Low Compression

[Fish]

I love the shindaiwas, but my problem with those models was that their air filtration
was poor, so after much use, dirt would get the bearings as well, and if one had
much age, you could get it to run, but the seals leaked badly. Also they had crap
for fuel lines, probably from the company that is making fuel lines for Stihl now.
Did you buy those saws off of e-bay? I sould a few to a guy last year.

Have you pulled the muffler yet? Check the crank for up and down movement/slop.

 

[saxman]

no, don't have the saw yet. I will check the crank for end play, thanks for the advice. This will be a learning experience for me, looking forward to tearing into it. I agree the fuel lines are junk, I have had to replace the pick up tube on the 350 twice. How much would a piston/jug be for this saw, any ideas? Who has a good source of Shindaiwa parts?

 

[stihltech]

tools

OK, let me get my 2 favorite tools out, the magic wand and crystal ball. Almost forgot, Xray vision.
Now, let's get a look at the saw.

Hmm, bet if you took off the muffler I could see the piston better.
And if you remove the cylinder, you can see the bearings better.

Do those two things and tell us what you see. Later.

 

[Fish]

Rough Day Stihltech?
I was asking for the make/model earlier, because many pioneers were junked/misdiagnosed because of their lack of compression.

 

[stihltech]

rough

Nah, just seems like I have had a rash of those "fix it over the phone" non customers lately.

 

[buck futter]

Heck, you just got excited because you thought I said hairpie!
Of course hotlegs and wet t-shirt contests muddied my perspective as well.

Unfortunately, I focused on the teenage lazy/party thing, and the wet t-shirt thing was involved as well.

Fish did you ever win any of the t-shirt contests?


Lucky

 

[Fish]

No, just honorable mention.

 

[Chris J.]

The older you get the better your chances of winning, or at least placing.

 

[saxman]

Stihltech,
Relax man and take a deep breath. I was just asking for some advice on how to proceed with repairing my saw. I plainly said that this was my first attempt at a chainsaw engine tear down. Forums like this are a great place to get such guidance and advice from knowlegable people such as yourself. Thanks to all for their help.

 

[Oregon Engineer]

Yeah, I would be reluctant to lay out your work in too much detail.

I am working on using the intenz bar, as the liquid nitrogen mix, might keep the
chain tight, then Oregon will have to fork over some cash for my help.
The Oregon dude has not been too much help here, as he just hates my fat butt.

Using the INTENZ bar in a FISH product, the great FISH actually put that into print. I can't believe it. I'm sooooooo happy I did a search on INTENZ, otherwise I would have never found this thread. Going to enlarge it and post in my office!!!

I already told you: the worst problem I have is the one I don't know about. I'm here to hear YOU. In the recent past, my two strongest critics (on OREGON harvester bars) helped me identify two large opportunities that lead to four patents and two product features (FUSEZONE & JET-FIT in harvester bars).

If you are seriously attempting to use Intenz bars in one of your products, you can contact me via PM and keep others from thinking you like Intenz.

 

[Fish]

Yes, everytime I Google the words: Fish, Maglev, Liquid Nitrogen, hairpie, and Intenz
I always come up with me too.

No, seriously, this weekend I am going to give a good test of the Intenz. I have one in my shop, and I have not put on the screw yet, I will give it an honest try
and report back here, as I have some wood to cut.