Made a couple vids finally - 090, 041AVS, 031AV, and 181SE

[Brmorgan]

Well I dug all the parts from my DV camera out of some boxes a couple weeks ago and finally got around to doing something with it. It was a pretty good cam when I bought it six years ago, now your average point & shoot digital can almost match it. Took me half the evening to figure everything out for getting stuff on YouTube but it wasn't that bad. This afternoon I decided to throw some of the old Stihl magnesium in the quad trailer along with the 181SE and go find a log out in the bush to let them feed for a while. So here we go:

First up is the Husky 181SE that I got a couple years ago at a pawnshop for $90 & then ported out a bit over the winter. It's at 180 PSI cold, and I think it sounds pretty good but I don't have a tach so I have no idea where it's running. It's got a 28" bar, with 3/8 full-comp round-filed chisel chain on 7-pin. Cut through that ~28" Douglas Fir with the bar buried in about 25 seconds. The clutch spring is a little stretched out so I'm having a hard time getting a good balance between starting easily and idling smoothly but not engaging the chain.
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Next up, everyone's favorite, the 090. It has a 33" bar with semi-skip .404 round-filed chisel chain. I was pushing pretty hard on that front handle and it was barely slowing it down at all. I think I could pull the rakers down a bit farther and give it a bit more hook angle as there's plenty of torque to spare on that length of bar. The second cut was noticeably faster, and was almost the same as the 181SE. It was kicking out a pretty good rooster tail for an old low-RPM slowpoke. I could listen to that idle cracking away all day long.
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And just because I'm a glutton for punishment, I decided to give the 031 I just built a go. The only spare Stihl setup I had lying around was the 25" 3/8 skip, which I made some cuts in 12" D. Fir a couple days ago with, but I thought this would really show how well the saw was running. Definitely too big for that poor little 48cc engine, but it did pull it surprisingly well and was throwing some decent chips. I'd like to try the 20" .325 setup on it, but this thing has a spur drum right now so I'm stuck with 3/8, and I don't have anything shorter than 25" right now.
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And since I've always wanted to make a video of my 041AV Super idling away:
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She ain't as pretty as the other Brad's Super but I have a nice starter/tank with the old logo on another saw that I'll be switching over. All I need other than that is an actual "041AV Super" nameplate for the top. Anyway here it is making a cut with the 20" .325 setup on a 9-pin rim:
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The muffler REALLY barks on this thing when it's facing straight into the camera! Love it though. I'm going to switch the 25" 3/8 skip setup onto this saw and try some more cuts soon. It made the cut alright, all things considered, but the battery in the camera crapped out halfway through.

 

[Rookie1]

Very nice! Thanks for sharing,it must have taken you a while to do all that. I like the 031 the best. Next time a newb asks about the power of a 031 Im going to refer him to this thread. Great job

 

[dave k]

Top stuff ! I have been keeping an eye out for a 041 Super but no luck so far.
The noise the old Stihl's have is indeed very addictive !!!! Thanks for posting them .

 

[blsnelling]

Thanks for sharing. That was cool. I love the idle of those old girls as well. I'm particularly fond of the 045 Super idling.

 

[Brmorgan]

Thanks guys. Yeah, I've seen that video of your 045 Super - my regular ol' 045 sounds pretty good, but yours has an extra little snap to it that mine doesn't.

 

[gmax]

Thanks for the video, it's good to see the old saws running, I'm repairing an 031 (just missing a few parts),
I'm surprised how well your 031 ran in the video.

 

[Brmorgan]

Well I left the base gasket out of the 031 when I rebuilt it, so it's running some pretty strong compression. I haven't put the gauge to it yet, nor did I check what the squish was at since it had clearance when I turned it over by hand and fired up fine with a couple drops of gas down the plug hole. It hasn't given me any problems yet, but I do plan on measuring the comp. and squish anyway - I've been building a master file on the computer with various stats of my saws as I work on them, just so I have some numbers on-hand to compare to down the road if I do run into any issues.

 

[7oaks]

Great post. Thanks for posting the videos...Of course my favorite is the 090.

