I had a workout at the shack too. Was cutting a fenceline when I punched my Husqvarna chainsaw into my thigh. 18 stitches (three on the inside)and I was back the next day to finish the job. With Kevlar chaps this time...
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Ouch! That had to hurt.
I'm worried that's gonna hurt for weeks if not months.
The thing about a chainsaw is they don't cut you, they take a notch out of you.
Originally Posted by Grizzly_Bill
How long did it take you to get it running Dave? I noticed it had new hoses, belt and distribitor cap and possibly a new generator.
Are you going to leave the 6 volt system in tact or convert to a 12 volt?
We had it sputtering in less than a half an hour and we had it sustaining idle & pulling fuel on it's own in about an hour. We had a little trouble with the cork gasket on the sedement bowl for the fuel pump. It was sucking air past the cork gasket. Me and Nate made a new temporary gasket out of a tire innertube. Nice rubber gasket.
I don't know about converting, I need to research that some more. I need to know if the starter can handle the 12 volts and I also need to find out if a 12 volt conversion can still run possitive ground like the original 6 volt system does.
my hunch is that all I need is a single wire (internally regulated) alternator and a voltage drop to 6 for feeding the gauges in the dash.
But I'm not sure, there's probably more to it. Probably some ignition (distributor related) changes need to be made too?
