nothing... checked there
anyone know if the chain oiler pump on the 4218 model is adjustable? i would like to fatten up the amount of oil the chain is seeing while cutting. personal preference really, i think stock is OK but who wants just OK???
Thanks
Please don't throw me a left handed compliment about knowing more about saw parts but then insinuate that since I'm not a engineer or something I know nothing at all about manufacturing.
Not a left handed compliment at all. I am a chain saw newbie for all practical purposes. You are not.
From what I have read you have years of experience rebuilding chain saws. I think it is a fair and accurate statement to say you know a lot more about chainsaws and their parts than I do.
I could say the same thing about 90% of the people who post here, just stating the facts.
I have no way of knowing if you are or ever have been an engineer or if you have ever worked in a foundry, pattern shop or prototyping shop. Therefore I have no preconceived opinions about your manufacturing knowledge. None at all. I didn't mean to express or imply any.
I don't know much about manufacturing processes myself, and what I do know is rather outdated because it predates the introduction of computer driven machines.
My best friend and most of his family are pattern makers. Those guys can build anything they put their minds to.
"The OP mentinoned nothing of the equipment that he has, and if he had it I would think he would have mentioned it. "
He has mentioned in previous posts that he is capable of creating molds to cast duplicate obsolete parts. I don't know what methods he has available, but he has stated he has the capacity to do that.
"I still stand by my statement."
O.K. I agree it probably can't be done, unless somebody decides to do it.
If John Britton can manufacture an entire motorcycle at his home in New Zealand that not only functions but performs at world class levels of competition against Honda, Kawasaki, Yamaha and Harley Davidson, then anything is possible.
The Britten V1000 was built in John Britten’s backyard, using only basic tools, very limited resources, the help of a few committed enthusiasts, and JB’s own vast talent. That the bike looked as good as it did, and even ran at all, was amazing. That it beat the best racing bikes from Italy and Japan is a feat, an accomplishment, and a miracle that’s beyond comprehension, beyond belief.
http://www.fasterandfaster.net/2008/01/britten-v1000-greatest-motorcycle-ever.html
If a person like this decided to build Pistons and Cylinders in his dining room he would probably do it.
That man would undoubtedly have to be unmarried!
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I don't know but you are probably correct. Unfortunately John died of cancer at a very early age.
When I put the lower end of my Yamaha snowmobile engine in the oven in the kitchen to dry it out after it went through the ice, I had a lot of explaining to do....
the person who thought the oven was her domain was not happy.
Bearings in the freezer are O.K. as long as they are wrapped in paper.....:hmm3grin2orange:
Geez, you've got big ones! Snowmobile engine in the oven!!!!!!!
:jawdrop: why not?? j/k... we actually don't have any here. Probably some packed somewhere. the stuff my parents had was FOREVER old...
just the rubbermaid, etc...
it comes clean!!
kit? instructions? isn't it just threaded?
I think I'll need and insert/helicoil... ugh.
J
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I don't know but you are probably correct. Unfortunately John died of cancer at a very early age.
When I put the lower end of my Yamaha snowmobile engine in the oven in the kitchen to dry it out after it went through the ice, I had a lot of explaining to do....
the person who thought the oven was her domain was not happy.
Bearings in the freezer are O.K. as long as they are wrapped in paper.....:hmm3grin2orange:
On that note, don't strip paint off your Poulan and put it in the dishwasher to finish it off...the person who thinks the dishwasher is her domain will not be happy because apparently the seals in the tub are also made from paint...
:jawdrop: why not?? j/k... we actually don't have any here. Probably some packed somewhere. the stuff my parents had was FOREVER old...
just the rubbermaid, etc...
it comes clean!!
kit? instructions? isn't it just threaded?
I think I'll need and insert/helicoil... ugh.
J
No you won't.
The kit Calvin is talking about is what you need.
If I remember correctly the kit comes through the oil tank and installs just like the press in lug bolts on a car axle.
The new stud will have a flat spot on the end with a hole in it.
You remove the old stud and run a wire through the old lug hole and out the oil filler hole.
Thread the wire through the hole in the new stud and pull it through the reservoir and start it out the stud hole.
Run a bar nut down and tighten till the new stud seats.
I think you are supposed to break the little flat end off but I don't believe anyone does.
It is about as simple as working on a chainsaw gets.
Mike
