Chainsaw Repair
Husqvarna - Stihl - Poulan - Jonsered - Dolmar chainsaws and more => Efco Olympyk Oleo-Mac => Topic started by: Old Iron Logging on October 16, 2013, 08:00:31 pm
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Have an Efco trimmer that needs a shaft and some Stihl KM parts laying around. Should have a split shaft hybrid by morning. Pics tomorrow.
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Watching!
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That poulan pro one I was working on needed more $$$ in the motor then it was worth. I told him to buy a PHO so he could run the saw trimmer attachment.
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Its alive and works. Found out that the blower and pruner attachments will not work. Efco powerhead turns in the opposite direction to the Stihl.
It was a fairly simple project. Stihl tube is bigger, 25mm. Efco is 22 or 23mm. Stihl tube was a press fit over the Efco tube. I left 10 inches of Efco tube sticking out of the powerhead to give it strength. Used the Stihl KM 90 drive shaft, KM 55 tube. Put an out Weedeater handle/barrier bar on it.
Do pics have a size limit here?
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With the pictures it works slick to up load them to photobucket and then img them here.
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Ok, will get pics on photobucket.
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With Photobucket everything gets resized automatically and you never give it a thought.
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Do pics have a size limit here?
If using the software here and trying to embed, yes.
Allowed file types: doc, gif, jpg, mpg, pdf, png, txt, zip
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Here it is with the curved shaft trimmer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mebKtF8_yhs
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Runs good
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Efco makes good trimmers. I would put them up against anything out there.
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I have a Stihl FS45 that I would like to make into a FS55R. I also have a new looking FS55 that I wish was a FS55R but it would be cheaper to throw away the straight 55 and purchase a 55R almost to do either mod. The problem with a straight FS55 is that it has bike handles and you have to use a shoulder strap. The FS45 is too short for a man and too hard to start for a woman.
I have a couple old Echo gray straight shaft trimmers (22 & 24) that I just love.
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To make a 55R just put the 45 powerhead on the FS55, or buy a cheap FS38 and put it on the FS55 shaft.
The FS50 is a nice long shaft trimmer. 8 inches longer. We sell alot to guys over 6'.
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We were playing with trimmers at the shop last winter. Our mechanic put a grass trimmer head on the MM55 tiller. Someone else must think like our tech. It will be a factory attachment next year.
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Stefco trimmer