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4 letters with the occasional 5 or a Wikiword link in future please Rick!
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are these new hd2 filter setup available in oz yet? im guessing id better start saving so i can afford to buy one, piggy bank got raped hard today paying for a genuine set of stihl rings, i only got em just in case i need em in an emergency but i think i will frame them and hang in the bar room
Mmmm interesting which dealer was that ?.
The "felt" will be a low packing density polyester (or polypropylene). It is not a bad setup because you can really go to town washing the outer layer...
It was off stihl australia themselves not the dealer cause the bloke got to the point of threatening them with legal action over the issues of killing saws because of the filtration not being good enough to stop the redgum fines.
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Laurie ?
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4 letters with the occasional 5 or a Wikiword link in future please Rick!
Rick if I remember correctly Matt had said this felt did little and the main filter was sufficient?
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He blocked the pre-cleaner with crap too quickly and slowed the saw right down.
The idea of it is to save the main paper element from too many chunks that you may not be able to dislodge easily with a light blow out.
I haven't had a problem yet, but I'm only a firewood hack.
The answer is probably a couple of pre-cleaners and swap when needed.
Andrew,
I can say with a fair bit of confidence that the HD2 filter will keep the Redgum dust at bay. Not a cracker has gotten through the same filter material on my 261 although in saying that Redgum doesn't go through some flocked Husky filters on their smaller saws but makes my 390XP flocked HD filters look stupid. The bigger saws "may" be able to pull certain particulates through the filter material that smaller saws can not - tough call.
Good old Redgum eh? It's like a chainsaw filter's arch nemesis...
Good pics too old son![]()
Matt, a bigger displacement saw is going to "pump" or "pull" alot more air than a smaller....given that they are going to be close to the same psi compression wise......this not only in volume but verlocity.
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btw ive been told you can retro fit a 5105 filter on a 5100
Matt, a bigger displacement saw is going to "pump" or "pull" alot more air than a smaller....given that they are going to be close to the same psi compression wise......this not only in volume but verlocity.
While filter media is a big part of it, the shape of the fitler, its frame work, its fitting to carb and air flow design in the air box area all play a part...so the 261 is a better filter but the saw is better by design also....
but in no way is improving media a backward step....
btw ive been told you can retro fit a 5105 filter on a 5100
It was off stihl australia themselves not the dealer cause the bloke got to the point of threatening them with legal action over the issues of killing saws because of the filtration not being good enough to stop the redgum fines.
I know a bloke who runs them on his 660s and 880s and got them out of stihl for free when they replaced one of his 880s that had blown up from the redgum getting through the standard filter.
Rick if I remember correctly Matt had said this felt did little and the main filter was sufficient?
He blocked the pre-cleaner with crap too quickly and slowed the saw right down.
Matt replacing the media on the 390XP was a success from memory.
Matt, a bigger displacement saw is going to "pump" or "pull" alot more air than a smaller....given that they are going to be close to the same psi compression wise......this not only in volume but verlocity.
While filter media is a big part of it, the shape of the fitler, its frame work, its fitting to carb and air flow design in the air box area all play a part...so the 261 is a better filter but the saw is better by design also....
but in no way is improving media a backward step....
Is it an improvement ?