Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[North by Northwest]

I actually tinkered with a saw today for the first time in a long time. It is a MS460 with an 046 D jug that I gave to my grandnephew a few years ago. He abused it, it stopped running and got striped a bit, but his brother took it and wants me to get it running again.

I replaced the recoil and had pulled the plug and replaced it with a new one (after it dried out), and I got it running again, but you need to use the decompressor.

It ran good (big relief!). I need to rebuild the carb (and I found a kit in my inventory). It is obviously leaking fuel into the case after you shut it down. That is usually a problem with the fuel valve and causes hydraulic lockup (which is why the recoil was ruined). I think this is the third or fourth time I've seen a saw with this problem.

Ethanol fuel fouling of the inlet needle Mike ? or over tall metering valve adjustment or just wear & tear ?

 

[Squareground3691]

My wood scrounger has finally arrived.

 

[MustangMike]

Ethanol fuel fouling of the inlet needle Mike ? or over tall metering valve adjustment or just wear & tear ?

From the deterioration of the gaskets, I would say it was just an old carb.

 

[MustangMike]

bear scratch on the tree? bi load of cherry! what will u do with the lumber u have made? nice rig!

Looks like antler scratches to me, but I could be wrong!

 

[chipper1]

My wood scrounger has finally arrived.

Congrats.
I remember when mine looked newer .
She's pretty beat up now, but doesn't owe me a thing, it's been a great machine. Used it a good bit yesterday, moved 60 sheets of 1/2" OSB (12 at a time) out of the woodshed, raked all the leaves out, then put it on the opposite side, then grabbed a few cherry logs off the locust log pile to bucknfor firewood. Once I get all the cherry cut up and a few other sticks, I need to add like 5 more locust logs to the pile. You can never have enough locust logs .
Look forward to hearing what you like, dislike about it. I'd tear that sunshade right off it, too much work in the woods for me, but for brush hogging I can see where it would be nice.

 

[MustangMike]

My wood scrounger has finally arrived.

Very nice-looking machine there, best of luck with it. My next-door neighbor has a much smaller version, but it comes in very handy.

He uses it for lots of stuff, and occasionally helps me out when I need something done.

 

[Squareground3691]

Very nice-looking machine there, best of luck with it. My next-door neighbor has a much smaller version, but it comes in very handy.

He uses it for lots of stuff, and occasionally helps me out when I need something done.

Thanks, Mike

 

[JimR]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/3844704129...KKQZTfARKm&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Me too, Like them a lot.
The stihl lightweight bars are very nice, but .
I also like to use the standard 20 and 24" "e" bars as they are way cheaper and nice and light in the tip, but no .058 for this specific application.

If it were me, I wouldn't wait! Edit, but you could always use the standard weight bar.
The link for the one on amazon is one of about 10 I saw listed in the states and the lowest price, not that that's all that matters to me .

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Tsumara bar order from Archer for $99.95 and free shipping. That light weight bar hopefully will help my back just a little bit.

 

[WoodAbuser]

Tsumara bar order from Archer for $99.95 and free shipping. That light weight bar hopefully will help my back just a little bit.

You will like it. Archer is where I got one of mine and they are a great place to deal with.

 

[JimR]

Yeah the processor is worth some money. I only use it for firewood that I sell and I don't really sell alot. I bought it at an auction and it needed some work so wasn't too bad of a deal. I can actually split faster with my orange splitter but it's pretty easy to just sit down and pull levers on the processor. I have a lot of trailers and left this one at a jobsite for 5 weeks. I had it parked in a bush at a customers site and had some equipment in front of it, you could hardly see it from the road. I was in a rush one night and moved the bucket from in front of the trailer and never put it back. The trailer was gone the next morning when I went to pick it up. We figured that someone local was watching it and waiting for the right time to take it. Cops pretty much did nothing.

That sucks. Local guy near me showed his very expensive 25 foot boat to a guy one day. That night it dissapeared. People suck.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

It's a buck rub, all the lumber is already sold to a private party...

SR

 

[JimR]

My wood scrounger has finally arrived.

You are going to love having that tractor to use for everything.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

My wood scrounger has finally arrived.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Congrats.I remember when mine looked newer .She's pretty beat up now, but doesn't owe me a thing, it's been a great machine.
Look forward to hearing what you like, dislike about it. I'd tear that sunshade right off it, too much work in the woods for me, but for brush hogging I can see where it would be nice.

looked a bit like a bus stop canopy to me! but then a sudden cloud burst and i bet no complaints! i did like the twin lights in it, topside. in fact, i liked just about everything about it!

 

[Squareground3691]

Congrats.
I remember when mine looked newer .
She's pretty beat up now, but doesn't owe me a thing, it's been a great machine. Used it a good bit yesterday, moved 60 sheets of 1/2" OSB (12 at a time) out of the woodshed, raked all the leaves out, then put it on the opposite side, then grabbed a few cherry logs off the locust log pile to bucknfor firewood. Once I get all the cherry cut up and a few other sticks, I need to add like 5 more locust logs to the pile. You can never have enough locust logs .
Look forward to hearing what you like, dislike about it. I'd tear that sunshade right off it, too much work in the woods for me, but for brush hogging I can see where it would be nice.

Thanks, Brett

 

[Sierra_rider]

Nice casting?

They come with a stuffer in one pair of the transfers, and it's hard to blend it once you remove it. The jug is so small, it's really hard to run a grinder in them...at a certain point, I gave up trying to make it pretty and decided to run it. It responded really well to the increase in compression and opening up the transfers...it's a mean little saw and runs way better than a 25cc saw should.

 

[North by Northwest]

My wood scrounger has finally arrived.

Sweet ride brother !

 

[Be Stihl]

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Thank you, so If its stuck on and you try to move it will it jam up and start cranking the motor?

Yes, it should never be completely “locked” up, even when engaged it has a certain amount of slip. That is with the electric fan clutch on my 2004.

 

[Squareground3691]

Sweet ride brother !

Thanks, bro

 

[JimR]

Pretty sure tsumura not Sugi makes the new husqy bars.

On the bar subject. Look for a laser lite bar, another tsumura made brand bar. I have 2 of them and one sugi bar. Both brands have been great. The stihl light weight is lighter, but trying to find them in stock is hard then you need to rob a bank to pay for them.

Plus I would need an adapter for it to fit.