All I needed was an O-ring...

"SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media" (silentbutnotreallydeadly) 11/07/2018 at 18:30 • Filed to: wrenching

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I went into town to get an o -ring. Just an o-ring.

Our new to us MF 65 tractor arrived with a hydraulic diverter valve that sent oil splurting out over the gearbox if you bumped the lever but, worst of all, the 3 point linkage out the back wouldn’t move . Removing the valve off the tractor and bopping out the diverter piston showed that the o-ring had failed.

The o-ring shop also sold chainsaws.

So we now have a new chainsaw, a fixed valve and the 3 point linkage works! Wins all round and it's only just gone 10 am in the morning!

M.T. Blake > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 11/07/2018 at 18:44

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Love Stihl. Great saws. I’ve got one just a bit bigger and it’s been very reliable. 

Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 11/07/2018 at 19:04

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Chainsaws contain O-rings.

Problem solved. You got an O-ring.

lone_liberal > M.T. Blake 11/07/2018 at 19:06

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When I was a kid we always had a Stihl chainsaw to use for getting firewood but it looked something like this:

Of course now that I’m a city boy all I have is a small electric chainsaw used to trim limbs.

vicali > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 11/07/2018 at 19:14

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Nice one!

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 11/07/2018 at 19:17

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I have the MS290 farm boss with a 24 " bar , I love it. Cuts wood like nobody’s business.

functionoverfashion > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 11/07/2018 at 20:31

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Well done on both counts.

I’m still running the hand-me-down saw from my father, a ~1970 Jonsereds. Still works perfectly though!

Stihl is the go-to brand around here, everyone has one. Maybe because the trusty local hardware store sells them, but I think it’s the other way around. They asked the local tree guys what they used, then sought that brand to carry in the store. 

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 11/07/2018 at 20:53

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Yeah we’ve got a bigger Husqvarna which is ideal for the bigger stuff but the weight and the torque steer make it exhausting... especially when doing the smaller stuff. So this little pup with a 14" bar will be ideal. And for AU$249 ( on runout due to new emission laws)...a bit of a bargain.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > M.T. Blake 11/07/2018 at 20:57

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I’ve killed three in my chainsaw career. Two were worn out and one was murdered (I trusted someone had put oil with the fuel in a tank marked  ‘2 stroke fuel ONLY’). They've been generally pretty good.

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 11/07/2018 at 20:59

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You did get an o-ring.

An o-ring e  chainsaw.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 11/07/2018 at 21:02

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I bought the MS290 in the fall of 2013 and the guy was like buy one now!! they are changing the carb to be better for emissions blah blah this is the last of these saws blah blah. So I did.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > winterlegacy, here 'till the end 11/07/2018 at 21:19

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That. Was. Awful.

Have a star.

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 11/07/2018 at 21:25

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Terrible puns are a way of life for me.

M.T. Blake > lone_liberal 11/07/2018 at 22:41

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No sense in having something big if you’re not going to use it. 

shop-teacher > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 11/07/2018 at 23:41

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This is good shopping!

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > shop-teacher 11/08/2018 at 01:36

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You bet...he even gave me the o-ring for free!!!

shop-teacher > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 11/08/2018 at 07:10

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Think of the savings!!