Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Philbert]

Here is my review of launcher.

Are construction details posted somewhere?

Tips on use?

Thanks.

Philbert

 

[Deleted member 117362]

Are construction details posted somewhere?

Tips on use?

Thanks.

Philbert

Only tip I have is lay rope out and do not leave in bag, it goes flying. Pretty intuitive, easy to aim. Maybe someone could suggest a trigger mechanism, rotating ball valve works fine but seems slow. Tank is 2" black pipe, end cap, tapped in pressure gauge, installed metal valve stem. 2" black pipe is reduced to 1" nipple to 1" ball valve, to 1" nipple to 1"PVC adapter then adapter to 1-1/2" PVC pipe. Barrel I cut to 3-1/2 feet. Throw bag size is an issue, that 11 oz works good.

 

[Deleted member 150358]

Broke down and ordered couple new bars today. Got a 20" and 24" Sugi on the way. I still "want" a light 32" but... That's gonna wait.

 

[Deleted member 150358]

Finished splitting what was left in the pile. I have 1 boxelder chunked up to do yet. But it shrunk a bit the kids burned the small stuff on the fire pit.

 

[svk]

Was at home today and got more saws into the garage and chains put into inventory.

Got this Poulan Micro 25 and Craftsman Roper 3.7 into the running fleet.

Also sorted my bag of dull chains. I’ve got more than this but this is the lions share. 38 in total so far so the financials favor buying a grinder.

 

[Deleted member 150358]

Did get a start on cleanup. Be a while before its back to nice lawn again.



Had some time for catting around.

 

[muddstopper]

Why are you burning your ladder

 

[Deleted member 150358]

Why are you burning your ladder

Daughter said the same thing! The grand illusion!

That's one of those funky old skool telescopic ladders. Rarely the one ya want but often the easiest to grab.

 

[MustangMike]

My brother tied some masonry line to a cut off piece of rebar and says it works great!

 

[farmer steve]

Happy birthday @Cowboy254. Have a good one mate.

 

[djg james]

Hopefully he will work with you, but as said even if he doesn't it can still be fixed.
Were you that bad on the 038, couldn't have been, I don't remember it at all, maybe I missed a few pages lol.
The first thing is to vacuum test it before tearing it down to see if you have an air leak, if this isn't done and you don't find the leak and fix it when you replace the piston you will end up in the same place as you are now, with a a burnt piston. So if your neighbor doesn't have a way to vacuum test it then I wouldn't tear it down quite yet. Hopefully it was straight gassed(no oil in the gas) as there's a good chance of that, if that's the case you basically just need to clean up the cylinder and replace the piston/rings and base gasket.
Also the tool for the rings is pretty cheap, and you can damage a chainsaw cylinder pretty easy with a hone.

The seller wouldn't budge and admit he misrepresented the saw's condition, even the replaced gas tank. I believe in karma, so he'll get his due. Enough said about him. So as the saying goes, if your given lemons, make lemonade (or something to that effect).
I'm still looking for a vacuum KIT that I can buy. One with the spark plug adapter and hose. I have a vacuum pump if that helps. I also need to know what vacuum range to shoot for and how to use the kit. What vacuum to draw down to and how long must it be held in order to be deemed good.
And when talking about pressure checking, that just compression checking you're talking about?

 

[MustangMike]

Pressure and vac test at no more than 10 psi, should hold for 30 seconds w/o noticeable change.

With the Mityvac, I usually connect through the impulse line. Make sure the spark plug and closed decomp are in, and the intake and exhaust ports have been blocked off.

 

[chipper1]

The seller wouldn't budge and admit he misrepresented the saw's condition, even the replaced gas tank. I believe in karma, so he'll get his due. Enough said about him. So as the saying goes, if your given lemons, make lemonade (or something to that effect).
I'm still looking for a vacuum KIT that I can buy. One with the spark plug adapter and hose. I have a vacuum pump if that helps. I also need to know what vacuum range to shoot for and how to use the kit. What vacuum to draw down to and how long must it be held in order to be deemed good.
And when talking about pressure checking, that just compression checking you're talking about?

That's pretty low, but I agree, he Will get his.
If God gives you lemons and your thirsty you make lemonade(hope he provided sugar too ), and if you need to clean a carb then you use the lemon juice to do that by boiling the carb in it on the stove.
The good thing is you got something for your 450, I have to contact PayPal today about not getting a set of carbon fiber gaffs(climbing spikes) that I paid 450 for . I used service and merchandise so hopefully I can get my cash back, but even if I do it still sucks. There was at least one other guy who got taken by him as well but because I spoke to moderation they put a "beware" post in that thread and I had one other guy contact me last night saying he was talking with the scammer and was ready to "buy them" and was asking if I did because I replied in the thread that I had bought them so no-one else would try. Pretty much every religion teaches that what comes around goes around, it's just that some teach there are rewards for activities that other religions teach there is punishment for, theft is taught by all as a punishable offense.

