I'm no fan of ivy, that's for sure.
Where's WYK been, and what trouble is he making?
- Thread starter wyk
- Start date
Help Support Arborist Forum:
Eh, it's not all ivy. Here's the farm this evening:
The Sony NEX-6 does jis a tad better at capturing images than my smart phone...
The Sony NEX-6 does jis a tad better at capturing images than my smart phone...
Got a new tool - Stihl MS241 is now on the job. I traded some port work for it, and I gotta say - I like it:
Here it is after a day of firewood duty:
Great grunt for a 42cc saw, great fuel economy, and nice and light. Gonna eventually port it. But for now, she runs rather well.
Here it is after a day of firewood duty:
Great grunt for a 42cc saw, great fuel economy, and nice and light. Gonna eventually port it. But for now, she runs rather well.
If you need to cut all those rails, hammer one like this up to fit your Iggesund bar.
Can you raise it up so no bending is needed?
Samlock
Addicted to ArboristSite
Can you raise it up so no bending is needed?
The longer the bar, the higher it'll hold.
I did the MM and reset the 241. It's certainly more peppy. She winds out a bit more, too. But I think porting is in the near future.
The original port:
The after:
Also added two more louvred ports to the other side of the muffler. Not too loud, though. I didn't do anything to the interior of the muffler.
This chain has seen better days, but it's all I had for the vid. Her she is in surprisingly hard well-seasoned Larch(You can see the other ports if ya look closely):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOrynYinTIo
The original port:
The after:
Also added two more louvred ports to the other side of the muffler. Not too loud, though. I didn't do anything to the interior of the muffler.
This chain has seen better days, but it's all I had for the vid. Her she is in surprisingly hard well-seasoned Larch(You can see the other ports if ya look closely):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOrynYinTIo
OK, the fines are slowly being taken care of. It appears they are coming in under the filter. So I am gonna oil the sock better and see about making a rubber gasket for it. I didn't put a pic up last time, so here was my worry:
Without the sock wrapping around the bottom, the fines are MUCH worse. Terrifying, actually. So it must be warped or sumfin, or the rubber too hard, or the vibration more than it seems.
I do have some good news. At least, I think it's good news. I started the saw today after it was sitting for a week. Put new fuel in it and oil. She was a bear to start. Had to really give it to her to make her pop. Then, when she starts on high idle, she goes freaking insane. Like 8K rpm. So, I went and hit the throttle thinking it would kill it. Well, it then hit sumfin silly like 16K RPM nearly instantly. So, I shut her down. Last time I used her it was 60* out. Today it was 36* and perhaps even more humid after a cold front last weekend.
So - I start from scratch. I put the screws all the way in and retune. She is now liking the low at nearly 2 1/2 turns out. The high is 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 or so out now, maybe a touch more. She is idling a little high after she warmed up in the vid I am upping, so ignore that. The crazy part is she is four stroking at 12,200 RPM - otherwise I get a big burble when I let off the throttle, and then she's smacking 11,500 in the wood and acting like she wants more food. Dear lord. How am I gonna pay for all this fuel? It's $9 a gallon here. I refuse to four stroke this thing at 11,500 RPM. I must be missing sumfin.
Without the sock wrapping around the bottom, the fines are MUCH worse.
Terrifying, actually. So it must be warped or sumfin, or the rubber too hard, or the vibration more than it seems.I do have some good news. At least, I think it's good news. I started the saw today after it was sitting for a week. Put new fuel in it and oil. She was a bear to start. Had to really give it to her to make her pop. Then, when she starts on high idle, she goes freaking insane. Like 8K rpm. So, I went and hit the throttle thinking it would kill it. Well, it then hit sumfin silly like 16K RPM nearly instantly. So, I shut her down. Last time I used her it was 60* out. Today it was 36* and perhaps even more humid after a cold front last weekend.
So - I start from scratch. I put the screws all the way in and retune. She is now liking the low at nearly 2 1/2 turns out. The high is 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 or so out now, maybe a touch more. She is idling a little high after she warmed up in the vid I am upping, so ignore that. The crazy part is she is four stroking at 12,200 RPM - otherwise I get a big burble when I let off the throttle, and then she's smacking 11,500 in the wood and acting like she wants more food. Dear lord. How am I gonna pay for all this fuel? It's $9 a gallon here.
I refuse to four stroke this thing at 11,500 RPM. I must be missing sumfin.
Ditch the sock and use the felt pre-filter form an older HD.
OOH I just noticed something -- your filter plate has the 4 holes for the rubber base that only went on early 044's. I see 2 options -- 1) get a newer filter plate 2) get the rubber base.
OOH I just noticed something -- your filter plate has the 4 holes for the rubber base that only went on early 044's. I see 2 options -- 1) get a newer filter plate 2) get the rubber base.
Got any part #'s or images for me to follow you?
OK, so here is the vid. When I am pegging it, she is hitting 12,200 RPM according to the TTO tach. She is holding 11-11.5K in the wood, and you can hear her occasionally four stroking. This is Beech - it's not oak, but it sure is a lot harder than Douglas Fir. The rakers are at .025-.030 with the teeth at a bit less acute angle so they wear longer in hardwoods. So, she can be a touch grabby. 30" bar:
I just watched a load of the raw footage. I think what I may have to do is retard the timing some. She is getting hotter the more I use her. And her idle creeps up. Also gonna pull her apart, coz she HAS to have an airleak somewhere between the carb and the cylinder to build that sorta power and require so much fuel.
WIll it work with the HD2 filter? Wait... I actually dunno if it is HD2 or not. Can ya tell in the image?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gasket-fo...771?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item51bfb6f60b
That looks like it would work with the ribs on the bottom of the filter I have. I would sort of be surprised if my local dealer can get one before the US could - HD filters for 044's are very rare here.
ETA - looked around and it appears to be an HD2. But the bottom of this thing looks like it would fit perfectly in that gasket. In any case, it is unacceptable how many fines it's been letting in. More than I have ever seen before. By a huge margin. I am tearing my saw down tomorrow to make sure there also isn't damage done for the fines...
Purchased it on EBay- US. 9 Euro delivered. That's how much faith I have in the local Stihlership.
Cheers for that!
Be afraid:
The HD2 and The older HD1 filters are more or less demensionally the same, the HD1 had that funny sock thing and a thin element, where the HD2 is more of a classic pleated type.
I would guess that the rubber base should fix the problem, if not get some closed cell foam and make a little "spacer" to fill the gap much like the sock is trying to do.
I would guess that the rubber base should fix the problem, if not get some closed cell foam and make a little "spacer" to fill the gap much like the sock is trying to do.
I love it when a plan comes together!
OK, also turns out the tank vent is wonky.
