What ever you put on your skin will be absorbed into your body. So gloves are protective to prevent chemicals from entering your system and adding to a toxic load of poisons. I've help several guys learn to use gloves. Their hands healed from all the cracking that allowed chemicals to enter even easier.
@biomechanique6874 It's well known in the Safety and Industrial Hygiene discipline that chemical poisoning can result from skin absorption. Suggest you do a bit of research on your own as I doubt you'll accept anything that I have to say here. PCB oil is a great example as many people lost their lives working with it within their work. Agent Orange is another example where the mere exposure in Viet Nam resulted in many deaths. This also lead to massive lawsuits and settlements against the use of Round-up. Again, suggest you do some research to educate yourself.
Well Josh ….. as anyone who cuts trees and serious firewood/ mill operations knows - that chainsaw is gold and although it’s not cheap -it is a lifetime saw. You can repair it. Rebuild it and actually “hot rod” it and make more power. It’s not a big box store saw. It is professional grade and you’re absolutely correct - they are bought in large numbers by professional arborists, mills and logging operations. Great saw for a person who uses this type of chainsaw a lot. Great rebuild !
The reason why people use at Avgas is to avoid ethanol mix, which is destructive to any small engine. Avgas has a higher-octane rating for aircraft that run at higher altitude and run lean fuel mixture so need a higher octane to prevent engine knocking and to increase the efficiency of the engine. It does not give the engine any more power. Low octane fuel has the same energy as high octane. Basically, high octane fuel prevents engine knocking by stopping preignition in a high compression engines.
True story, me and my son were doing u joints. While installing circlip, one went flying, I said "Oh no where did it go". He pointed to his cheek, left a little red mark. Always wear eye and/or face protection.
@henrymorgan3982 Seen this little hack for installing c and e clips, you take fine strand copper wire, strip it, then take 1 hair-thin strand wrap it around the apex of the clip. Now install clip while holding copper strand, once correctly installed, simply remove copper strand. Did this trick on an a valve body while transmission was still in vehicle
I will assume you put the head gasket down before the head...maybe I blinked. Back in the day I used to torque down any major component, like a head or like a manifold, in 3 stages. For this one I probably would have talked it down at six, ten and twelve point six.
Good job. When I use to do dirt bike jugs I walked them down to final torque. Keeps from deforming the cylinder. But that’s probably because my pops taught me that.
Thanks for the video and giving me motivation to fix the 2 saws I bought locally that got gassed. I discovered when taking my ford truck floor shifter apart that Milwaukee makes really long T27 bits along with other sizes.
Nice job Josh. When applying torque to such and item such as a head, start at a lower torque to all bolts and then increase until reaching the required final torque. Just a habit I got into over the years. Allows the gasket and part more evenly mate up between the surfaces.
WOW !! Great job !! Luv to see my son working on things and fixing them his self !! Gives me great respect and pleasure of a man working hard and using his Brain !! 👍🏼👊🏻
I think Red Armor is a very good 2 stroke oil. It is very obvious if the gas has this oil mixed in because of the red color. Not to mention it burns very clean.
Well done Sir! But a major word of warning - NEVER 'beast' the 500i. In other words, never use it continuously in warm weather or the electronics could fail as it overheats. And if the electronics fail, the cylinder and piston will fail as well as it makes the air/fuel mix too lean. I did exactly that when continuously cutting firewood non-stop at full throttle and with the bar fully dogged in. To their credit, Stihl repaired it for free, but simple Newtonian physics tells me that if a saw has three times the power but weighs as much as my old 029, then it is going to get blisteringly hot. I now give all my saws a rest to cool down and I run 40:1 or even 35:1.
FYI full rebuild is also crank bearings and you can use two cycle oil for assembly lube . also if you cant get the rings on you can use a tie strap but good job for a Rookie :)
ALL my small engine equipment ONLY gets non-ethanol fuel. Carbs have NOT needed work in 5 years, and rubber parts do NOT disintegrate. NO WORRIES about old fuel, either, that gum up passages and filters. 50:1 in the 2-strokes I have, some of which are more than 20 years old now.
