Jonsered Chainsaws

[Margaret C]

Where are you located and what are you looking to get? It's tough for a new member to gain trust around here. As it stands I've only got $15 dollars in a really good running saw right now. Really kind of impressed with the saw not too heavy considering the age and it really starts and runs great.

I'm in eastern Washington State. Yeah, they were a nice little saw and pretty easy to work on. If I get about 10 bucks over what it costs to ship I'd be fine. Better let me go and make sure it was a 520 and not the 510. I'll get back to you. Where are You located?

 

[atlarge54]

Cross country shipping would likely be cost prohibitive. Maybe some local might be interested. Thanks for the offer.

 

[leecopland]

So I did pick up this Jonny. It came as a trade for a free saw that i sold. Just seems to need a recoil spool which I've ordered. Piston looks good. Chain was on backwards as well as being rocked! It seems to share some poulan parts but has a lot of extras. It also came with a 325 chain, not sure if that is the right one; as it was on backwards. it has a star type sprocket similar to a LoPro 3/8th chain. I'll have to do more research on that. All the chain has on it is EM LV anyone know who's chain this is?

Well my recoil spool came today and I got it all back together. I did the "Cheap carb clean", soaked in fuel for a few days, while I waited for the spool. Anyway went back together pretty easily and started up with fuel in the carb. I did this because the fuel line was so tiny I couldn't get it back onto the carb. I McGivered it by using a larger diameter line from the carb and then ran the small line into the large line as a temp solution. Worked like a charm. Not tuned properly yet because not sure of the chain and sprocket set up. it came with a 325 but not sure of the sprocket and bar. Uncertain as the chain was on backwards!

All good fun

PS I must learn to wait! before clicking again

 

[leecopland]

I still would like to remove the muffler for a mod ( I have opened up the outlet a little already) and give it some fresh high temp paint.

I got this as part payment for a free Poulan that I sold so it might qualify for a little suck! The recoil spool was about $10 to my door and that all I have in this saw so far.

Lee

 

[Cantdog]

Man this is slow in here.........anyone got a 520 recoil pulley that's in good to new condition they would swap for NOS 3 hole recoil cover for a 520................or the whole assembly with a broken cover for cash??? Did I mention that I fully despise these pitiful saws????

 

[sawfun]

Cantdog, I have a 111s, 80 with 90 topend, and 52e that I am gonna put up for sale. Pm me if interested. All saws are good runners.

 

[Cantdog]

Cantdog, I have a 111s, 80 with 90 topend, and 52e that I am gonna put up for sale. Pm me if interested. All saws are good runners.

Thanks sawfun...... but I have all those or the parts to make them.....would have considered the 111S as I was looking but just picked up a really mint one......for way to much money!!!....LOL!!! Posted pics a few pages ago in this thread......

 

[sawfun]

Yes I saw, nice saw, just wanted these to go to a Jonny guy if possible.

 

[Real1shepherd]

Whoa...shut the back door!!! A 111S up for grabs?? Man....can you wait a bit till I have some more cash flow, or are you needing to move it now? Hopefully work out something.....kinda of a dream saw that would see some real use, but totally be taken care of and babied.

My Husky 2100 just went down after 34 yrs and I'm rebuilding it. So...I tend to keep saws for a very long time.....lol

Kevin

 

[Real1shepherd]

And for the lady in eastern WA...I live in eastern WA...

Kevin

 

[Real1shepherd]

I had a job recently where I had a chance to really put the screws to my 90. It wasn't entirely intentional as my Husky 2100 finally bit the dust after 34 yrs(on the job, how embarrassing!) and I had to have the 90 as my main saw. It seemed to love the new-found responsibility.....it ran so well, there were times when I had to remind myself to quit leaning into it so hard, as it wasn't the 2100. I ran a 32" bar on it with .404 skip-tooth chisel. The bar is .063 and I thought that might have been a bit much and considered a .058 gauge for it(still am) but it seemed to handle it fine.

Here is a pic of one of the typical trees...this one was around 4' at the butt and I had to re-cut all the stumps low for the landowner(what a pain) and I'd already done that before the pic.
That's a big excavator in the background.



Rocks to the left of the stump under the sawdust.



Here it is resting after this round in another tree group...stumps re-cut and the bigger logs already skidded out...rocks everywhere!

 

[leecopland]

Man this is slow in here.........anyone got a 520 recoil pulley that's in good to new condition they would swap for NOS 3 hole recoil cover for a 520................or the whole assembly with a broken cover for cash??? Did I mention that I fully despise these pitiful saws????

So Just use your 49SPs, great saws!

 

[Cantdog]

So Just use your 49SPs, great saws!

LOL!! The 49SP is twice the saw of any 4XX or 5XX series except the 490 and 590.........well the 451E/EV is a good pro saw too...but all the rest are crap......trying to fix this saw for an old retired mason we used yrs ago on many jobs,,,,real nice guy......only person I can think of that would even consider working on a 520 for.......none in my sig....NOT an accident!!!!!

 

[cambl]

I had a job recently where I had a chance to really put the screws to my 90. It wasn't entirely intentional as my Husky 2100 finally bit the dust after 34 yrs(on the job, how embarrassing!) and I had to have the 90 as my main saw. It seemed to love the new-found responsibility.....it ran so well, there were times when I had to remind myself to quit leaning into it so hard, as it wasn't the 2100. I ran a 32" bar on it with .404 skip-tooth chisel. The bar is .063 and I thought that might have been a bit much and considered a .058 gauge for it(still am) but it seemed to handle it fine.

