Recent content by Thunder chicken

Its always nice seeing other installs! I built my 28x32 (12' ceiling) shop a few years ago. 5" thick slab. 2" of EPS foam under it. I used an electric boiler to heat glycol. I also have a wood stove. I have a water jacket on top of the wood stove as well, it'll preheat the water a little bit...

My M7060 is about the same size as your NH. I pull a 7000# dump trailer on the highway. Near griss weigh. 5-7 mile trips. A few slight hills. I changed out the 7 pin on the tractor to the RV style to match my trailer. Tractors generally don't have brake lights. So there's no wiring or...

Mine came narrowest setting. I bought it sight unseen and didn't think about the wheel settings. It seemed tippy. Widning it out made it a completely different machine, night and day, no kidding.

I had the same issue with the stone bits wearing out, what's seemed like faster than they should. Problem they would get smaller diameter, making the tooth 'wrong'. I'm surprised those diamond cutters wear out that fast, I wanted to try something else here...... I go through many chains on a...

I have a 7060....here is a thread with some pics of the rims on my machine. With cast centers. This is a few years ago but we took them apart to reconfigure. There had been mention of the tabs only being able to be used one way which was debunked...

Its common to drill a hole in crankcase vent tubes/hose on airplane engines to provide an alternate means of venting in case the end of the tube ices over from condensation. Many people have blown out dipsticks or prop seals as the pressure finds the weak spot!

Our snowmobile club had a bunch, exactly as someone else mentioned.... we drilled holes to set stakes and sons in the ice on lake trails. They worked well. The last 2-3 years we've moved to 20v battery drills.

After looking for a decent used tank/handle unit, it was easier and hardly more $ to order a new OEM unit from my trusted local shop. Shipping charges and US/CDN exchange to our little remote area in canada make things like that pretry pricy. She found me a used top cover too, which was $70...

Yes you did, thanks, the shipping makes it almost the same price as a new unit, so I'll get a new tank/handle. The new oem comes mostly complete too. I did get some small bits and pieces used from chainsawr, so thanks for mentioning them!

Thanks John,I've checked those out, and my part number is different, I'm not sure it entirely matters, but I don't have a primer. I'll see what the shipping is, that's usually the killer for us up here above the 49th.

Well I cleaned the saw all up, checked the Mg case out for damage around the cylinder base and itnallmlooked good, so I reassembled it best as ot could be and fired it up, it purred like a kitten. Compression test showed 150psi. The OEM tank/rear handle assy. is about $200 compared to 80...

Thanks for the links. I love this saw, while I don't have a lot of experience with many others, what few in this size I've used have never rubbed me the right way. Once I have some time and the holiday rush is over I'll have some time to put into the fix up!

I sharpen many chains at a time (18"), I just clamp a bar in the vice with a chain on it,and use a bungee cord to pull the slack tight, hook end to a screw in the bench leg. All my chains are at a very different stage of wear, so adjusting the grinder over and over took way longer than just...

Well, my beloved 353 got hit by a tree that jumped the stump on me. (Big ole balsam as our Xmas tree of all things) It got smacked pretty good, I feel like I ran the family dog over. It was such a great saw. There appears to be lots of Chinese parts available, I'm just leary of the quality...

I have some flat faced couplers on my loader/tractor. (Kubota M 7060) This is a ALO/Quicke loader. They used 'Faster' females on the loader hoses, and CEJN males on the valve body. It's the way it came from new. I have a leak when the machine sits, couplers are together. When it's running I...