The lesson in this is really really simple..... You never ever let someone else use your saw. If you do it needs to be a cheap saw that you don't care about. It NEVER fails, they will wreck it.
Not bad. When I worked at the shop a gentleman brought us a fairly new saw that had a seized engine. He had loaned it. The loanee put straight gas in it. The real tell tale was the aluminum slag in the muffler. As for avgas-not recommended. Too much octane and other undesirable additives. Not to mention the expense. Back in 2016 100 octane low lead avgas was averaging $5.75 per gallon.
Also your burning leaded fuel in a cloud of fumes that your standing around in. I just buy 87 non E. I run 32:1 in all two stroke and never a problem. Yes I know Stihl says 89 and 50:1. But I don't have anything in warranty and use you head on that stuff. Can a say running 10k plus rpms detonate? I have never had it happen. And at one time stihl not that long ago was 40:1 and just the next year the same saws went to 50:1 with no change in saws or oil...it's an EPA thing. And 32:1 is an easier ratio and gives just that bit of extra. Folks can do what they want and I do .
The other thing about AV gas is that high octane is that it's harder to ignite hence the higher octane so you actually get a little less power from the incomplete burn.
Higher octane by itself does nothing to increase horsepower. Using higher octane fuel reduces the chance of detonation. Therefore, higher compression pistons can be installed along with more aggressive ignition timing. These changes will increase horsepower, not the octane rating.
Note on Non Ethenol gas. If you pump your gas on a shared type of pump. Let’s say you can get ethanol or non Ethenol gas out of the same nozzle by selecting the type on the pump. If someone just bought Ethenol gas and then you came by with your gallon gas can to buy pump gas you have now mixed gas into your container. I always try and get my marine/non Ethenol gas from a pump labeled for only non ethanol. Otherwise the amount of ethanol gas still remaining in the pump line has now mixed into your tank. If i absolutely have to get gas from that type of tank I pump a little into my gas truck first and only then do I pump into my non ethanol tank. Not too important if you plan on using all of if that day and running your saw empty. But if you don’t you’ve now caused moisture to get into your system. As an extra note: I always empty my saws etc when storing and run them dry of gas. Most of the small engines I have had in for repair over the years have fuel issue from storage. Either bad gas, the wrong mix or moisture in the tank. Drain your tanks. StaBil helps but is not always and exact preventative. Hope this helps someone to avoid a costly repair bill.
Use the ring compressor to start the piston into the cylinder. Then take the whole jug assembly with the piston sticking out the bottom and line up and install the wrist pin. Works like a charm. Not a big deal on a chain saw to start them with your fingers. Dirtbikes and quads are a bit harder.
Great work and tutorial- you know your way around the engine function & parts , that’s a big help doing these types of projects. So are you giving him the saw back or is it yours now?
It is his fault. I would be pissed. You are so calm. I loan a saw to a brother in law and he ran the saw with the break on and he melted the saw. I’m still pissed and that was over 10 years ago.
So i used to fly para motors and and anytime I ran avgas I would get built up in the ports on the 2 stroke engine and buildup in the combustion chamber. I wouldn't recommend it. Plus in a saw being so close to the exhaust you rin lead exposure from it
Each saw here gets its own "kit" with a labeled Dolmar, chains, sharpeners, tools, spare parts, everything you need to keep the saw running in a milk crate that is stored next to the saw. Family lives in wildfire country and those saws might be a life saver and are treated as such.
Good job rebuilding the saw Josh, I understand someone putting aviation fuel in was the root cause for the failure. I think that type of fuel has a much higher octane rating, was that the cause for the failure, did the engine components get to hot as a result and seize up? Thanks in advance, David.