Here is a pic of one of the typical trees...this one was around 4' at the butt and I had to re-cut all the stumps low for the landowner(what a pain) and I'd already done that before the pic.
That's a big excavator in the background.

Rocks to the left of the stump under the sawdust.View attachment 354673
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Here it is resting after this round in another tree group...stumps re-cut and the bigger logs already skidded out...rocks everywhere!
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What kind of wood is that ? I don't remember seeing stumps that big in central/eastern WA.

 

[XPLRN]

I had a job recently where I had a chance to really put the screws to my 90. It wasn't entirely intentional as my Husky 2100 finally bit the dust after 34 yrs(on the job, how embarrassing!) and I had to have the 90 as my main saw. It seemed to love the new-found responsibility.....it ran so well, there were times when I had to remind myself to quit leaning into it so hard, as it wasn't the 2100. I ran a 32" bar on it with .404 skip-tooth chisel. The bar is .063 and I thought that might have been a bit much and considered a .058 gauge for it(still am) but it seemed to handle it fine.
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Here it is resting after this round in another tree group...stumps re-cut and the bigger logs already skidded out...rocks everywhere!
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Thanks a lot for sharing the story and pictures of your latest tree work. I am also curious as to what kind of trees those are as they definitely had some decent size to them!!???

Bummer to hear about your 2100 going down but after talking with you it sounds like your well on the way with a successful top end resurrection.

Great to hear that your 90 did such a great job on taking over for the 2100 when you needed it to!!

 

[Real1shepherd]

The trees are the infamous 'cottonwoods'....although the guys that haul heavy equipment go out of their way to find milled cottonwood for the floors of their equipment trailers. It shreds a bit with use and they get good grip with their tracks & rubber tires. That one log sticking up in the air....we'll probably mill that....it was very straight the first 33'....a lot more than usual. Although at that same spot I removed even bigger cottonwoods a few yrs earlier-they unfortunately got wasted/burned. My Spencer tape measured over four feet on the old stumps. What you don't see there is a containment trailer with all kinds of expensive vineyard equipment inside. Older cottonwoods have a tendency to break in bad storms and cause damage to everything(including the fences I build!). We left some because they looked healthy, but the tops started dying after-bad sign. And they were worried again about the containment trailer. I had to fall the other ones and miss the trailer, which wasn't exactly easy the last time, with the lean I had to work with. This one I fell towards the river, because they would have had to move a lot stuff otherwise. It's up in the air like that because it fell on the levy berm.

Anyway, there are some gigantic cottonwoods & pines still on his properties(actually everywhere out there by the river).....when they start breaking off big branches, he'll call me. We had a 100mph storm here some yrs ago....I had all kinds of fun then, let me tell ya....especially out rural. Aren't many guys around here anymore with 40"+ bars or longer(at least saws that are kept up & runnin') and I'm fast when it comes to fallin' & buckin'. The tree services are an overpriced joke and they make an overblown, $$$$$ project out of everything. I've never really gone after the tree work like I should...maybe when I retire....

I missed an opportunity to get into draft horse loggin' outa Ashton, ID when I was younger. I always regretted that....lots of timber sales could be had these days with the low-impact of draft horses skiddin' the logs to a landing. Scale would kill ya though unless you were in really big timber, because the horses are so slow. Still, if the operation was small enough, you were the only faller and the timber was big enough....maybe.

Kevin

 

[leecopland]

I still would like to remove the muffler for a mod ( I have opened up the outlet a little already) and give it some fresh high temp paint.

I got this as part payment for a free Poulan that I sold so it might qualify for a little suck! The recoil spool was about $10 to my door and that all I have in this saw so far.

Lee

Just a little follow up. Although this appears to be very similar to big box story Poulans, it starts, idles and runs better than any of the Wildthings that I have. It does not have a primer bulb. It has a 15" .58 guage .325 bar and chain and with a freshly sharpened chain cuts very well indeed. It came with a very dull Stihl chain which was actually mounted backwards, but I may be able to get one more sharpening out of. Anyway for a freebee it's turned out pretty well.

 

[67L36Driver]

I got a J-Red 670 carcass off evilbay that was listed as 'low compression'. Pulled the muffler and plug and the cylinder and pistion look excellent. Except, it has two thin rings and it pumps 130 psi.

All the pistons I see on the 'bay are single 1/16" thick ring.

Do the thin rings just produce low cranking pressure or should I figure on changing piston and ring?

I had a Pioneer P-41 with two thin rings that cranked low but run great.

 

[Real1shepherd]

Two rings don't equate to lower pressures, no. I'd polish the cylinder and put new Cabers in as a matter of course. If the jug itself polishes up with a ScrotchBrite pad(see mastermind's video on that) and the piston skirts look fine on the piston after polishing, I'd reuse both. Aftermarket piston and jug quality is all over the place....read the threads on this site about that and the 'other' site.

Generally unless abused, the old two ring piston saws just keep goin' and goin'.

Kevin

 

[67L36Driver]

Part numbers or source for the thin rings? Or, just get a new piston w/ring as they are 25-35 bux on evilbay. Got several bookmarked but no two thin ring setups.

Time to use a thin base gasket.