Chainsaw Repair

There is some manufacturing tolerances between individual pairs of XP cases (don't have any XT cases to try). Same cylinder, same piston, same gaskets, first pair of XP cases, squish measured 0.0112. Substituted another pair of XP cases all else remained the same, squish measured 0.0153. In both cases cylinder was mounted and torqued to factory specs 10NM. Substituted a stack of gaskets from Northwoods saw squish now measures 0.025-0.028. Good enough to put the saw together and see what it does!

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Have "critical" mass to build a compete build with the meteor 064 piston & Huztl (Looks like hyway =Jinhua FarmerTech too BTW) Got a Huztl handle today, its much upgraded from the prior one! Has the right AV spring and the throttle cable is upgraded. Better looking plastic too. Hope to build it next rainy day this coming week.

Plan to use 365 cases, plastic & intake. A 3/4 tube muffler mod. Tweak the intake timing about 2 degrees...assuming the Cylinder is the same as the last. Bring it from 76 to 78 (about .030 including the correction for the .010 longer Stihl 046 piston skirt. Also its getting s X-torq carb & Huztl "black" ignition. Should be fun.

HOPING to get my stock 365 back from a friend to build it with an OEM BB along with the same Muffler mod & intake mods. Real curios to see how that runs relative to the Jinhua / Stihl blend