The problem is not using Avgas, the problem is not mixing in the proper amount of oil with the Avgas! Straight gas of any type with no oil mixed in would result in the same damage! I've been using Avgas with the proper mix of oil in all my small engines for 20+ years with no problems. The primary reason for using Avgas as the base fuel is unlike regular auto fuel, Avgas does not go bad and turn to varnish. With regular auto gas after 90 days you need to dispose of it.
I don't know if AV gas is bad for small engines, but I do know it looks very similar to mixed gas and that was the main issue that caused the accidental wrong fuel to be put in the saw. Expensive little fix
Good job! Last year I bought a Stihl Farmboss. It's a great saw. I have used it to buck up all of the blowdown trees on my Mom's property. I have learned how to properly sharpen chain in the field using a stump vice, and Stihl's sharpening tool: it has three files together. As you sharpen the chisels, it lowers the rake. After a sharpening...the saw cuts through wood like butter!
You use the expression off with the head historic note; Yes, the phrase "off with her head" is indeed from a Shakespearean play, most commonly associated with the character Queen Margaret in "Henry VI, Part III" where she utters this line, signifying a call for execution; although it also appears in "Richard III" where the character of Richard III uses it as well.
I had a small I can’t remember which model it was and it locked up by me. I ended up just selling the saw as is it was a stihl as well, but it was like a 100 series 16 inch bar.
When any engine is designed by the manufacturer or engineers that work for that company, the fuel that is labeled on the engine or equipment most times will tell you what type of fuel to use. There is no need to take it upon your intelligence self and decide you know better that another fuel will work best. BS Also in some application, octane can play part of the performance. My Harley-Davisons tells you right on the bike, 91 or better octane. My Toyota Tundra tells you right on the cap, NO flex crap and to use 87 octane. Aviation fuel is for flying up in the clouds where a chainsaw need not be. I bet somewhere on that saw or booklet that came with it, you will find the correct fuel to use and now to mix it. The young man that put the wrong fuel in the saw was not properly trained how to use it. Not his fault but the owner. S happens.
The reason many people use Avgas in small engines is that unlike automobile fuel which goes bad in 90 days and turns to varnish, Avgas has no shelf life. A WWII P38 was recovered from Greenland after 50 years, and the Avgas in the tanks still tested good with no degradation. The issue with this failed chain saw is that the operator used Avgas without mixing in the proper amount of oil. The engine seizing would have happened regardless of what fuel was used. No oil = seized engine. I have been using Avgas, mixed with the proper oil and ratio for 20+ years, in all my small engines, with no issues.
@@taylorc2542 Only need to replace the rod bearings if the show significant play movement. In the case of this saw yes there may have been slight damage but not enough to call for a fill tear down and replacement. Most likely have a need for replacement at next top end rebuild. Good call Josh.
lol....my brother, what you don't see on the back end here is the pile of insults I sort through virtually every day....piles of them! Typically if someone insults me or is rude I just block them...but sometimes if I make mention of it in a video like this....it turns those folks into helpful people v/s insults. So far it's worked! lol
Josh pay no mind to condescending comments. They are most likely from individuals who haven't accomplished anything in their lives and are failures. Love all your videos! I hope to be moving to NC shortly. Good luck with your PPL. I've been flying for 38+ years, 10,000+ hours, and love it to this day!!
Absolutely do not run av gas in your power equipment 4 cycle or 2 cycle. Someone told my father he could run av gas in his irrigation pump and it completely destroyed the engine.
The problem is not using Avgas, the problem is not mixing in the proper amount of oil with the Avgas! Straight gas of any type with no oil mixed in would result in the same damage! I've been using Avgas with the proper mix of oil in all my small engines for 20+ years with no problems. The primary reason for using Avgas as the base fuel is unlike regular auto fuel, Avgas does not go bad and turn to varnish. With regular auto gas after 90 days you need to dispose of it.
