Sure is quiet in here....do I need to start a fight?

[pioneerguy600]

Sure ya wont take the poopers too ?

Naw,...I can get dozens of them any time I like. I must have thrown 300 or more of them into the dumpsters myself by now. I replace 15-20 every year, some of the colors are just weirs. Mint green, sunshine yellow, purple, blue and even red ones.....Yuck.

 

[IEL]

Possibly, got a few parts saws buried somewhere inside a 12' X 12' storage building, maybe 150-200 saws piled up in there. Will take a look first chance I get. I found a NOS one for a RA that I had forgotten I bought for a resto a few years back, also 2 NOS ones for the 450-NU17 still in original boxes. I was digging out a crank, rod and bearings for another member....LOL

That would be great if you could take a look. No rush, I have two macs, and a canadien to finish off first. When ever you get the chance.
What size of bars will these things pull well? I think I could find anything from 18-42 inch.

 

[pioneerguy600]

That would be great if you could take a look. No rush, I have two macs, and a canadien to finish off first. When ever you get the chance.
What size of bars will these things pull well? I think I could find anything from 18-42 inch.

Back in the day we ran 20-24" hard nose bars with .404 chain, both semi and chisel depending on what we were cutting. I have run a 36" converted to 3/8" on my souped up 650. Stock they are more torque saws and can pull longer bar chain setups but are painfully slow compared to modern saws.

 

[little possum]

I ported my mini mac But havent had the patience to figure out why it wasnt sparking and put it back together. I got all the parts to fix it... Also have my Jredavarna 672 I need to straighten out, and put a coil back on my 394! I kinda miss messing with saws and being with dad all the time... Growing up sucks!

 

[jimdad07]

Been researching Farmall 656's, I was wrong on the model number yesterday. Anyhow it looks like I can fix the shifting problem with a kit they make and I think I can fix the hydraulics with a fluid change. I'll really be cooking when I can get ahold of a front end loader for it.
On the saw front I cut more firewood tonight with the 9010 and the 6400. Had mitre box full of small logs and ran the 9010 through them. 28" bar buried and loving it!

 

[jimdad07]

Chatter dies right out when I pop in, must be the smell.

 

[IEL]

Has anyone used either permatex or crc gasket romover?

There has to be a better method than razor blades to remove baked on gaskets....
Any other tips?

 

[tbone75]

Chatter dies right out when I pop in, must be the smell.

Yep , ya smell like a Steel ! otstir:

 

[Stihl 041S]

Chatter dies right out when I pop in, must be the smell.

Hey Jim !!!!!!

Good on the Farmall. Remember the hydraulic filter if there is one.

 

[pioneerguy600]

Has anyone used either permatex or crc gasket romover?

There has to be a better method than razor blades to remove baked on gaskets....
Any other tips?

I have 5-6 liters of Tal Strip that works great, I have not used the ones you mentioned.

 

[tbone75]

Has anyone used either permatex or crc gasket romover?

There has to be a better method than razor blades to remove baked on gaskets....
Any other tips?

Never tried any of that stuff ?

 

[pioneerguy600]

Been researching Farmall 656's, I was wrong on the model number yesterday. Anyhow it looks like I can fix the shifting problem with a kit they make and I think I can fix the hydraulics with a fluid change. I'll really be cooking when I can get ahold of a front end loader for it.
On the saw front I cut more firewood tonight with the 9010 and the 6400. Had mitre box full of small logs and ran the 9010 through them. 28" bar buried and loving it!

I do the same thing with the 090`s and a 60" bar, makes fast work bucking up 10-12" wood stacked in the rack.

 

[pioneerguy600]

Time:

 

[tbone75]

Time:

Nite ya Ol Phart ! :msp_w00t:

 

[Stihl 041S]

Has anyone used either permatex or crc gasket romover?

There has to be a better method than razor blades to remove baked on gaskets....
Any other tips?

Gasket scrapers work great.

You should try removing 1/8" gasket 4 1/2 feet across the pump been there for 50 years....

Get an air scraper.....

That's all I got.

Hey Jerry.

Hey John.

 

[BigDaddyR]

Hey Rob, Hey John!

Won't be on long. Tired tonight.

Success on my 365 tonight. Went to the dealers to pick up the new decomp valve under warranty and installed it then pressure tested again. Threads on it wanted to leak even with crush washer. I tightened until leaking went away. Was afraid I'd strip the treads. Hopefully I won't have to mess with that again any time soon. Still was leaking down so sprayed all over and figured out that I didn't have the exhaust blocked off well enough. Fixed that and bam, held pressure and vacuum for several minutes. Put it all back together and compression tested it. Blowing 170psi cold. Will fire it up and test start it tomorrow night when I get home and then retune it this weekend. Plug looks like it's running rich but I don't have a whole lot of RPM's to lean it out with. Limited at 13,600 I think and had it set to 13300 last time I tuned it.

 

[tbone75]

Gasket scrapers work great.

You should try removing 1/8" gasket 4 1/2 feet across the pump been there for 50 years....

Get an air scraper.....

That's all I got.

Hey Jerry.

Hey John.

Hey Uncle Mongo !!

 

[tbone75]

Hey Rob, Hey John!

Won't be on long. Tired tonight.

Success on my 365 tonight. Went to the dealers to pick up the new decomp valve under warranty and installed it then pressure tested again. Threads on it wanted to leak even with crush washer. I tightened until leaking went away. Was afraid I'd strip the treads. Hopefully I won't have to mess with that again any time soon. Still was leaking down so sprayed all over and figured out that I didn't have the exhaust blocked off well enough. Fixed that and bam, help pressure and vacuum for several minutes. Put it all back together and compression tested it. Blowing 170psi cold. Will fire it up and test start it tomorrow night when I get home and then retune it this weekend. Plug looks like it's running rich but I don't have a whole lot of RPM's to lean it out with. Limited at 13,600 I think and had it set to 13300 last time I tuned it.

Good news ! It will run fine now !

 

[BigDaddyR]

Good news ! It will run fine now !

Boy I hope so! It's been a journey working on it and getting the tools needed to test things and figuring out what was going on. Now I have the tools to help me fix the two macs I have. Also have a rear handle assembly on the way for my boss's crapsman with a good throttle cable. Can't wait to get that one back to him. Probably needed a gas cap and I took the thing apart and broke something. Grrr Oh well, cheap lesson on his. Shouldn't have started out with my 365, should have started with something less expensive. LOL. Now I know

 

[Jon1212]

Good news ! I have the "runs" now!

Bummer, mang.