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Jimmy in NC said:
Johnny

Dean handed me the locked up DO-100 he's had....all of this talk is scaring me. Will definitely be asking some questions at the gtg. I also realize seeing one run will probably be the best motivator for ms to free this one and at least try to make it go. My hat is off to you.
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There is a fellow member here by the name of APSE, he also sells on Ebay, that has a lot of NOS parts for these saws, that is where the fuel meter for Dean's saw came from. Good luck on getting that one freed up and feel free to drop me a PM if you have any quuestions.

igpoe said:
Just looking at that IPL of the Fuel Meter makes my A___Hole wanna chew tobacco. I could never fix something like that.
Dean:cheers:
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That is why I went a head and bought the complete fuel meter from someone who knows about them, plus it was easier and cheaper than searching out all the little pieces I needed. I am calling the new meter NOS but APSE told me it was actually a newly rebuilt unit and I am under the impression that he has done many of them in the past.
 
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Roanoker494 said:
I in fact remember seeing that saw at Rick's GTG sitting on Dean's trailer. I was pretty new with working on saws and thought it was about the coolest thing I had ever seen, had never seen anything like it. The first time I had the "fuel meter" apart was certainly a WTF moment, why the hell does it need a little spinny fan thing??? After the PITA this thing has been I hope to never see anything like it again........

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LOL, I hear you there. Try doing the fuel system on a Mac47, using only "home brewed" parts. Yeah, I got a few more gray hairs from that one. For record, that 47, is the same P.O.S that ran one time at Rick's....and refused to fire again.
 
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Roanoker494 said:
I have actually been eye balling that chain....... I have been reading up and practicing my skills on a old Mall 11 bar, the chain is rusted solid to the bar so can't do no more damage to that one. Once I am comfortable with these skills I may just take a swing at the DO-100 chain.
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Johnny I bet I can save that bar and chain for you. I have an electrolysis tank I use for tractor parts and it would free it up with no heating and beating. Probably take a week or so in the tank. You can bring it to the GTG if you want and I will see what I can do with it.
 
Jimmy in NC said:
Johnny I bet I can save that bar and chain for you. I have an electrolysis tank I use for tractor parts and it would free it up with no heating and beating. Probably take a week or so in the tank. You can bring it to the GTG if you want and I will see what I can do with it.
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How about sharing some pics of your tank and letting us know how it works. I attempted to make a small one for myself but I guess the charger I was using wasn't up to it as it did nothing.
 
7oaks said:
How about sharing some pics of your tank and letting us know how it works. I attempted to make a small one for myself but I guess the charger I was using wasn't up to it as it did nothing.
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I just did a cast iron skillet for my grand daughter's science project.....
 
Let me dig around. If you didn't get any good results, you probably didn't have enough surface area of the sacrificial anodes or a bad connection somewhere. I run with anything from 1 to 15 amps. I even have a video somewhere...it's not exciting thought; looks like a Sprite sitting on a counter with bubbles coming up.
 
Mastermind said:
Pics.....
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Love to see them...

Jimmy in NC said:
Let me dig around. If you didn't get any good results, you probably didn't have enough surface area of the sacrificial anodes or a bad connection somewhere. I run with anything from 1 to 15 amps. I even have a video somewhere...it's not exciting thought; looks like a Sprite sitting on a counter with bubbles coming up.
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Thanks...I was using an electronic battery charger and I wonder if it sensed no connection and shut off automatically?

Maybe someone should start a whole new tread on this subject as I've seen it mentioned and described but never a discussion of trials, successes and failures.
 
7oaks said:
Love to see them...



Thanks...I was using an electronic battery charger and I wonder if it sensed no connection and shut off automatically?

Maybe someone should start a whole new tread on this subject as I've seen it mentioned and described but never a discussion of trials, successes and failures.
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Let me get my info together and I'll start another thread on the subject to keep this thread on topic for the GTG. May be a day or two.. I had totally missed your request.
 
7oaks said:
Come on Mikey - you can cut wood any day. LOL

How's the snow your way?
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Well, I'm here in The Big City, at work, will be spending the night, 12+" in Mt. Falls now, looks like they will be on course to get 20" or so.

Yeah I know I shouldn't skip this, but looks like there is a limited time frame involved in getting the downed trees off this property, several of us involved in it...
 
Me and ernie set all the wood up last weekend , it looks good , some decent size wood , all green and clean.
Ernie got his sawmill up and running , so maybe we can play with this a little too!!!
I asked him to cut a 8" x 8" poplar tree for timed cuts but ernie is still learning how to saw , i will see how that order goes??
Anyway we should have a good time!!

here are some saws i got this past weekend.View attachment 283215View attachment 283216
 
Are we still on track for April 6th?

I've got Young, Roll Tide, Jon, and myself coming.....
 

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