@AV8T0R401 I had a 4 stroke engine that ran fine on regular pump gas for years, and then because someone told my dad that he could use av gas in the engine, he started using av gas and in less than a month the engine was destroyed. If you have been using it with no problems, good for you, but in my experience it was not an ideal situation. There was a lot of problems within less than a month of using av gas in an engine that had been running fine on regular pump gas.
@@KenW66Your one failure after several weeks of use does not constitute an "Absolutely do not use Avgas" statement. Was there a teardown of the engine done? What was the maintenance history of the engine? I have been using Avgas in both 2 stroke engines, using the proper oil and ratio, and 4 stroke engines for 20+ years. Over 20 engines ranging from chain saws, leaf blowers, chipper shredders and generators. All have run well with no fuel related issues. It is your decision to not use Avgas, but one failure does not support your "Absolutely do not use"
I got one of these saws and nothing but junk been in the shop 7 times last year for the same problem it is only 1 year old my Walmart saw never had anything done to it black max it was only 250.00 and the stile saw was 1500.00 my 20 year old stile is still going been in shop 4 times its whole life thy do not make things like thy did 20 years ago or even 10 years ago everything is thrpw away now even cars and trucks never own a dodge cumings again not the second generation .
Candy ass got to have his gloves afraid get a little dirt on his hands
Perfect!
What ever you put on your skin will be absorbed into your body. So gloves are protective to prevent chemicals from entering your system and adding to a toxic load of poisons.
I've help several guys learn to use gloves. Their hands healed from all the cracking that allowed chemicals to enter even easier.
Let us know how it goes with the skin diseases in a few years down the road bri😮
@biomechanique6874 It's well known in the Safety and Industrial Hygiene discipline that chemical poisoning can result from skin absorption. Suggest you do a bit of research on your own as I doubt you'll accept anything that I have to say here.
PCB oil is a great example as many people lost their lives working with it within their work.
Agent Orange is another example where the mere exposure in Viet Nam resulted in many deaths. This also lead to massive lawsuits and settlements against the use of Round-up.
Again, suggest you do some research to educate yourself.
Well Josh ….. as anyone who cuts trees and serious firewood/ mill operations knows - that chainsaw is gold and although it’s not cheap -it is a lifetime saw. You can repair it. Rebuild it and actually “hot rod” it and make more power. It’s not a big box store saw. It is professional grade and you’re absolutely correct - they are bought in large numbers by professional arborists, mills and logging operations.
Great saw for a person who uses this type of chainsaw a lot.
Great rebuild !
The reason why people use at Avgas is to avoid ethanol mix, which is destructive to any small engine. Avgas has a higher-octane rating for aircraft that run at higher altitude and run lean fuel mixture so need a higher octane to prevent engine knocking and to increase the efficiency of the engine. It does not give the engine any more power. Low octane fuel has the same energy as high octane. Basically, high octane fuel prevents engine knocking by stopping preignition in a high compression engines.
True story, me and my son were doing u joints. While installing circlip, one went flying, I said "Oh no where did it go". He pointed to his cheek, left a little red mark. Always wear eye and/or face protection.
With any spring install!
@henrymorgan3982 Seen this little hack for installing c and e clips, you take fine strand copper wire, strip it, then take 1 hair-thin strand wrap it around the apex of the clip. Now install clip while holding copper strand, once correctly installed, simply remove copper strand. Did this trick on an a valve body while transmission was still in vehicle
Nice job 👍 it’s always satisfying fixing something on your own !
Good morning brother and thankyou for sharing. your agitated always gets me in a positive way. Take care and God bless you and your family.
Great video. I straight gassed my MS391 several years ago and rebuilt like you did this one. Cheap tuition compared to buying a new one.
I will assume you put the head gasket down before the head...maybe I blinked. Back in the day I used to torque down any major component, like a head or like a manifold, in 3 stages.
For this one I probably would have talked it down at six, ten and twelve point six.
Good job. When I use to do dirt bike jugs I walked them down to final torque. Keeps from deforming the cylinder. But that’s probably because my pops taught me that.
