A couple of the guys I have been speaking to on the phone have asked about my saw I have been using So here she be.

Story goes, my wife was sick of me being lazy and paying somone to drop off a load of wood pre done, it was cutting deep into the shopping money and then one weekend about 8 months ago she brings this home from a garage sale for $50.

Initial testing and inspection netted a few minor problems:
- It was gutless
- It couldnt cut straight to save its life
- The clutch cover was leaking all the oil out when it was running.
- Wouldnt start when hot.

So after testing I did the following.

- Throw the spark arrestor mesh in the bin.
- Replace the chinese spark plug with a NGK variant
- Richen up idle circuit
- Flip the little metal thingy that goes between the bar anc chain cover over. (no more oil leaks)
- Throw out the crap OEM chain and put on a genuine stihl unit.
- Blow the air filter out with my little air compressor ( cheers Grumpy)


Since then the only problem I have had is the start rope snapped. It is a great little saw and has cut a lot of wood, we have had the fire going since april and this unit has cut all the wood so far, all I have to do is roughly run over the chain with a file then go to town against anything, I mainly burn orange trees or in the colder months I use redgum.

Now some pics......
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