Thinking of grabbing cheap 026

[Bob Hedgecutter]

Well I had a great time last night taking the clubs apart to clean that area. Did all that to investigate a bad oiling issue. From what I can tell it was a bad seal between the pickup hole on the pump and the little rubber hose end at the tank due to crud. Ran it a good bit this morning and let it idle a lot and now I have some pooling happening.

Flushed the oil res with diesel twice. I will most likely add a splash to the bar oil to help flush the whole system now as well.

Also replaced the broken brake handle today, that spring reinstall was a task. Thanks to donyboy73 on YouTube. I used the hollow tube off the air compressor to slide the spring down onto the post after failing too many times with the trampoline spring tool

Back in the day when there were a lot of drum brakes on vehicles they used to sell some wonderful tools for getting springs elongated and over posts under tension- but a flat blade screwdriver works as well.

 

[pioneerguy600]

Fair enough on models that indeed have restrictions due to impractical people and impractical ideas- and when you know what you are doing, understand the result of the actions, but when you are new to the game- get the saw up and running stock- do the basics first and do them well, then modify.

You are correct there, Bob. The stuff I have seen done to these saws by just the johnny come latelys are rather comical. My first attempts were not quite what I settled into after a few years and dozens of trial and error work. Plenty of welding up mistakes and making improvements is the name of the game. Some stuff works better than others and each model size differs somewhat, then noise comes into play, I don`t like noise as much these days.

 

[Bob Hedgecutter]

You are correct there, Bob. The stuff I have seen done to these saws by just the johnny come latelys are rather comical. My first attempts were not quite what I settled into after a few years and dozens of trial and error work. Plenty of welding up mistakes and making improvements is the name of the game. Some stuff works better than others and each model size differs somewhat, then noise comes into play, I don`t like noise as much these days.

Is that why older Canadians add "EH" to the end of their sentences?
Not a laughing matter though, tinnitus is no fun! I was always what I thought to be- fairly careful with hearing protection throughout my working career, both heavy construction, forestry and carpentry- but I too suffer from it- accelerated somewhat in the past couple of years due to other health issues- but to have constant white noise in one or both ears- gets tedious and annoying.

 

[ZeroJunk]

Seems like earlier members smarter than me said muffler exhaust 5/8 the size of exhaust port. Not cast in stone obviously, but a range
You will have to defeat any carburetor limiters because you are going to have to provide more fuel vs more air.

An 026 may be the best saw to learn on that there is. Anything larger is just a matter of scale.

 

[STOVE]

Seems like earlier members smarter than me said muffler exhaust 5/8 the size of exhaust port. Not cast in stone obviously, but a range
You will have to defeat any carburetor limiters because you are going to have to provide more fuel vs more air.

An 026 may be the best saw to learn on that there is. Anything larger is just a matter of scale.

So far I have really enjoyed working on it, so many good threads I have picked over and YouTube videos. I was super intimidated by it starting out. I have gained a lot of confidence in short order from taking it apart. I wish the OeM parts were easier to find. My dealer is taking a few weeks to get some of them but it is what it is.