Thanks for the video and giving me motivation to fix the 2 saws I bought locally that got gassed.
I discovered when taking my ford truck floor shifter apart that Milwaukee makes really long T27 bits along with other sizes.
Great video. Do yourself a favor and don’t use premix fuel. Mix your own fuel with ethanol free gas and echo red armor oil, the best.
I agree with you 100% I also like Amsoil Saber @ 40:1 or even 32:1
Back in the 70s we used aviation fuel in our street hot rods on Saturday night lots more power 😁
I love the smell of race gas in the morning!
Nice job Josh.
When applying torque to such and item such as a head, start at a lower torque to all bolts and then increase until reaching the required final torque.
Just a habit I got into over the years. Allows the gasket and part more evenly mate up between the surfaces.
Plus it doesn't over torque the 1rst bolt. Good catch.
Thanks for sharing and taking us along
WOW !! Great job !! Luv to see my son working on things and fixing them his self !! Gives me great respect and pleasure of a man working hard and using his Brain !! 👍🏼👊🏻
I think Red Armor is a very good 2 stroke oil. It is very obvious if the gas has this oil mixed in because of the red color. Not to mention it burns very clean.
I run Aviation fuel and Echo Red Armor mix at 40:1 never a problem . Awesome job rebuilding it if I tried that it would never run again !
I, too, have never had any problems running 100LL mixed with the proper ratio oil!
@AV8T0R401 I think in this case though they just need to have their fuel properly labeled !
@@robertsmith7580 Agree 100%
Well done Sir! But a major word of warning - NEVER 'beast' the 500i. In other words, never use it continuously in warm weather or the electronics could fail as it overheats. And if the electronics fail, the cylinder and piston will fail as well as it makes the air/fuel mix too lean. I did exactly that when continuously cutting firewood non-stop at full throttle and with the bar fully dogged in. To their credit, Stihl repaired it for free, but simple Newtonian physics tells me that if a saw has three times the power but weighs as much as my old 029, then it is going to get blisteringly hot.
I now give all my saws a rest to cool down and I run 40:1 or even 35:1.
FYI full rebuild is also crank bearings and you can use two cycle oil for assembly lube . also if you cant get the rings on you can use a tie strap but good job for a Rookie :)
Congratulations!! Great job!!!
Great job Josh.
Josh you have so many talents I love your channel
Nice job! That saw is a little more complicated than others to work on!
It sure is!
ALL my small engine equipment ONLY gets non-ethanol fuel. Carbs have NOT needed work in 5 years, and rubber parts do NOT disintegrate. NO WORRIES about old fuel, either, that gum up passages and filters. 50:1 in the 2-strokes I have, some of which are more than 20 years old now.
The lesson in this is really really simple..... You never ever let someone else use your saw. If you do it needs to be a cheap saw that you don't care about. It NEVER fails, they will wreck it.
Same theory here!
this saw belonged to my buddy...his farm help put the wrong gas in the saw my brotha
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer I know... I was just talking in general.
Awesome job getting it running again
Not bad. When I worked at the shop a gentleman brought us a fairly new saw that had a seized engine. He had loaned it. The loanee put straight gas in it. The real tell tale was the aluminum slag in the muffler. As for avgas-not recommended. Too much octane and other undesirable additives. Not to mention the expense. Back in 2016 100 octane low lead avgas was averaging $5.75 per gallon.
It's now about $5.35 per gallon...still not too bad
Also your burning leaded fuel in a cloud of fumes that your standing around in. I just buy 87 non E. I run 32:1 in all two stroke and never a problem. Yes I know Stihl says 89 and 50:1. But I don't have anything in warranty and use you head on that stuff. Can a say running 10k plus rpms detonate? I have never had it happen. And at one time stihl not that long ago was 40:1 and just the next year the same saws went to 50:1 with no change in saws or oil...it's an EPA thing. And 32:1 is an easier ratio and gives just that bit of extra. Folks can do what they want and I do .