What Mike said for the testing.
No, not testing the compression you can also test for pressure leaks in the same fashion as you test for a vacuum leak. It's pretty easy to find a leak when pressure testing by spraying a soapy solution on suspect areas like the crank seals and watching for bubbles, but there are times you will have no pressure leaks but will still have a vacuum leak.

Not sure you ever said where youre at over there, I was going to see if anyone I knew was near you to give you a hand with it.

 

[djg james]

Pressure and vac test at no more than 10 psi, should hold for 30 seconds w/o noticeable change.

With the Mityvac, I usually connect through the impulse line. Make sure the spark plug and closed decomp are in, and the intake and exhaust ports have been blocked off.

My understanding of the parts of a chainsaw is minimal, which is why repair of this saw maybe beyond me. I'm guessing you mean leave the spark plug in and do not depress the decomp button on top. 10 psi is nothing so I understand why kits come with barb fittings and flexible tubing. I'm use to working in the 100s of psi and rigid metal tubing and fittings.
Now what I don't understand is the impulse line and the intake/exhaust ports blocked off.

 

[chipper1]

My understanding of the parts of a chainsaw is minimal, which is why repair of this saw maybe beyond me. I'm guessing you mean leave the spark plug in and do not depress the decomp button on top. 10 psi is nothing so I understand why kits come with barb fittings and flexible tubing. I'm use to working in the 100s of psi and rigid metal tubing and fittings.
Now what I don't understand is the impulse line and the intake/exhaust ports blocked off.

There are fittings that you can screw into the spark plug hole to hook up the gauge.
You must block off the intake/exhaust/impulse or you will be blowing air out them or sucking air into those openings.
There are kits for sealing them off that you can buy, but many guys make their own block off kits for earlier saws, some of the newer saws are more difficult to get sealed off compared to the earlier saws.

 

[Deleted member 150358]

The good thing is you got something for your 450, I have to contact PayPal today about not getting a set of carbon fiber gaffs(climbing spikes) that I paid 450 for . I used service and merchandise so hopefully I can get my cash back, but even if I do it still sucks. There was at least one other guy who got taken by him as well but because I spoke to moderation they put a "beware" post in that thread and I had one other guy contact me last night saying he was talking with the scammer and was ready to "buy them" and was asking if I did because I replied in the thread that I had bought them so no-one else would try. Pretty much every religion teaches that what comes around goes around, it's just that some teach there are rewards for activities that other religions teach there is punishment for, theft is taught by all as a punishable offense.

Pretty sour on the grifters.

 

[chipper1]

Pretty sour on the grifters.

I am, or you are?
I do a lot to help others out, stealing is not the answer on a small or large scale, besides most aren't taking out of necessity.
I like proverbs 30:
7“Two things I ask of you, Lord;
do not refuse me before I die:
8Keep falsehood and lies far from me;
give me neither poverty nor riches,
but give me only my daily bread.
9Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you
and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’
Or I may become poor and steal,
and so dishonor the name of my God.

 

[Deleted member 150358]

I am, or you are?

I am for sure. But I only lost a couple hundred on those Stihl ES Light bars.

But to be honest I have bought and sold online for 20+ years that was the only time I was actually screwed by a deadbeat.

 

[chipper1]

I am for sure. But I only lost a couple hundred on those Stihl ES Light bars.

But to be honest I have bought and sold online for 20+ years that was the only time I was actually screwed by a deadbeat.

I've lost a lot more than that .

 

[Deleted member 117362]

You must block off the intake/exhaust/impulse or you will be blowing air out them or sucking air into those openings.
There are kits for sealing them off that you can buy, but many guys make their own block off kits for earlier saws, some of the newer saws are more difficult to get sealed off compared to the earlier saws.

You have to do this. First question for Stihl guys is, does this saw have impulse line from crank case or pull through carb mounting block? Made my own adapters for pulling vacuum through spark plug hole. Ream out an old spark plug and epoxy rubber line into spark plug base. Easy to check if it's sealed, just hold thumb or plug end and try drawing vacuum. Then block off intake and exhaust with gaskets and homemade plates, make sure decompression valve is closed or plugged. If impulse line come from crank case and is separate, block off intake and exhaust as above and pull 7 lbs of vacuum through line. With those once every now and then saws, you can clean cylinder intake and exhaust then seal with duct tape, it works, but may have to use spare hand to add pressure to tape. This stuff is really not that hard. Hope it goes well.