Buddy straight gassed my saw- Replace piston?

Sometimes you can save a cylinder by removing aluminum transfer with muriatic acid (HCl). Sometimes the cylinder is too far gone and it also needs to be replaced. Pictures?

You also may need to replace friend or whack him with scored piston.

TreePointer said:

Sometimes you can save a cylinder by removing aluminum transfer with muriatic acid (HCl). Sometimes the cylinder is too far gone and it also needs to be replaced. Pictures?

You also may need to replace friend or whack him with scored piston.

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+1 pull the muffler and take a Pic....Oh and straight gas the Buddy!

Is this the story of the buddy who was going to pay you $100 toward repair or replacement of your saw and you were going to get a new one and fix up the "ruined" one and give it to him?

Put the piston on a string and make him wear it around his neck. :red:


If you are willing to spend the time you can often save the cylinder, using muratic acid and fine sandpaper you can remove aluminum transfer. If the cylinder is really bad has deep scratches, or you are in hurry you may need to replace it.

I was able to save both cylinders on my Husky 350 and 36.
You can see the pic of the piston of the 350 is pretty bad.

Check Ebay and http://www.jackssmallengines.com/ for replacement prts.

see chainsaw forum http://www.arboristsite.com/

When you order the parts get a set of crank seals.

I thought that was the story but was too lazy to go back and try to find the original thread. So, your new saw is the MS290? Sweet! Hopefully, you can get your Huskey fixed up for a backup.

The saw story is interesting, but how about a new thread explaining how you and two wives live together? I may have nightmares, just reading your signature...

My wife and her daughter get along like fire and gasoline at times. I can't imagine wife and x-wife under the same roof.

With a new OEM cylinder being only $35, I wouldn't bother trying to clean it up... JMHO...

I hope you can fix it. Two saws will be nice.

DanCorcoran said:

The saw story is interesting, but how about a new thread explaining how you and two wives live together? I may have nightmares, just reading your signature...

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Looks like strait gas to me... Or a really really bad air leak....

For the price of the sand paper and acid and your time I would just pick up the piston and cylinder...

DanCorcoran said:

The saw story is interesting, but how about a new thread explaining how you and two wives live together? I may have nightmares, just reading your signature...

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I think Wood Fan At Tic explained the story once . . . if memory serves me correctly his ex- needed a place to stay and his wife actually gets along well enough with her and apparently Wood gets along well enough so the ex- is still staying with them . . . my own opinion . . . it's definitely different, but says something about how some people are able to move on and not be vindictive to each other when the marriage does not work out.