The other thing about AV gas is that high octane is that it's harder to ignite hence the higher octane so you actually get a little less power from the incomplete burn.
works good in a race engine, but that's it.
Higher octane by itself does nothing to increase horsepower. Using higher octane fuel reduces the chance of detonation. Therefore, higher compression pistons can be installed along with more aggressive ignition timing. These changes will increase horsepower, not the octane rating.
I run racing fuel (no ethanol) in all of my 2 cycle equipment. At around 45:1 mix ratio. I've had no fuel system problems since I started doing it.
You da man. I'll give ya 600 for it!
lol....I'm just glad it works!!
I’ll go $650 😂
@@StoneyRidgeFarmerI recommend using the non ethanol pump gas from SUNOCO
Keep up the good work man
Note on Non Ethenol gas.
If you pump your gas on a shared type of pump. Let’s say you can get ethanol or non Ethenol gas out of the same nozzle by selecting the type on the pump.
If someone just bought Ethenol gas and then you came by with your gallon gas can to buy pump gas you have now mixed gas into your container.
I always try and get my marine/non Ethenol gas from a pump labeled for only non ethanol.
Otherwise the amount of ethanol gas still remaining in the pump line has now mixed into your tank.
If i absolutely have to get gas from that type of tank I pump a little into my gas truck first and only then do I pump into my non ethanol tank.
Not too important if you plan on using all of if that day and running your saw empty. But if you don’t you’ve now caused moisture to get into your system.
As an extra note: I always empty my saws etc when storing and run them dry of gas.
Most of the small engines I have had in for repair over the years have fuel issue from storage. Either bad gas, the wrong mix or moisture in the tank.
Drain your tanks.
StaBil helps but is not always and exact preventative.
Hope this helps someone to avoid a costly repair bill.
You did it Josh very impressing
Use the ring compressor to start the piston into the cylinder. Then take the whole jug assembly with the piston sticking out the bottom and line up and install the wrist pin. Works like a charm. Not a big deal on a chain saw to start them with your fingers. Dirtbikes and quads are a bit harder.
Nice work! So you basically got a new 500i for $500.
kinda....I guess so
Label your fuel tanks. ( Saw/weed eater etc. Helps to avoid mistakes.
EXACTLY!! I have one labeled with a thick sharpie "GAS" the other "GAS/OIL"
wasn't my tanks my friend...I have 2 clearly marked gas cans for mixed fuel. Totally unmistakable
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer I wasn’t aiming that at anyone in particular. Just making a suggestion. It’s all good.
Your future elder-delf shall WANT that compressipn relief.
Tool Tuesday Sunday? 😁😉
Great work and tutorial- you know your way around the engine function & parts , that’s a big help doing these types of projects.
So are you giving him the saw back or is it yours now?
Hi Josh, look forward to your videos every week !! How much did the parts cost to rebuild the saw ?? Keep up the farm life.
It is his fault. I would be pissed. You are so calm.
I loan a saw to a brother in law and he ran the saw with the break on and he melted the saw. I’m still pissed and that was over 10 years ago.
Well....it wasn't my saw until the young man fried it....so I'm good and enjoyed the rebuild!
So i used to fly para motors and and anytime I ran avgas I would get built up in the ports on the 2 stroke engine and buildup in the combustion chamber. I wouldn't recommend it. Plus in a saw being so close to the exhaust you rin lead exposure from it
Each saw here gets its own "kit" with a labeled Dolmar, chains, sharpeners, tools, spare parts, everything you need to keep the saw running in a milk crate that is stored next to the saw. Family lives in wildfire country and those saws might be a life saver and are treated as such.
Great video and job well done
You can do it! We Believe!
Really good video.
Glad you liked it!
Josh,now you can have a backup chainsaw or are you going to take it back to your neighbor 😮😊❤
Deleting the deco valve could be a mistake.
