"You Suck" Thread 2016--Pics required!
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Hmmmm. A bent bar plate?
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Topbuilder
Mouth breathers need not apply.
Caused by the stud moving ?
I haven't inspected it further yet but I think Dolmar didn't get the bar stud run down all the way from factory. I'm hoping I can take the bar plate off tonight, run the bar stud down, flatten the plate out smooth and reinstall.
It would be nice to have a fresh 6100 to play with at the Iowa Charity Cut this weekend.
Michigan Escapee
ArboristSite Operative
Hmm... Well, even if it is cross threaded, I think you can probably chase out the hole with a tap, and then tin, or if you want to be sleazy, telfon tape that top end of the bolt so it doesn't weeble wobble from the vibration. Even though the "proper way" is to helicoil every time, come hell, high water, or even if 3/4 of the thread is intact. 
Unless of course, you don't have the extra space to install a helicoil, and have to do something "exciting" like using a magnesium brazing alloy to fill the hole, without setting something on fire and burning a big hole in the concrete, or expiring from poor ventilation due to flux toxicity.
Links for those with a death wish.
https://app.aws.org/wj/2005/10/033/
http://weldingweb.com/showthread.php?85841-Welding-Magnesium-Why-won-t-many-people-do-it
Unless of course, you don't have the extra space to install a helicoil, and have to do something "exciting" like using a magnesium brazing alloy to fill the hole, without setting something on fire and burning a big hole in the concrete, or expiring from poor ventilation due to flux toxicity.
Links for those with a death wish.
https://app.aws.org/wj/2005/10/033/
http://weldingweb.com/showthread.php?85841-Welding-Magnesium-Why-won-t-many-people-do-it
We'll take it 1 step at a time and take it apart first...Hmm... Well, even if it is cross threaded, I think you can probably chase out the hole with a tap, and then tin, or if you want to be sleazy, telfon tape that top end of the bolt so it doesn't weeble wobble from the vibration. Even though the "proper way" is to helicoil every time, come hell, high water, or even if 3/4 of the thread is intact.
Unless of course, you don't have the extra space to install a helicoil, and have to do something "exciting" like using a magnesium brazing alloy to fill the hole, without setting something on fire and burning a big hole in the concrete, or expiring from poor ventilation due to flux toxicity.
Links for those with a death wish.
https://app.aws.org/wj/2005/10/033/
http://weldingweb.com/showthread.php?85841-Welding-Magnesium-Why-won-t-many-people-do-it
Jimbo209
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$50 US for the pair. 74cc's of old school green thunder. Came with 18" & 20" bars & 1 chain. Should make for some fun afternoons!
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that ain't right
but it is a big You Suck.
WorthlessAdvice
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Hi. This is my first post. Old flat top 066 I picked up on Friday. It was only run for a couple months before they broke the spark plug wire, junked it, and threw it in their garage. It needed an oil cap, a top handle, and an ignition, which I already had laying around. Everything else is in near perfect condition. Scored it for the low, low price of FREE.
Homelitexl903
CAD...The struggle is real.
Nice score...did they use it as a doorstop for there garage? It was free so it doesn't matter but I think they made up the story they told you. No one buys a thousand dollar big pro saw just to junk it over a simple spark plug wire after a few months. It should look pristine but either way You Suck!
WorthlessAdvice
ArboristSite Lurker
I've known these people my entire life. I've no reason to doubt the story. They're extended family members. Believe me, its nowhere near the first thing they've done that makes me scratch my head and wonder why.
I have my suspicions about the starter cover being switched out for some reason or another. It's in much worse shape than the rest of the powerhead. All the rest of it needed was a good degreasing from catching bar and chain oil from the other saws under the workbench for the last couple decades.
My last 066 that I had came from under that workbench. I ran it for three years after investing about 200 bucks in parts.
There's still 1 more flat top 066, a decomp 066, a red light 066, an 046, and an 044 under that bench in various states of disrepair. They WILL be mine one of these days.
I have my suspicions about the starter cover being switched out for some reason or another. It's in much worse shape than the rest of the powerhead. All the rest of it needed was a good degreasing from catching bar and chain oil from the other saws under the workbench for the last couple decades.
My last 066 that I had came from under that workbench. I ran it for three years after investing about 200 bucks in parts.
There's still 1 more flat top 066, a decomp 066, a red light 066, an 046, and an 044 under that bench in various states of disrepair. They WILL be mine one of these days.
ML12
ArboristSite Guru
Picked this up for $30, its so clean I doubt it ever saw more than one piece of wood. There are no wood chips or oil anywhere on this thing. All it needed was a new fuel line and a carb kit.
Chris J.
Addicted to ArboristSite
And they don't even look beat-to-h*ll. Yep, you SUCK!
I was going through some of my Dad's old files and found an owners manual for a 452 VL. When I get a chance I'll see if I can find. If I do find it I'll send you a PM and mail it up to you. Back in the day it was my favorite trimming saw. One of the first higher revving saws we had. I actually stenciled "JOES SAW KEEP OFF" on the bar so the ground men wouldn't grab it and dull it. Dad let some one borrow it and they moved and kept my saw. Then I switched to a Homelite Super 1050 with a 24" bar, and NO body ever grabbed that one for ground trimming, Joe.
Matt B
ArboristSite Operative
Bought this off an image conscious city slicker with a few acres who didn't want to run Echo saws because they aren't professional grade.... for $70.
I've run all sorts of saws and this is a cracker. A touch heavy for its output compared to equivalent saws from Husqy or Stihl but it has very high comp and it's appears to be very well made.
I've run all sorts of saws and this is a cracker. A touch heavy for its output compared to equivalent saws from Husqy or Stihl but it has very high comp and it's appears to be very well made.
I label them 'Stihl Snobs'.
