Bubba Been Here

[Bob Hedgecutter]

Really- it was bought for the crankshaft and the carb alone- but looks like I missed out on a Tillotson as well- but you kind of expected no less.

 

[pioneerguy600]

Im still on a win- or at least the plus side of the ledger- A: it did not cost much- maybe USD$60 and the cases (bar the bar pad) are in pretty good condition for a 288. Good muffler, spike and front AV spring- the chain adjuster is all there (even if the retainer happens to be at the wrong end of the threads).
Crank feels good- but the clutch bell was a bit wobbly- took it off and all the bearing needles fell out on the bench- cage is kinda welded to the crank.......

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Seen some buggered up saws in my time but this one is about to take the cake, must bookmark this to show others how bad a buggered up saw can actually get, hats off to bubba, fire him a 5 gun salute.

 

[Bob Hedgecutter]

Seen some buggered up saws in my time but this one is about to take the cake, must bookmark this to show others how bad a buggered up saw can actually get, hats off to bubba, fire him a 5 gun salute.

Bubba even said it was a running saw- just no longer required as wood burner had been replaced with heat pumps- sure hope Bubba got someone in to install those!

 

[pioneerguy600]

Really- it was bought for the crankshaft and the carb alone- but looks like I missed out on a Tillotson as well- but you kind of expected no less.

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Gets worse by the second, you just about got me beat for the worst purchase of my lifetime, that was a 046 that all I saved from it was 7 T27 screws. Rest of it was totally worthless.

 

[pioneerguy600]

Bubba even said it was a running saw- just no longer required as wood burner had been replaced with heat pumps- sure hope Bubba got someone in to install those!

Running is sometimes a very misconstrued word. If I pick it up and run down the hill, is that a running saw.LOL

 

[Bob Hedgecutter]

Oh and the cylinder internals- well they did not miss out- never fear!



Big gouge from top of port to squish band- chip ground out of port where the hard bit initially caught the wall, or maybe a porting attempt- wipe a finger around the inside and it gets coated in a substance very like grinding paste and the plating has been honed near fully through just below that port.

 

[Bob Hedgecutter]

Running is sometimes a very misconstrued word. If I pick it up and run down the hill, is that a running saw.LOL

Running to find a box and running to get it to the courier is my guess.

 

[pioneerguy600]

well the bar pad would be epoxied up level good and fast at least.

He would have it looking like new in no time.

 

[pioneerguy600]

Oh and the cylinder internals- well they did not miss out- never fear!

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Big gouge from top of port to squish band- chip ground out of port where the hard bit initially caught the wall, or maybe a parting attempt- wipe a finger around the inside and it gets coated in a substance very like grinding paste and the plating has been honed near fully through just below that port.

Looks like bubba was all completely through the saw, didn`t miss much.

 

[Bob Hedgecutter]

Looks like bubba was all completely through the saw, didn`t miss much.

No, its pretty much tip to tail- should go and take that photo- bar tip is blue heat damaged and the tail of the tank foot pad hand protector is busted off.
Plus the operator presence lever has no spring- new improved kill switch wiring is joined with plastic connector blocks.
Lots of 5mm threaded holes with no threads no more.
It was just the never ending story, find something bad, get annoyed go in for a coffee, go back to it and the next thing you looked at was buggered up as well!

 

[pioneerguy600]

No, its pretty much tip to tail- should go and take that photo- bar tip is blue heat damaged and the tail of the tank foot pad hand protector is busted off.
Plus the operator presence lever has no spring- new improved kill switch wiring is joined with plastic connector blocks.
Lots of 5mm threaded holes with no threads no more.
It was just the never ending story, find something bad, get annoyed go in for a coffee, go back to it and the next thing you looked at was buggered up as well!

I have a 20 ton restorer I have used on saws like that, did a right nice job and only took a few seconds for great results.

 

[hotshot]

Its gets better- who needs spade connectors?
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Wow! The bigger the glob, the better the job…is just what she said.

 

[Bob Hedgecutter]

Tip to tail!

 

[lone wolf]

Tip to tail! View attachment 1155404

I think this one takes the cake, you may be a winner! It don't end!

 

[Bob Hedgecutter]

I have a 20 ton restorer I have used on saws like that, did a right nice job and only took a few seconds for great results.

Now, while running it over with excavator tracks would make a much more fun video than epoxying it all back together and hiding that under a coat or two of rattle can paint- there are still some usable bits on here- believe it or not.
Heck I even removed the pawl springs last night and fitted them to a very cheap 480CD that arrived a couple of days ago (funnily enough- from the same city Bubba lives in) that the seller said had no spark- but had failed to notice the terminal had fallen out the back of the kill switch and was contacting the bottom of the air box.

 

[ZeroJunk]

Wow. I thought I had seen some stuff. I am just an amateur.

 

[lone wolf]

Wow. I thought I had seen some stuff. I am just an amateur.

Yeah that one about takes it man! Reminds me of the dirt bikes young kids work on.

 

[Bob Hedgecutter]

Wow. I thought I had seen some stuff. I am just an amateur.

Now come on, be honest- you have seen some stuff, I have seen some stuff, we have all seen stuff- it is just damn unusual for all that stuff to end up in one package!

 

[lone wolf]

Now come on, be honest- you have seen some stuff, I have seen some stuff, we have all seen stuff- it is just damn unusual for all that stuff to end up in one package!

Thats it!

 

[pioneerguy600]

Now, while running it over with excavator tracks would make a much more fun video than epoxying it all back together and hiding that under a coat or two of rattle can paint- there are still some usable bits on here- believe it or not.
Heck I even removed the pawl springs last night and fitted them to a very cheap 480CD that arrived a couple of days ago (funnily enough- from the same city Bubba lives in) that the seller said had no spark- but had failed to notice the terminal had fallen out the back of the kill switch and was contacting the bottom of the air box.

All I had that was reusable was 7 screws that the threads were not stripped or filled with aluminum so running it over made me feel better, not one other part was suitable for reuse. The saw had been reassembled with all dunnage parts from several rebuilds by the previous owner, there was nothing else fit for swapping over to another saw, nothing I needed anyway. Sometimes one just needs to bite the bullet and let it go, I should have been pissed but in the overall scheme of things I had collected far more saws that were in much better shape costing me far less than their worth, I was far ahead of the ball on refurbishment of dozens of desirable saws so one must bite the bullet occasionally, well just once in my case.