262XP Day

[Mattyo]

Did a little grinding in the dental office today. ..upper transfers now at 118

 

[Paragon Builder]

Did a little grinding in the dental office today. ..upper transfers now at 118 View attachment 436582

Looks great!
You going to dive in and go for some bridges and fingers?

 

[Mattyo]

nope.... don't want to mess it up ... plus there's no way I can do as good as Randy.

this one will be for sale soon hopefully, so I don't want to get too fancy and risk messing it up

 

[mdavlee]

nope.... don't want to mess it up ... plus there's no way I can do as good as Randy.

this one will be for sale soon hopefully, so I don't want to get too fancy and risk messing it up

I'm sure you'd do fine.

 

[Mattyo]

actually takes quite a bit of time to do what I do in the dental office... my diamonds are small ... and my drill is not super powerful enough to go through aluminum quickly ... so it probably took me 45 minutes just to do this. I have no clue how to measure for fingers or bridges... but thanks for the vote of confidence. if I was doing this more often and had less to lose I think I'd venture out a bit ... saws have become way too time consuming for me, so I'm trying to finish up a couple projects and sell them on, then I can organize the rest of my crap ... I have all the saws i need at this point... so now its just about recouping some of my investment

 

[PA Dan]

You just got to keep tell yourself dan im smarter than this chain brake over and over youll get it lol lol


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Hey Mike your much smarter than me so ill drop it off and you can tell it your smarter![emoji41]

 

[Welder56]

Love this thread. What a good read. Maybe I should consider building one out of all the parts I have. Have a nice KS jug too boot.

254xp comes first though

I find it interesting that a 254 gets overlooked as a ripper. A few friends of mine have Em and they scream stock. As far as I can tell the crank, top end, and top cover are different. But mostly the same chassis as a 262 and they share alot of the same parts. Love to see a comparison of the two.

 

[PA Dan]

Are there different carb grommets for the different carbs that came on 262's? After my rebuild on my newly aquired 262 I couldn't find the grommet. I found one on my bench and it kind of fit. I cut a few sections off it so it would fit in the case. Last week I ordered a new one and when it came it was the same as the one I chopped!

 

[Agrarian]

There at least a couple of varieties of this part. I've seen the black rubbery ones that the gas tends to eat up, and ones that are designed for the current EPA'ed Walbro HDA-144A on the 261. I have had to modify the ones designed for the 144a carb to be used on a HDA-120 but otherwise I believe they all fit. Were you ordering the 501862401 part?

 

[PA Dan]

There at least a couple of varieties of this part. I've seen the black rubbery ones that the gas tends to eat up, and ones that are designed for the current EPA'ed Walbro HDA-144A on the 261. I have had to modify the ones designed for the 144a carb to be used on a HDA-120 but otherwise I believe they all fit. Were you ordering the 501862401 part?

Yep thats the part number that was listed on the order. I have the HDA 120 carb and the idle screw has a large head and the grommet has a small hole and the recessed area just didnt match up!

 

[sunfish]

Love this thread. What a good read. Maybe I should consider building one out of all the parts I have. Have a nice KS jug too boot.

254xp comes first though

I find it interesting that a 254 gets overlooked as a ripper. A few friends of mine have Em and they scream stock. As far as I can tell the crank, top end, and top cover are different. But mostly the same chassis as a 262 and they share alot of the same parts. Love to see a comparison of the two.

Good saw! I should have kept this one.

 

[Mattyo]

Why does this clutch cover not fit????

I have a new old stock clutch cover....metal....has a bump that won't let it fully seat...???

 

[PA Dan]

Why does this clutch cover not fit????

I have a new old stock clutch cover....metal....has a bump that won't let it fully seat...???
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Did the saw originally have a metal clutch cover?

 

[Mattyo]

who knows....

I was all excited to finish this one off and put it in the trading post and now my hopes are dashed...

anyone know where I can get a plastic cover?

 

[M&Rtree]

Cut the stud off.

 

[PA Dan]

I got a plastic replacement for Brian Plust. I was told that the cases are specific to either plastic or metal.

 

[Mattyo]

cut the stud off? seriously? I feel like thats sacrilege to a NOS cover... no?

 

[Mattyo]

i've already gotten lots of stuff from brian, was hoping to not have to bug him... guess thats likely gonna happen

 

[M&Rtree]

I cut mine off. Its under the cover. I've had multiple folks look at the saw and no one has pointed out I cut the stud off.

 

[Mattyo]

Just to be sure....no other grinding anywhere else on the cover needed??