LMAO how to attack armchair warriors lol good for you. 👍🇨🇦Canadian Vet 🤫
oh man...chainsaw videos bring out the "experts" most of the time. I call them chainsaw scientists lol
Great job. I always learn something new from your videos. But, why didn’t northern tool complete the rebuild since he already had it apart?
It's amazing to me that guy got it back together, well not really that's what he does. Cliff.
Sit back and watch! Will you be able to w/o Cliff! haha
Good stuff
Good job rebuilding the saw Josh, I understand someone putting aviation fuel in was the root cause for the failure. I think that type of fuel has a much higher octane rating, was that the cause for the failure, did the engine components get to hot as a result and seize up? Thanks in advance, David.
the young man running the saw put non mixed fuel in the saw and caused it to fail. No oil in the gas was the issue
The problem is not using Avgas, the problem is not mixing in the proper amount of oil with the Avgas! Straight gas of any type with no oil mixed in would result in the same damage! I've been using Avgas with the proper mix of oil in all my small engines for 20+ years with no problems. The primary reason for using Avgas as the base fuel is unlike regular auto fuel, Avgas does not go bad and turn to varnish. With regular auto gas after 90 days you need to dispose of it.
I don't know if AV gas is bad for small engines, but I do know it looks very similar to mixed gas and that was the main issue that caused the accidental wrong fuel to be put in the saw. Expensive little fix
Should use straight 2 cycle oil for lubricant on bearings and rings 4 cycle assembly lube could cause problems.
LOVE ya SARCASM at the first 😂🤣
Josh, thought you got this thing fixed at the repair shop?? Did I miss something?. Or are we talking about a different chain saw?
I don’t understand removing the compression relief.
Call that saw Lazerus, raised from the dead
Maybe I missed it, but why did you delete the compression relief apparatus?
What torque wrench did you use? All of the ones I see start at 20ft lbs and I can’t find one that goes lower than that.
Good job! Last year I bought a Stihl Farmboss. It's a great saw. I have used it to buck up all of the blowdown trees on my Mom's property. I have learned how to properly sharpen chain in the field using a stump vice, and Stihl's sharpening tool: it has three files together. As you sharpen the chisels, it lowers the rake. After a sharpening...the saw cuts through wood like butter!
yeppers...I have several, they are great!
its called a wrist pin.... what was time from start to finsih on this rebuild?
Fine job Josh, so did you give it back or did he tell you to keep it? Could just become the community saw.
You use the expression off with the head historic note;
Yes, the phrase "off with her head" is indeed from a Shakespearean play, most commonly associated with the character Queen Margaret in "Henry VI, Part III" where she utters this line, signifying a call for execution; although it also appears in "Richard III" where the character of Richard III uses it as well.
I had a small I can’t remember which model it was and it locked up by me. I ended up just selling the saw as is it was a stihl as well, but it was like a 100 series 16 inch bar.
Why would you want to delete compression release on a engine that big
Your craftsman t27 was made to take a socket, could you have put your torque wrench & socket on the end of that?
it wouldn't fit, too tall. I had to buy a lower profile torques set
Can you rebuild a weed eater that had wrong gas?
Yeah but a new weed eater is probably cheaper than to repair the old one.
Was hear. Woooo!
When any engine is designed by the manufacturer or engineers that work for that company, the fuel that is labeled on the engine or equipment most times will tell you what type of fuel to use. There is no need to take it upon your intelligence self and decide you know better that another fuel will work best. BS Also in some application, octane can play part of the performance. My Harley-Davisons tells you right on the bike, 91 or better octane. My Toyota Tundra tells you right on the cap, NO flex crap and to use 87 octane. Aviation fuel is for flying up in the clouds where a chainsaw need not be. I bet somewhere on that saw or booklet that came with it, you will find the correct fuel to use and now to mix it. The young man that put the wrong fuel in the saw was not properly trained how to use it. Not his fault but the owner. S happens.
