What's on your bench?

[Partner]

If it was a chainsaw, my gonads would be slapping the back of my knees.

There are chainsaws with such an engine

 

[59billy]

There are chainsaws with such an engine

Anything bigger than a Harley V-Twin is just silly.

 

[heimannm]

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[heimannm]

 

[Shane¹]

Going to be a heated handle dolmar 7900 with a solo stroker crank. Putting it together with a 6400 cylinder for now before I wreck a 7900 cylinder.

Need to cut a little more out of the band still too tight even with 2 gaskets

 

[Hinerman]

 

[Wilhelm]

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Ya pulled too hard!

 

[Hinerman]

Ya pulled too hard!

It bites hard, nearly every pull, so maybe not hard enough

 

[Wilhelm]

It bites hard, nearly every pull, so maybe not hard enough

My EA5000XS is bitefull too, especially on cold starts!
The stupid EasyStart doesn't help counter it either.
Which is not something Kevin can influence by the way.

Stout saw, the one and only that came from the US to me, with a minor detour due to shipping costs.

 

[59billy]

Trying to stop the oil slick before it gets to the river.

 

[Outback]

When I fixed my 353, I tore her down cleaned the oil pickup rubber with alcohol to get all the oil off and then I put a thin coat of 1184 on the mating surfaces of the pump and the case and she hasn't leaked since. I did not buy new parts.

 

[59billy]

When I fixed my 353, I tore her down cleaned the oil pickup rubber with alcohol to get all the oil off and then I put a thin coat of 1184 on the mating surfaces of the pump and the case and she hasn't leaked since. I did not buy new parts.

I really should have tried that first, but I got carried away. At any rate, there's no new oil on the diaper this morning!

 

[Shane¹]

Made some more progress on the heated handle saw got the band cut enough so squish was enough with 2 gaskets and put some more of it together. Got to make a spacer and put the oil pump stuff together and a few odds and ends and should be about done until I swap the top ends. To conserve hardware for my other builds made this one all out of allen head screws only factory hardware so far is the recoil, av mounts and top handle screws

 

[jacktheripper]

I want to use my 266xp again, so it’s time to tear this thing down and do the bearings

 

[jacktheripper]

Well it has become very obvious to me that I somehow sabotaged my own saw. As soon as I started tearing it down, I removed the air filter and noticed that the screws were loose. I looked in the elbow and carb inlet and they were caked in sawdust. That’s not good…

Then when I got around to pulling the cylinder off, it became obvious that this was not a “fines getting through” situation. There was larger sawdust caked all up in the crankcase. I never imagined that a saw could get like this, let alone my own saw. Take a look at the pictures…

Now I know to ALWAYS make sure that the air filter is tightened down before I go cutting.

 

[jacktheripper]

Piston and cylinder were fine. Crank was fine. I got lucky. Cases cleaned up, old bearings removed. Ready for reassembly tomorrow with new bearings and case gasket.

 

[Sloughfoot]

I may have done similar to my 2100.

 

[singinwoodwackr]

Piston and cylinder were fine. Crank was fine. I got lucky. Cases cleaned up, old bearings removed. Ready for reassembly tomorrow with new bearings and case gasket.

One of these days I’ll tear mine down and figure out what’s wrong

 

[jacktheripper]

I may have done similar to my 2100.

Don’t worry, I’ll take it for you!

 

[Sloughfoot]

Don’t worry, I’ll take it for you!

I wouldn't want your 2100 experience to be that easy.