITA to get on as I deformed it a little bit. New clamp on the way.

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[RI Chevy]

Damn Hooskies... Hehehe

 

[M2theB]

357XP for a new stop switch harness. Good thing I opened it up as I found the intake clamp off and creating a massive air leak. Tried getting the clamp back on but no dice. IIRC it was a PITA to get on as I deformed it a little bit. New clamp on the way.

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i haven’t discovered a consistent way to get those to clamp first try. They a pre a PIA. I don’t think the latches are stamped consistently from one to another.

 

[huskihl]

i haven’t discovered a consistent way to get those to clamp first try. They a pre a PIA. I don’t think the latches are stamped consistently from one to another.

Like a Timex

 

[RI Chevy]

Could always use a black plastic wire tie like the factory did on some of their saws...[emoji2957]

 

[decableguy2000]

357XP for a new stop switch harness. Good thing I opened it up as I found the intake clamp off and creating a massive air leak. Tried getting the clamp back on but no dice. IIRC it was a PITA to get on as I deformed it a little bit. New clamp on the way.

I gave up on those clamps, I'm using the intake clamp from a 372xt or 385xp

 

[M2theB]

Like a Timex

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what’s that and where do they come from? I’ve seen similar but not with the two square nut locks and the barrel in between

 

[WillG]

Ordered one to try.

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[ayoungtexan]

A Husqvarna 350 getting a new carb

 

[a. palmer jr.]

Been awhile since I tore apart a Poulan 306A but this time it appears that decent parts are getting a little more scarce and somewhat pricier. Not my saw but I'm sure the owner doesn't want to pay $25 for an air filter...It's gonna need several things done to it which might make it more than the saw is worth...

 

[huskihl]

what’s that and where do they come from? I’ve seen similar but not with the two square nut locks and the barrel in between

That might be a stihl clamp. 395 if you only snip the plastic lock tabs off. 372xp if you snip more than that off.

 

[drf256]

Working on a 361C to standard conversion. Ported, 044 carb.

 

[drf256]

Powder Mike did a great job at matching Stihl’s color.

 

[Wilhelm]

I am messing with Li-Ion laptop battery packs, already dismantled and partially separated for inspection and testing in the below picture.


The goal is repurposing healthy cells, not rebuilding the laptop battery pack.
The green cells are Samsung 2200mAh and the red cells are Sanyo 2400mAh.
The cells are 18650 size.

Initial assessment after battery pack breakdown, one dead green cell, three dead red cells.