Stihl vs Husqvarna...

AND oil mixed in the gas vs the factory oil injection.

 

You guys should have seen the inside of that Homelite. That wonderful flap of felt for a filter is about as useless a screen door on a submarine. I thought it was rust inside all over the bearngs ect. I almost tossed the thing in the hopper but, because I already spent money on the seals and gaskets, I investigated. All that "rust" was sawdust fines and earl on everything. Easily wiped off or rinsed out.

 

Snob....

Air filters, AND mix oil....good grief....what a legalist.....

 

Lol

 

Its about to be on for the 543 xp hoover...

 

Between fall yard maintenance, camper winterizing and building a hunting shack with a composting toilet in the corner, I had some time to get this far on the 543.


The plan is to use my air pencil grinder to cut out the aluminum to the scribe line and JB weld the stack to the factory filter mount. It will slip over the diameter and set on that shelf. The nylock nut will be there as well. I've done this before on another saw and it works perfectly. I figured if a porters use the JB in the intake on a cylinder, its good enough to seal these together. Like the Makita, the filter will hold the hood on.

 

V stack and saw mods eh. * FHC heavy breathing intensifies*

 

Gotta stop the suck. Its a saw not a vacuum cleaner. Any additional performance is a bonus. It won't be the first saw Kevin has done of mine that I've already did "stuff" too.

 

Morning peeps. Sorry this is going so slow. I had other "catastrophes" to deal with. Anyway, stack is JB welded in place. Not sure why I thought I could use that stud to place a nut on as I stated. I'll try to get this mounted up this coming week and start the filter cover modding. The nice thing is its not expensive to return to stock. The elbow is $8 and cover is $15. If they were to offer a better factory filter I'd probably change it back because it looks nice stock. Looks matter to the logs your cutting...

 

Done. But first....I didn't realize the factory filter is two pieces. There is definitely evidence of that seam leaking fines. Id grease that seam for those running the factory filter.

 

Now the modded set up. I'm pretty happy with the results.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/xLq5BnLXJQwk5eUk7

 

I contacted them a while back, they said they had no plans to bring it to USA.

 

Same response I got.

 

LOL

DDM parts I love it. They got more than a few bucks from me with the RC car stuff. Never thought of that stuff on a saw. Smart thinking.

 

I've put there stacks and filters on 4 saws now and a Honda powered mantis mini tiller. Lol

 

The redmax killed trees today.
I'm really liking this little bugger.
Probably has 20-30 tanks of fuel through it now.

 

Excellent. I really like mine too. The more you run it the stronger it gets to a point. What you cut there is about the biggest I'll ever cut. That size saw is perfect for those.

 

I know it's not the saws yall are comparing but I recently got my XS 4910. Has become my go to saw. Can't believe what that thing will cut.

 

You are ahead of me. I've just got about 4 tanks through mine but I'm liking it more everyday.


Loading up the Lopi
Mike in Okla

 

Those are nice saws too. You can do a lot of fire wood cutting with a quality 40-50cc saw. I've said it before, my Dad used a Stihl 031AV with a 16" hard nose bar to keep us and another household warm for many years.