I had enough chainsaws to work on already and the loot fairy stopped by the house yesterday and dropped three more off. Apparently my neighbor was helping someone clear some junk out and saw three chainsaws that he pulled out for me: Jonsered 670, Sachs Dolmar 119 and a Husky 55 Rancher in pieces.
The Husky and the Jonsered were seized and water was coming out of the Jonsered's carb. The Dolmar's chain didn't move, it was rusty and grimy, however after pulling off the bar and recoil, the flywheel turned just fine and the piston looked good.
Pulling the cylinder off of the Jonsered, I saw that it had a bit of a fish tank going on in the crank case.
I decided to tear it down and split the case to assess the damage and to get it drying out. It was quite mucky.
I decided to clean off the crankshaft first, and it cleaned up really well and I was able to flush the crap out of the bearing so it was moving without resistance.
I cleaned out the base of the crank case to see how bad the damage was, and it wasn't as bad as I thought. Once I got through all of the buildup and down to the metal, it seems more doable. I will probably fill it in with some JB Weld and then smooth it out.
I put all of this in a basket and set it off to the side and took a look the the 55 Husky. It was pretty well seized up, finally got the cylinder off and found a scored piston and gunked up bearings. This one will be another split and clean rebuild. It will have to wait as I have another 55 Husky on my workbench (I got from
@brushwacker ) that is all tore down, cleaned up and ready to go back together with some new parts. I need to clean my workbench off again and make way for the Husky 55 project to go back together.
