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Bilge Rat

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A neighbor brought over a straight gassed Stihl 290 and a Farmer tec replacement motor.
Had to seal the motor 3 times to get it right. Clamshells are a PIA
Still had a very small vac leak around the impulse fitting. It was well inside the leakdown spec in the Stihl manual.
Used some locktite bushing cement/locker on it. It is very thin so i pulled a drop in around the fitting with a little vacuum.
That stopped the leak.

The 390 replacement motor cranks and runs fine but is noisey at idle. Piston slap or something.
Has 4 tanks thru it and getting stronger. Noodled some rounds with a 20" bar buried.

It is a fairly strong little motor. The owner, a lawn guy is happy.
If it lasts a year he will make enough money with it to buy a real saw according to him.

Now i am trying to figure out the dang safety switches/ current or ground flow on a JD riding mower.
I still like my 30+ yr. old snapper with a 17 hp. motor on it. A real poor mans bush hog.
 

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Easy there,lol. I tried to get all the parts I ordered in but they won't arrive till tomorrow, so it is going to have to wait a few days, I am very eager to get it finished my self, I hope to have it mostly done by this weekend, I think I have a few pieces to order yet, but I ordered so many parts I can't remember honestly. I was expecting it to take more then 3 days to get the parts powdercoated, @Glock37
 

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272 cutoff saw sucking dust past air filter.
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Strange that piston appears to be in very good condition.
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