Icedogs28
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Where's this junk pile? I'd like to go check it out, myself.
So would I! LOL I never actually got to see it...
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So would I! LOL I never actually got to see it...
MiloFrance
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Barely mid-January and my second post... Might have combustion issues, but sounds fine to my noob ears. €80, so not the cheapest but I'm happy!
happysaws
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What fuel mix you running? 16:1? Seems a little on the smokey side...
MiloFrance
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Nope, my usual tipple of nice fresh 95 and Stihl blue at 50:1. Emptied the stuff that was in there and let it idle for a while before the video.
For that much smoke, the oiler gets sucked into the engine...you may have an oiler problem/leak that is not unheard of on those (I have 2). One is early (Port Washington NY) and the second is later (Charlotte NC). Both needed oiler work. Especially if they had E-10 in them in prior use.
Both of mine were $0, all the money was consumed on bar/chain/carb kit/oiler diaphragms
Icedogs28
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Thanks for the info! I have the smaller top handle XL and it smokes just like this. I assumed the rings we're shot, but now I'll check out the oiler
That is sucking bar oil. The duckbill in the oil tank has fallen off or turned to mush. Typical of an old little red Homie.
MiloFrance
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Dash it all.... a steep learning curve coming up. Any chance you could point me at the parts or kit I need for the oiler please?
Dash it all.... a steep learning curve coming up. Any chance you could point me at the parts or kit I need for the oiler please?
The bar oiler on the early ones are quite sophisticated for a tiny saw, not really that difficult to understand but certainly much more complicated than a crankcase pressurized like the poulan micro series.
The diaphragm/shafts are very scarce and usually expensive if you find them.
They made this style/family of saw for a long time but I think the much later (plastic)ones use a slightly different style/system.
IIRC duckbill or not, the diaphragm should totally block the bar oil side from the engine crankcase.
Scans from my Clymer Chainsaw Repair Manual.
More oiler.
My first and only saw up until six years ago was an XL-2, $15 from a garage sale. Prolly $13 too much.[emoji849]
There are numerous ways to hook up the oiler lines with less than ideal results. [emoji23]
I tried them all. ROFL
There are numerous ways to hook up the oiler lines with less than ideal results. [emoji23]
I tried them all. ROFL
Yeah boy what a refresher looking at the schematic again. Pressurized oil tank, yet diaphragm/shaft metered to the bar feed. Thanks for posting
I see again if the diaphragm is stiff from E-10 the light spring may not push enough oil to the bar...I think this was the problem I ran into...
And I see again you are right the E-10 could kill the duck bill and oil could get sucked back to the engine through the impulse (& vacuum side) to the crankcase. The diaphragm, good or bad, would not block oil flow.
I see again if the diaphragm is stiff from E-10 the light spring may not push enough oil to the bar...I think this was the problem I ran into...
And I see again you are right the E-10 could kill the duck bill and oil could get sucked back to the engine through the impulse (& vacuum side) to the crankcase. The diaphragm, good or bad, would not block oil flow.
MiloFrance
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@67L36Driver That's amazing. Thank you!
roy wilson
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Welcome.
Up next you will learn the ‘Homelite Tip & Slide’. Or, how one gets the engine out of the housing. [emoji106]
And, ‘while I’m at its’ that will invariably come up.
Tip: Pay strict attention to the throttle link!
rustymaggot
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my new remington made for montgomery ward. 20 inch roller nose bar(i think its really a 18 inch bar with a long chain, seller may have not known) 78 shipped from ebay. i cant wait to go play with it in the morning.
If you like a 4” Wards, you will love a 5”.
happysaws
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Speak of the devil...If you like a 4” Wards, you will love a 5”.
Paid $5 at a flea market.
He wanted $10, but I told him I'd only give him $5 because it's "only" 5 cubic inches.
He agreed.
