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  1. brenndatomu

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    Loaned a chusky 372 with a 268 popup to my nieces husband IMG_20221008_153356766_HDR.jpg
    He didn't clean the bar oiler hole when he flipped the bar IMG_20221011_141556039_HDR.jpg
    He fried the oil pump gear
    I swapped it out no other damage
    It's cutting again.
     
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    Developed a severe air leak in my 1984 266se IMG_20221104_100044526_HDR.jpg
    I thought it was the original seals finally letting go IMG_20221104_100055349.jpg
    But for some reason when I swapped out the 24" bar I ran for three years for a 20" it vibrated a lot more and loosened the carb and recoil
    Easy fix. IMG_20221104_132941607.jpg
    Put a hyway popup in a 272 I like these pistons I have several 268 versions I've run several years
    This is my first 272 version. IMG_20221104_112106688_HDR.jpg
     
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    Soon to be a 395 on the bench. Have to see what’s all in the box first. I think there is enough for at least one saw….:sherlock:
     
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    Pos 440 miserable hateful saw IMG_20221108_141948098_HDR.jpg
    My friend bought this new three years ago he said it's never idled on it's own
    I bought a set of carb adjustment screwdrivers but the lowside jet was stripped from the factory.
    I finally got it dialed in IMG_20221108_144348349_HDR.jpg
    He had thrown the chain that took out the bar plate it ripped a section out exposing the oil pump.
    He didn't know it but that clogged with chips and fried it
    I told him to rampage on it until I can get a replacement.
    I've given all my sub 66cc saws away to nieces and nephews
    I'm looking for a 60cc saw for him
    He only has wood heat and can't afford a new saw right now
    I worked on it at his wood pile he has a few loads in.
     
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    C42254CD-CEBC-4AD7-B7D7-4529713992F4.jpeg 993330E6-00E3-4B7F-88FE-1726C9773E4D.jpeg Well disassembled the xl12 this morning. Started out as just cleaning it up until I grabbed the crank on the pto side and could wiggle it up,down, in and out……:picard:
    This thing is a vvveerrryyy interesting design!
     
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    Those saws ruled the farms here from the 60s to the 80s
    My friend is 74 he had over 30 of them
    He ran them for decades
    Usually the coils go bad before anything else
    The super xl was my favorite
    I have three or four somewhere in the shop.
     
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    Strange set up with hardend washers, thrust bearings and caged needle bearings on the crank. Not to mention the way the clutch has sleeves and bearings. Pretty interesting way the whole saw is put together too. It’s all different assemblies that make up the whole thing. I got things ordered today so I hope to have it back in action soon!
     
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    Outside of the Remington Mighty Mite saws, my favorite vintage saw brand is definitely Homelite. They are all gone now once I started my purge but I'm sure I'll stumble across one I can't live without again. I really like the Super EZ. Especially if you can find a black coil version. I had one but it needed crank seals and I was at the end of my feverish collecting and I just didn't want to mess with it. I gave it away at Denny's GTG thus past april.
     
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    Just finished cobbling this Stihl 020AV together from a few parts saws in the basement shop. New crank seals, carb kit, fuel line, deleted the base gasket and checked squish, it was still a whopping .035 thousandths so I took the base down and ended up with .019 thousandths, advanced the flywheel timing few degrees, opened up the muffler a tad, turned her into a solid runner. She revs up there pretty good for a saw from 1973 or so!

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    Trial run on the 020AV.....still a bit rich. Running 14" 3/8-.050 safety chain, cuts pretty good! I apologize for the lighting, I did this run last evening......ran out of daylight.

     
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    I've put together several of those XL12's. One of my concrete saws is that same basic powered. Good saws from their era, but can be a bit of a PITA to work on.
     
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    Man 35 with the gasket gone that’s a heck of a squish! Bet the machining to 19 was a whole lot of gained compression!
     
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    Yep not a design I’m used to working on. We shall see if I can make it go again!
     
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    It'll rip the cord out of your hand
     
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    After fixing several of my sons trains this evening I got these two ladies prepped up for a date tomorrow evening finishing up a job we started in a neighboring town this afternoon.

    One of my piped Stihl 041AV Supers and the 020AV I just finished building. Well see how they perform together, flashback mid 1970s!!

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    :dex::dex::dex:
    Love the 041’s!
    Got one of the non-av myself.
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    Just put a OEM HDA 144 carb in that 261 in the middle bottom. Had put a AM 262 p/c on it a couple years ago to replace the burnt 261 set. Didn’t like it very much but it was capable. Before replacing the carb, I cleaned and rebuilt it at least twice with meh results. I was blaming the am p/c that needed machining just line up.
    With the new OEM carb, this thing runs mint!
     
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    Bucket truck Triple Lyndie
    Still has most of its second tank of fuel in it.
    Replacing the whole tank
     
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