Question about a crashed Stilh 291

I don't mean to second-guess you, but are you absolutely certain that was the cost to actually repair the saw? The reason I'm asking is because the dealers I know have a $35-$40 diagnostic fee. They will not take your word for what's wrong with a saw; they'll go over it and evaluate it on site and in person to determine what is wrong and what it would take to make necessary repairs. After that you get your repair estimate.

Also, out of curiosity, what was the series of events that lead to you calling the dealer? Did the saw stop working or seize up which made you look into it and discover that you had straight gassed it?

 

Here in America you don't have much of a life or make much of a living if you own a shop and only gross $240 a day. I guess if you work out of your small garage and don't have many expensive tools like you say. And you live in a smaller home you could do it in a smaller community. But as a business owner you are hammered harder on taxes than an employee would be that worked for someone. But you also get to deduct things the worker would not owning a busness. Like part of your morgauge and car payment etc.

 

This is kind of what I was thinking and hinting at. I think it may be a fee to tear it down and or evaluate a possible issue?

 

Do you repair your saws to the dealer ? or even to a small engine shop ?

For helping them growing theirs business, give job and to others peoples , paying theirs taxes , and help the economy of the america

 

No I haven't taken a saw to a dealer. Yet. I think if it got to that point I'd probably buy another one....like I said there usually so expensive. I can do any repair or swap I have needed so far. I don't split cases yet but if it got to that point I'd probably part that saw out.

 

Splitting a case is no big deal. If you have not done one yet you should. If you can do everything else on a saw you can split a case easy enough. Just common sense mechanics is all.

 

Thought about trying one one day. Need to get the tools though.

 

I have seen some of those Chinese case splitters on ebay that are not to bad on the price. Or just make one that bolt on where the bar studs are which is what I have and use. I am thinking of buys one of the Chinese knock offs. I think is would be handy to have both. I know they talk about heating the cases up to drop the bearings in but I just use a hydraulic press which works real well.

 

I could heat it up. Not a bug deal my wife's not that anal about the stove. Probably couldn't get by using the dishwasher like a parts washer like I have heard some guys say though

I might have to check out the case splitter. I have a stihl 011 that ate a bearing race or a ball bearing or something. It would be a good canidate to try as I know that's all that's wring with the saw.

 

Is the Stihl 011 a clamshell or a split case I do not know.

 

It's a split case.

It's an old school horizontal saw.

No I can definitely pull a clam shell apart and even put in a new "short block " as I think they call them

 

Theese are some home made tools that i made the one is more simple and need only a welder a grinder and some garbages parts to make it , the other is 100% copy from the stihl oem spliter i use lathe and milling machine to make it
The cost of theese two is 0 ( zero )
with theese can split cases of stihl , husqy ,dolmar , makita, echo , etc etc also they can close the case so you use the same tool for open and close the case

 

The press work good , but the bearings are made from hard steel , the crankcases are made of magnesium that is a lot more softer , when you taped or press the bearings to put them into the magnesium cases for the reason that the bearings are bigger they shaved the magnesium so everytime that you change bearings gold conditions i mean you shaved magnesium this can give you results of spun bearings
Heating the case with a hot air gun for about 5 minutes the magnesium expand and the bearings fall inside without shaving magnesium and without need any kind of force taping or pressing .

 

Dont need to use the oven and have fights with your wife just take a cheapo hot air gun and concendrate the heat where the bearings must instal and to the inner race of the bearings for put the crankshaft easier inside to them

 

I try to sent you the service manuals for the 09, 010 ,011 stihls but it say that the file is too large
if you need them sent me a email and i will sent them

 

I do have a welder. But I don't have a lathe. That looks like AL. I don't know how or have access to a AL welder. Would like to though.

And I need to watch more videos on case splitting . I was lost the few that I saw. Probably was over thinking something though?

Be cool to have one of those tools to split cases with pantelis.

 

No they are not aluminum , they are made from iron some of them are just painting and some of them are zinc plated this is why they looks like aluminum,

 

This is a copy from the stihl oem spliter i made this for a friend who is member here

 

And here is another video with the other home made splitter that you see in the above pictures

 

Tomorow some videos with stihl - husqy splitters , seal pullers , auto tune diagnostic , MDG1 mtronics and EFI diagnostics l , Zat 3 ignition tester and much more

this time with oems stihl and husqy tools