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  1. Bob Hedgecutter

    2101xp

    Yeah, perhaps less than ideal. Clean it up best ya can and hopefully that one dark line that looks to be a deep groove is not through the chrome. Piston looks like it might have had the old screwdriver through the exhaust port as a piston stop trick. New set of good rings- do the grooves with a...
  2. Bob Hedgecutter

    2101xp

    Id be looking at the bottom rod bearing pretty close- make sure bits of cage are not doing your scoring. Seals are a matter of course- replace those and main crank bearings if at all suspect. I keep the governors working on these- I know the fashion seems to be block them and squeeze a wee bit...
  3. Bob Hedgecutter

    2101xp

    Not 100% but probably common to 480's and the like.
  4. Bob Hedgecutter

    2101xp

    Sweet, hopefully it was run tuned right and oil rich- incidentally, Husqvarna recommend on anything over 80cc- 33:1.
  5. Bob Hedgecutter

    2101xp

    Clean looking saw for the vintage- usually missing a lot more paint from the rear handle especially. Decals still on top cover- doubt its seen a whole lot of hard work.
  6. Bob Hedgecutter

    Loose/Wiggly Clutch Drum

    You have the big washer under the clutch eh? And it is the correct way up? Someone has not replaced the washer under the E clip with the thin one where it should perhaps be the thick one? (there are two types)
  7. Bob Hedgecutter

    Rebuild?

    As I said- you can pit the cheap one on to get it running then work on the original one. In my experience the cheap top ends are very "variable" in the port timing and never seem to make as good as original power- so you might get it to run, but never as well as it could run or did run. Online...
  8. Bob Hedgecutter

    Echo 490 engine speed is oscillating, at all speeds

    Not a family of saws I work on- but I know they come lean from the factory- the whole standards and EPA emission rules etc. Without hearing/seeing- vacuum and pressure test would be a good place to start- full fuel delivery system check- filter, fuel lines etc for splits, cracks, clogging...
  9. Bob Hedgecutter

    Stihl 211C Cover Keeps Popping Loose?

    Seem to remember reading similar somewhere- unless there is any damage or wear to the clip ears- replacement top is probably the best fix.
  10. Bob Hedgecutter

    Another 2094......

    Swapped a low top 288XP today. Has a few "issues" like the busted wrap mount, busted starter pulley, busted choke pull- but nothing too major. I think the first ever 2094 I have seen here that does not have the factory side fitted decomp valve and has been retro fitted with one in the top.
  11. Bob Hedgecutter

    Stihl MS180c...where does this wire plug in?

    So you got it sorted and you are all good?
  12. Bob Hedgecutter

    Stihl MS180c...where does this wire plug in?

    Into the master control lever- under the spring metal clip that carries grounding from the cylinder to that wire and grounds out the coil to stop the saw. As viewed from the rear of the saw, slightly right of the choke rod entry to the main control lever there is a channel the brass end of the...
  13. Bob Hedgecutter

    Husqvarna Idle Issue

    Husqvarna 41- not one of my favourite saws in any guise of the family from 36 to 141- but there are lots of them out there. If the saw is old enough to not have limiters on the carb adjustment screws- 1/4 turn out from lightly seated is not going to work and is WAY too lean. Base settings for...
  14. Bob Hedgecutter

    Rebuild?

    Doc- where did we get to? have you decided to put it in the too hard basket- starting looking at why the saw is not performing as it should by means other than compression? No reason just for fun you cant swap out the original piston and cylinder for the Chinese one and then work on fixing that...
  15. Bob Hedgecutter

    Jonsereds 80

    Had the opportunity to pick up another Jonsereds at the weekend, first points ignition one I own and only the second one I have seen for sale here in the last 5 years or so. Was part of a storage locker clean out, was VERY cheap, basically complete (only part missing is the kill switch) and...
  16. Bob Hedgecutter

    Rebuild?

    And the 031 runs? So therefore compression is not your issue and something else is? If it were mine, I would cut the slot with a good old hand held hand powered hacksaw- like I said, bush fix. Never tried a paint thinners brew- might work, but I have no experience in doing so. No experience...
  17. Bob Hedgecutter

    Rebuild?

    What type of compression tester are you using? If its a cheap automotive type- odds are it is giving you a false reading- as they are not designed for small engine testing- they need high volume of high pressure gasses to measure. Small engine testers have a weak Schrader valve in the very...
  18. Bob Hedgecutter

    Rebuild?

    If you have the tooling- BEFORE you tear it all apart- be a great time to do a pressure and vacuum test on it to determine why it lost compression. Could be as simple as just needing new rings. Picture of the piston through the exhaust port (with the muffler first removed) is always a good...
  19. Bob Hedgecutter

    Rebuild?

    Ah the good old Chinese kits- never liked them- never as good as original nor do they last as long. You have to be pretty particular with those Chinese retaining clips for the piston wrist pin- or they fall out....... Photos of the inside of the original cylinder? Original piston? Do you know...
  20. Bob Hedgecutter

    Rebuild?

    Rebuild for what? Are you putting a new top end cylinder and piston on the old crankcase? Do you know what caused it to need rebuilt? Do you have a 100% complete saw to start rebuilding? Have done a few of the 028 and 038 rebuilds from scratch- have examples of 028's here for reference-...
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