What's on your bench?

[rattler]

 

[rattler]

Been using them for 25 years.

 

[usmcbuckwild]

So i finally admitted defeat on that TS800 and moved on to the two TS420 saws.



Can’t see why it doesn’t have any compression.

 

[Dub11]

So i finally admitted defeat on that TS800 and moved on to the two TS420 saws.

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Can’t see why it doesn’t have any compression.

Well somebody got their money's worth out of that 420.

So what happens to the 800 now?

 

[ranchdadmike]

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She’s almost as nice on the outside as she is on the inside..what a great saw Mike! I’m just a little excited for that one.

 

[Tor R]

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she look great buddy!!!

 

[rattler]

Thank you much Tor.

 

[rattler]

She’s almost as nice on the outside as she is on the inside..what a great saw Mike! I’m just a little excited for that one.

I don't blame you a bit Mike that's a very Nice saw.

 

[ranchdadmike]

I don't blame you a bit Mike that's a very Nice saw.

And you made it nicer-er. Thank you sir

 

[rattler]

And you made it nicer-er. Thank you sir

Welcome brother

 

[usmcbuckwild]

Well somebody got their money's worth out of that 420.

So what happens to the 800 now?

That 420 was a 2017 saw! Looks like it hung a lower ring and snapped the land, destroying the upper ring and top of piston. Cyl might actually be salvageable; too bad the rod rocks back and forth on the crank like a bassinet.

I bit the bullet and ordered a new piston and rings for the 800. Only thing i haven’t swapped out yet! Traded out carb, coil, everything in between! My gauge says it pulled 168ish for compression but i’m not sure if its accurate or not.

 

[usmcbuckwild]

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Sure is pretty

 

[Dub11]

That 420 was a 2017 saw! Looks like it hung a lower ring and snapped the land, destroying the upper ring and top of piston. Cyl might actually be salvageable; too bad the rod rocks back and forth on the crank like a bassinet.

I bit the bullet and ordered a new piston and rings for the 800. Only thing i haven’t swapped out yet! Traded out carb, coil, everything in between! My gauge says it pulled 168ish for compression but i’m not sure if its accurate or not.

I guess it didnt have an AF? 100:1 mix?

Did you try the gauge on a running saw?

 

[rattler]

Sure is pretty

Thank you Buck.

 

[usmcbuckwild]

I guess it didnt have an AF? 100:1 mix?

Did you try the gauge on a running saw?

It held over 4lbs vacuum for almost an hour with a brandy-new MityVac, so I am confident there is no airleaks. I tried the compression tester on the 026 Doc molested and it said it had 90psi (I know THAT ain’t right) so I don’t trust it.

 

[Dub11]

It held over 4lbs vacuum for almost an hour with a brandy-new MityVac, so I am confident there is no airleaks. I tried the compression tester on the 026 Doc molested and it said it had 90psi (I know THAT ain’t right) so I don’t trust it.

Well then you might just have it beat with a new piston and rings then.

 

[Onan18]

That 420 was a 2017 saw! Looks like it hung a lower ring and snapped the land, destroying the upper ring and top of piston. Cyl might actually be salvageable; too bad the rod rocks back and forth on the crank like a bassinet.

I bit the bullet and ordered a new piston and rings for the 800. Only thing i haven’t swapped out yet! Traded out carb, coil, everything in between! My gauge says it pulled 168ish for compression but i’m not sure if its accurate or not.

I guess it didnt have an AF? 100:1 mix?

Did you try the gauge on a running saw?

I have had several contractors tell me that if a concrete saw lasts more than six months it is a very good one.

 

[Dub11]

I have had several contractors tell me that if a concrete saw lasts more than six months it is a very good one.

That sounds like an excuse to avoid maintenance lol

 

[usmcbuckwild]

Well then you might just have it beat with a new piston and rings then.

If not, then I’m handing it over. The last thing I want to do is start throwing good money (in parts) at a problem. I have a lot of pride and confidence in my work and abilities; but at some point you have to walk away. I told him right from the start that if I couldn’t get it fixed I wouldn’t charge him (basically the same I tell everyone when i work on something for them), at this point I am so far under on it there is no point in delaying the inevitable. I don’t like it, but it is reality.

Ya win some, ya lose some. It is what it is.

 

[Roadfxr]

I have had several contractors tell me that if a concrete saw lasts more than six months it is a very good one.

If we got a year out of them where I used to work. It was considered a very good saw/miracle. There was very few miracles...