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[s sidewall]

Would look like straight gassing after 5 tanks of fuel would you say?

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[sawfun]

Mods have that stuff prefiltered out, that way you can't be talking about the competition.


Not long in that case, there always has to be a wear surface ie: chrome on alum, steel on alum, brass on steel that kinda thing, if you have two unplated aluminum wear parts they will start to gall one another in no time

The original Chevy Vegas engines would only last about 15k miles before they were shot. The reason was aluminum cylinders and pistons. This worked fine in the Can Am race cars, not so good in extended use however. Chevy later went to steel sleeves but by then, what was otherwise a decent little car's, reputation had been ruined. I had a friend in high school with one and it used more oil than gas, wow what a blue cloud, kinda inverted premix.

 

[s sidewall]

Old mechanic I worked with years ago told me about that, said they had to sleeve the block.

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[s sidewall]

Would it look like this[emoji24]

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[happysaws]

Would it look like this[emoji24]

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Mmm I would say that's toast.

 

[s sidewall]

Looks like unplated piston to unplated cylinder damage to yall?

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[Mac&Homelite]

Looks like unplated piston to unplated cylinder damage to yall?

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Aw man, that stinks. Unfortunately, it does seem to look that way.

 

[s sidewall]

That's what I thought, was told it looked like it was straight gassed but my other saws I was and still am is running off the same mix. On rear down I did find on of the crank seals had took a crap but don't think it would have done this. Plus I don't think you can lightly buff chrome off a piston.

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[Mac&Homelite]

That's what I thought, was told it looked like it was straight gassed but my other saws I was and still am is running off the same mix. On rear down I did find on of the crank seals had took a crap but don't think it would have done this. Plus I don't think you can lightly buff chrome off a piston.

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Well, the seal may have had a larger part to do with the failure than a potenitally unplated cylinder. I think pretty much every cylinder has some sort of coating on it, especially many of the later models. Even if you are running the right mix an air-leak would still have some serious problems.

 

[s sidewall]

Both sides of the piston looked the same, saw always smoked a little while running and ran like it should. Found the piston like this when I pulled the muffler to fix a bad mm someone else had done.

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[s sidewall]

This cylinder is bare. Chrome piston, but the am piston I don't believe was plated.

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[Homelitexl903]

@Homelitexl903 how common are full wrap handles on homelite ez chainsaw?

I would say not very common. They show up on ebay every now and then. That's how I got mine and they shipped from the West coast.

 

[RandyMac]

I have two.

 

[RandyMac]

and this one

 

[Homelitexl903]

@astnmacgto Did you mean the Super EZ or just the ez? I overlooked the question.

 

[stihlaficionado]

Here's my little Husky 35



Not sure if it qualifies as "vintage"

 

[LonestarStihl]

Here's my little Husky 35View attachment 576760

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Not sure if it qualifies as "vintage"

I've never even seen one of those before...

 

[Kensie1988]

@astnmacgto Did you mean the Super EZ or just the ez? I overlooked the question.

I believe he was just referring to the handlebar itself.

 

[Homelitexl903]

Here's my little Husky 35View attachment 576760

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Not sure if it qualifies as "vintage"

That looks nice for its age. How's it run? At some point we are going to race our small cc saws here for fun.

 

[stihlaficionado]

I've never even seen one of those before...

Excellent condition, a couple minor paint scratches