Got the full wrap swapped to the 3270--looking sharp! And I fitted a Mac mount bar and got rid of the hardnose. I dragged this saw to ModifiedMark's yesterday and we were noticing the oiler passages to be rather inefficiently designed. The saw wasn't delivering much oil to the chain. Seems the oiler channels in the bar tail were getting clogged quickly and only the manual pumper would break the impasse--the cost of designing a single bar for several mounts. This 10-series Mac mount oils thru the adjuster slot and does a much handier job of oiling.
Mark and I had the saw cutting yesterday and it is quite the animal. A little heavy, but what 70s saw isn't? Interesting tidbit, this HS carburetor uses a semi-fixed high speed jet (just like Mark's infamous SXL925) so the high side screw is set near bottomed out. I may never get used to this. I happened across a Pioneer service bulletin describing this little feature.
Also took some time to make a repair to my 1560. Swapped in some used 066 Stihl clutch springs and my spinning chain problem was solved--still has some creep at idle, but it is a gear drive. The springs didn't looked very matched so I ordered a couple new sets. Still not sure the primer isn't leaking thru when this saw is idling.
Chris B.
