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Also, is there no atc section anymore? 

Picked up a bunch of atc parts. Plan is to restore the 90 I had as a kid but dad made me take this in the deal out of the woods. 
is this a 185s? Anyone got a clue where to figure it out? 

Got some more work done in my grillzebo today. All wood harvested in my back yard milled and cut to size. Supposed to be rough looking rustic. Tin to go on the roof and bar/tables between the end posts. Patio blocks around it. 

16 hours ago, Fishfiles said:

Toodeep  -------  450 and 455 the same pull start assembly , good to know , thanks 

 

 

Retro ,  I just filled out the account app at OPE  Forum , looks like a good site for a Husqvarna guy like me

 

I did cut two more rounds off the stump today 

 

 

 

 

Not gonna lie, I spend 99% of my forum activity on OPE. Great site. You'll learn a ton if you want.

I agree with the others. Find a non-easystart recoil assembly and slap it on there. Also check the pawls on the flywheel, sometimes they break off or bend and they don't catch/catch and hold the rope out.

1 hour ago, Turbo Twister said:

Out of interest, how much wood do you guys burn on an average season? And what size logs do you cut to?

 

In Ireland, most stoves and wood fired cookers over here are small to medium in wood capacity. I chop our wood to between 6 and 14 inch lengths, our small stove can only take 6-8 inch where as our Rayburn will just about manage 14 if the sticks are vertical. We tend to split anything that is 6 inch diameter or bigger, anything small is dried at that size.

 

I would guestimate we burn about 2 cords in a season, more if the weather is cold.

8 cord around 16-18” lengths split down to approx 6-8” diameter splits or round. 

Finally had time to catch up. 
good to see everyone getting their wood supplies up. I’m ready for this winter with 8 cord dry and 3 more wet for next year. Been itching to start a fire again. We had it going to a couple days early oct when it dipped into the teens but nothing since. Looks like Friday will be the day for the consistent burning in the house. Bring on the cold. 
 

pic was from spring. 

I have a jonny 2165, I had a seal seat with a crack in it. When I pryed, a big chunk came out. I epoxied the seal seat and tested with a seal. Looked pretty nice. Also ported the top end. Almost have enough wood made for half of next winter. 

2 minutes ago, jeepwm69 said:

I've seen those EFI Stihls.  The look sweet, but I'd hate to have to work on one. 

 

Old saws are pretty simple.  I doubt that mS500i is.

 

But in another few years, we'll all have to learn because that will be what all the new saws are.

No different than new quads.

The 500i is a pretty sweet machine. Especially one that's been ported. I haven't taken the hood off one though.

Both my newer saws are autotuning and adjust jetting via a solenoid on the carb. Not too much extra as compared to a manual tuned saw. But they do record data now such as error codes, run time, and # of starts.

One of the most important things about a saw, unless you're handy mechanically with them, is dealer support. I have a friend that owns a generational Stihl dealer so I get parts and saws from them, never had an issue and they cut me good cash only deals.

Here's the last tree I cut up for my neighbor. Tested a really aggressive chain.

54 minutes ago, 01RUBY500 said:

I have a 6 year old Stihl MS261 Pro saw that has been great. The only time I ever had trouble with it was when new and and hot and humid outside I couldn’t get it started when the saw was hot and I’d shut it off to refuel. I learned that it was ethanol fuel that it didn’t like. I have bought none ethanol fuel ever since. Lately this old starting problem has come back this summer.  Is it possible the station I’m buying my gas from has added ethanol to their gas even though it isn’t listed on their pump?  
Or any other ideas why it won’t start in this hot weather?  It starts great when the motor is cooled down. 

although the ethanol when hot doesn’t help, at this point in your saws life there could be other ignition issues starting to occur. I would start with a new plug. If that doesn’t help, your coil could be starting to go. Typical of them when it’s hot. The only other thing would be a loss of compression. Once the saw is hot it doesn’t have enough compression to restart easily. Take the muffler off and inspect the piston and cylinder for alum. transfer and scoring. 
 

well I bit the bullet this weekend. Got a lot of production to pay for this little piggy. 

18 hours ago, sled_22 said:

Here’s my fun from this morning. 
these will probably be milked and not firewood. 

 

Not sure how I’m going to milk these.  Meant to say mill haha. 

Here’s my fun from this morning. 
these will probably be milked and not firewood. 

18 minutes ago, RubiDan said:

 

 

Ash?

 

I've probably got close to four years worth cut up.  Three years split and in the barn.

 

 

 

 

My wood pile is a mix of red oak black walnut and white ash. Ash is easy to get now with the EAB. All the HAND split wood in the field is ash. It was a glorious day of cutting and splitting. 36 logs cut and split. Burned 7 tanks of fuel through my stihl 044, 462 and Jonny 2171. Seriously taking offers for a massage haha. 
 

photo of inside stack partially through the trailer full. 

After two days of kicking !. I am almost done for next winter. 

1 minute ago, 01RUBY500 said:

Are you using your standard crosscut chain or a rip chain?  

I bought a couple of these to try. Seemed to cut that oak pretty decent. 

first time milling for me. 

I’ve had very good luck free hand filling. I’ve found using a saw that the remaining tooth left has not much to do with cutting efficiency as a whole. However you need to adjust your raker per tooth. If filed per tooth per raker, I’ve found no devience in cutting straightness or speed. But it’s easier to be consistent with a jig. 

I cut wood today too. 4 ash trees at my elderly neighbors. Stihl 044, 200t did all the work. 

6 minutes ago, jeepwm69 said:

Eh, that was kind of a joke.

 

I'd love to take some walnut and do this. 

 

 

 

But realistically, it would end up looking like this

 

I think realistically (if i had time to spare which i don't right now) i could make a stock and finish it to look really good. However, I'm not really confident in a way to knurl it. the intricate etching and knurling is what really brings a stock to life and i just don't know how to do it. 

16 minutes ago, RubiDan said:

 

That one doesn't look too bad.  Doesn't look like there's any need for a plunge cut on that one.  I'd say he could make it fall exactly where he wants it to.  

 

I can usually read a tree pretty good but last year I had a big walnut with a very full top.  It didn't want to fall like I wanted it to so I had to get some wedges and drive them in the cut in order to make it go down where I wanted it.  I've been working on filling my barn back up and I'll be splitting that walnut as soon as it dries out a bit.

I've found walnut to split incredibly easy even when wet.

i got the 2165 going today. 

Yeah AS is riddled with ads now. Haven’t been there since it was bought but a couple times. 

Last weekend I helped a neighbor with a yard tree he sick of mowing the walnuts up. I gladly split it into fire woods. Probably could have got some short logs for the mill but wasn’t worth messing with. So I’ll burn it. 

2 hours ago, TBRider said:

That 2165 looks alot like a 61,162se,  style. I think they are similar.

2165s are basically a husky 365 special in red. There’s a few difference like brake flag and handle bar angle but the guts are all basically the same. 
@_Wilson_™ yeah I’ve been around now and then. Been busy with #3 born in June and completely remodeling my kitchen and living room. So it’s been crazy. Finally getting back to cutting next winters wood.