A porting job gone bad....

[cbfarmall]

.....Or maybe somebody had no idea what the hell they were doing.

Picked up this 042 as a parts saw. Noticed it was modified with such features as a Tilly HS minus the choke shaft and also partially bored out, huge exhaust port, gutted muffler, no air filter. It was starting to look like a hillbilly special. After getting the muffler off, I saw it was missing the lower piston ring which would explain the low compression and all the spit-back fuel in the air box.

So, I started thinking maybe I could save this saw. Might be neat to have. Removed the cylinder. My first clue that something was amiss was the piston seemed to be hanging up as I was sliding it out of the cylinder. Get the cylinder loose and I find this port job.

Extra ports or whatever carved into the cylinder walls. The cylinder was decked and the piston was hitting even thought I see somebody attempted to knock down the crown. Little too much metal hogged out of the intake. JB weld couldn't help this catastrophe. Orange silicon for a base gasket. Then, all the mistakes were compounded by running without an air filter.

This saw will remain a donor saw, but will NOT be donating a piston or cylinder. It does have a good ignition/flywheel, recoil, clutch, chain brake, modded carb, trigger stuff. Plus, the bottom end feels nice and tight. Should be enough for my 048.

Chris B.

 

[Fish]

OK, so what is wrong with it?

Us hillbillies use blue silicon, so it must be a michigan hotsaw..............
They take out one ring to mimic a Husqvarna........
But I digress......................

 

[Mcsaw]

Fancy boost ports.

 

[cbfarmall]

Us hillbillies use blue silicon, so it must be a michigan hotsaw..............

Actually, it came from Canada, which would explain the electrical tape around the trigger interlock.

 

[2Coilinveins]

This is why you don't let your pet monkey play with your die grinder and your favorite chainsaw.

Morbid curiosity...............did it run?

 

[GOBRDGO]

It's only hillbilly because it didn't make big power. I've seen some porting that looked like real crap but was actually the cat's a$$.

 

[Mcsaw]

Is that what you call a PP port job?

 

[Lawn Masters]

no, thats what you call a monkey job. the pet monkey did the job with a die grinder, and made a mess of it.

I have to wonder if it actually ran like that. the way I figure it, the ports run a high risk of snagging a ring, and screwing something up, not like that cylinder is in great shape anyhow, I can see what looks like gouges and chips in the nikasil lining there.