What's on your bench?

[Ketchup]

Yeah, I’d sooner get a 2100 than a 390 for sure!

Depends what you’re doing. But both is the best strategy.

 

[Partner]

Interesting story there was no carburetor so I ordered it, they sent me a carburetor for a 40cc engine and this one has a 30cc engine and as a result the H screw is completely closed and the L screw has only half a turn. There was no filter cover either, so I put something on / Efco 8300

 

[Motorka]

Muffler mod, timing advanced....

 

[Partner]

It turns too well on this carburetor anyway additional modifications will make this vintage Ferrari fall apart

 

[jacktheripper]

The 288 is mostly together and it is running. I’m still waiting on the new top cover, filter elbow, muffler, and trigger.

 

[jacktheripper]

As promised, I snagged these 254 and 394 carcasses, plus a 372 cylinder and carb, for $100 from a local saw shop. The 394 has a full wrap.



They gave me this 066 too and told me to fix it and send them half of the profit when it sells.

 

[Shane¹]

As promised, I snagged these 254 and 394 carcasses, plus a 372 cylinder and carb, for $100 from a local saw shop. The 394 has a full wrap.

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They gave me this 066 too and told me to fix it and send them half of the profit when it sells.

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I have some miscellaneous 394 parts kicking around when you get to that one

 

[jacktheripper]

I have some miscellaneous 394 parts kicking around when you get to that one

Awesome. Thanks!

 

[farminkarman]

As promised, I snagged these 254 and 394 carcasses, plus a 372 cylinder and carb, for $100 from a local saw shop. The 394 has a full wrap.

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They gave me this 066 too and told me to fix it and send them half of the profit when it sells.

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I like those flat-top 066's....also the 064's for that matter.

 

[jacktheripper]

I like those flat-top 066's....also the 064's for that matter.

Yep. How are the flat tops with the decomp cylinder, performance-wise?

 

[farminkarman]

Yep. How are the flat tops with the decomp cylinder, performance-wise?

I've never run a stock one, so I can't speak to that. I mostly like the look of them...always have thought the later 066's and 660 look weird.

 

[jacktheripper]

Well the 394 carcass cleaned up. Popped the cylinder and found some very light carbon scoring. New piston and scuff up should do the trick. This KS cylinder has the crappiest shaped lower transfer that I’ve ever seen. Looks factory.

 

[Tor R]

I've had a coil defective 560 on my desk this weekend, one I sold a couple of weeks ago, messed up a bit with a new coil, saved myself with a 2014 coil & carb.
18" bar, 3/4 wrap xpg, dang nice balance! But it left me to make room for the 564 xpg, which is scheduled for delivery 1st November.

 

[jacktheripper]

Got the top cover in the for 288. Had to helicoil a hole on the case for it.

 

[jacktheripper]

The flat top turned out to be a stunner. Truly a beautiful saw underneath all the grime. Turns out that the issue with the saw that the saw shop couldn’t figure out was that the cylinder base bolts were loose. Massive air leak. I resealed and torqued it and it’s all good.

 

[Partner]

It's an expensive repair the profit will be small

 

[Partner]

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My exhaust is clean, but maybe the side channels are clogged in the Kawasaki

 

[Partner]

I don't see a flaw here someone scraped the carbon exhaust window and I scraped the combustion chamber and piston bottom. The mixture charge also passes through the crankshaft bearings. All that remains is to unscrew the side covers of the cylinder. And the piston itself is charred only on one side, on the coil side

 

[heimannm]

Mark

 

[Tor R]

The flat top turned out to be a stunner. Truly a beautiful saw underneath all the grime. Turns out that the issue with the saw that the saw shop couldn’t figure out was that the cylinder base bolts were loose. Massive air leak. I resealed and torqued it and it’s all good.
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It came out really well, we all love it when a service company completely fails in their diagnosis.
Not my type of chainsaw, obviously, but you might want to consider keeping this one, looks low hour saw.