Just found an old Skil 1629 type 3 for close to free. It's old, missing a lot of paint, but runs beautifully. Bought as a camp saw to be broken by an unnamed relative on an impending hunting trip (it won't be his fault, but I digress).
The muffler is cracked (read: broken with missing chunks of metal) at one of the mounts to the exhaust port. The mounting screws are both there, but one side of the muffler is floating about 1/8" away from the cylinder wall. Since phoning the local outdoor equipment store for an aftermarket replacement resulted in much laughter and sniggering, does anybody have one they wouldn't mind selling or otherwise parting with?
Off the topic of mufflers, is running this with a 50:1 mix used in modern saws a problem? The label on the saw says 16:1 mix with SAE30. I recall being told that it's safe to go with the mix ratio of the oil instead of the equipment.
The muffler is cracked (read: broken with missing chunks of metal) at one of the mounts to the exhaust port. The mounting screws are both there, but one side of the muffler is floating about 1/8" away from the cylinder wall. Since phoning the local outdoor equipment store for an aftermarket replacement resulted in much laughter and sniggering, does anybody have one they wouldn't mind selling or otherwise parting with?
Off the topic of mufflers, is running this with a 50:1 mix used in modern saws a problem? The label on the saw says 16:1 mix with SAE30. I recall being told that it's safe to go with the mix ratio of the oil instead of the equipment.