The reason many people use Avgas in small engines is that unlike automobile fuel which goes bad in 90 days and turns to varnish, Avgas has no shelf life. A WWII P38 was recovered from Greenland after 50 years, and the Avgas in the tanks still tested good with no degradation. The issue with this failed chain saw is that the operator used Avgas without mixing in the proper amount of oil. The engine seizing would have happened regardless of what fuel was used. No oil = seized engine. I have been using Avgas, mixed with the proper oil and ratio for 20+ years, in all my small engines, with no issues.
100 low lead has a lot of lead in it all these small engines are designed for unleaded fuel
100LL has hardly any lead in it! What do you think the LL stands for?? Low lead
Why delete the compression release?
You should have a rubber mat on that bench to set that thing on wouldn’t slide around so much J Man!!!
How long did it take you start to finish?
about 2 hours ish
Don't you have to replace the crank bearings because they didn't get oil also?
@@taylorc2542 Only need to replace the rod bearings if the show significant play movement. In the case of this saw yes there may have been slight damage but not enough to call for a fill tear down and replacement. Most likely have a need for replacement at next top end rebuild. Good call Josh.
Condescending comments that's funny. Didn't you have another one with the same problem? How does this keep happening?
lol....my brother, what you don't see on the back end here is the pile of insults I sort through virtually every day....piles of them! Typically if someone insults me or is rude I just block them...but sometimes if I make mention of it in a video like this....it turns those folks into helpful people v/s insults. So far it's worked! lol
Josh pay no mind to condescending comments. They are most likely from individuals who haven't accomplished anything in their lives and are failures.
Love all your videos! I hope to be moving to NC shortly. Good luck with your PPL. I've been flying for 38+ years, 10,000+ hours, and love it to this day!!
Absolutely do not run av gas in your power equipment 4 cycle or 2 cycle. Someone told my father he could run av gas in his irrigation pump and it completely destroyed the engine.
The problem is not using Avgas, the problem is not mixing in the proper amount of oil with the Avgas! Straight gas of any type with no oil mixed in would result in the same damage! I've been using Avgas with the proper mix of oil in all my small engines for 20+ years with no problems. The primary reason for using Avgas as the base fuel is unlike regular auto fuel, Avgas does not go bad and turn to varnish. With regular auto gas after 90 days you need to dispose of it.
@AV8T0R401 I had a 4 stroke engine that ran fine on regular pump gas for years, and then because someone told my dad that he could use av gas in the engine, he started using av gas and in less than a month the engine was destroyed. If you have been using it with no problems, good for you, but in my experience it was not an ideal situation. There was a lot of problems within less than a month of using av gas in an engine that had been running fine on regular pump gas.
@@KenW66Your one failure after several weeks of use does not constitute an "Absolutely do not use Avgas" statement. Was there a teardown of the engine done? What was the maintenance history of the engine? I have been using Avgas in both 2 stroke engines, using the proper oil and ratio, and 4 stroke engines for 20+ years. Over 20 engines ranging from chain saws, leaf blowers, chipper shredders and generators. All have run well with no fuel related issues.
It is your decision to not use Avgas, but one failure does not support your "Absolutely do not use"
Wrist pin?
Hi Josh don’t know if you know about Lilah Newton passing today 1/19/25 though you would want to know
Actually Avgas is 100 low lead
FYI double clicking means over torquing by a bit. 👍🇨🇦
I got one of these saws and nothing but junk been in the shop 7 times last year for the same problem it is only 1 year old my Walmart saw never had anything done to it black max it was only 250.00 and the stile saw was 1500.00 my 20 year old stile is still going been in shop 4 times its whole life thy do not make things like thy did 20 years ago or even 10 years ago everything is thrpw away now even cars and trucks never own a dodge cumings again not the second generation .
I have a stihl 015 from the 70s and it runs great. I think the problem with the new chainsaws is they replaced most of the metal parts with plastic
what was the problem? I haven't had any issues with any STIHL chainsaws
Thanks for sharing, your voice is very annoying.
Manners are so fun!