 

[Brmorgan]

For the record I don't know why some people have such trouble drop-starting an 090. It's so heavy gravity does most of the work anyway. I'm not exactly a big guy, and the only time I've had it pull back was when I was holding it on the ground with my left hand and pulling it with my right - the saw kicked back and pulled up into my knee so hard I thought it must have been broken.

Also, one thing I've noticed after watching the 181SE video a few times is how consistent the cut speed and RPMs are throughout the full diameter range of the log, which I think is a good sign that my porting job was at least somewhat competent.

I'm going to have to do this more often. No matter how many rounds you cut off in person, it just seems like a guy can learn a whole lot more by watching the cut from a second-hand point of view.

 

[parrisw]

For the record I don't know why some people have such trouble drop-starting an 090. It's so heavy gravity does most of the work anyway. I'm not exactly a big guy, and the only time I've had it pull back was when I was holding it on the ground with my left hand and pulling it with my right - the saw kicked back and pulled up into my knee so hard I thought it must have been broken.

Also, one thing I've noticed after watching the 181SE video a few times is how consistent the cut speed and RPMs are throughout the full diameter range of the log, which I think is a good sign that my porting job was at least somewhat competent.

I'm going to have to do this more often. No matter how many rounds you cut off in person, it just seems like a guy can learn a whole lot more by watching the cut from a second-hand point of view.

I agree, I drop start everything, including my 070.

 

[Brmorgan]

The only one I have a really hard time with is the old Pioneer RA. It would probably be a lot better with a longer bar, but with the ~22-incher that's on there, it's so poorly balanced that it's hard to get a good pull. I now understand why some of these oldies came with "kickstands" to hold 'em down.

 

[wigglesworth]

Good lookin saws. Nice vids too.

 

[leeha]

Nice Videos.
Thanks for shareing.
That Husky sure doe's a good job.
And you gotta love them 090's


Lee

 

[sefh3]

Nice Video's. I love watching the older saw work hard. Thanks for posting it.

 

[SilverBox]

Nice vids. I like the radically different sounds of the exhausts of the diff saws.

 

[arborist]

nice vids!
gotta love them old 181's.freaking screamers.nice job with that one.she seems to be running strong for ya.
all nice saws ya got there.thanks for sharing.

 

[Outlaw5.0]

Well I left the base gasket out of the 031 when I rebuilt it, so it's running some pretty strong compression. I haven't put the gauge to it yet, nor did I check what the squish was at since it had clearance when I turned it over by hand and fired up fine with a couple drops of gas down the plug hole. It hasn't given me any problems yet, but I do plan on measuring the comp. and squish anyway - I've been building a master file on the computer with various stats of my saws as I work on them, just so I have some numbers on-hand to compare to down the road if I do run into any issues.

My stock 031AV has .047-.048 squish and 150 psi compression, so you should be safe unless the gasket is really thick.

 

[jockeydeuce]

Love the vids, Brad!!!
Man that makes me miss my 181, but I just got the new piston for it today, so it won't be long 'til she's running again.

Those old saws sound great. :greenchainsaw:

 

[Brmorgan]

Nice. BTW I did manage to get a coil for my 181 project from my friend, so she's up and running now. If ya ever want to test the limits of your hearing, fire one up indoors without a muffler! All I need now is pretty much the top cover and the little plastic piece that holds the ignition wires in place under the recoil cover. Oh, and one bar stud is stripped so I'll need to replace that too. I have a spare set of Stihl studs, maybe I should see if that works & then I can use my extra Stihl bars on it...

 

[jockeydeuce]

Nice. BTW I did manage to get a coil for my 181 project from my friend, so she's up and running now. If ya ever want to test the limits of your hearing, fire one up indoors without a muffler! All I need now is pretty much the top cover and the little plastic piece that holds the ignition wires in place under the recoil cover. Oh, and one bar stud is stripped so I'll need to replace that too. I have a spare set of Stihl studs, maybe I should see if that works & then I can use my extra Stihl bars on it...

Glad to hear you got the ignition stuff. If you want a top cover that's good enough to run for awhile until you get a better one, you can have the one I have here......I'll send a pic of it in a PM if you want to see it.