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Marie

Marie

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We tried to bring Ol Mac, my Mccollough chainsaw In for work to Ace. They said they no longer work on them. Of course being Saturday everything else was closed. The Ol guy just doesn't want to start anymore and except running all new fuel lines. I've done everything else I can think of. :( back to town on Monday to drop it off at a different place. I can't hold any of the other saws for to long with one bad arm so hoping they can fix it.
 
Ping Jockey

Ping Jockey

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Marie said:
We tried to bring Ol Mac, my Mccollough chainsaw In for work to Ace. They said they no longer work on them. Of course being Saturday everything else was closed. The Ol guy just doesn't want to start anymore and except running all new fuel lines. I've done everything else I can think of. :( back to town on Monday to drop it off at a different place. I can't hold any of the other saws for to long with one bad arm so hoping they can fix it.
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Normally old Mac chainsaws are a pretty hardy beast. Most problems starting and staying running have to do with carburetors; either a hole in the diaphragm or any of the gaskets causing it to suck air. Just my own opinion you may need to have the carb rebuilt with new gaskets and diaphragm. And while they’re at it clean everything with card cleaner.
 
Marie

Marie

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Ping Jockey said:
Normally old Mac chainsaws are a pretty hardy beast. Most problems starting and staying running have to do with carburetors; either a hole in the diaphragm or any of the gaskets causing it to suck air. Just my own opinion you may need to have the carb rebuilt with new gaskets and diaphragm. And while they’re at it clean everything with card cleaner.
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Already put a brand new one on. Guessing it's maybe a hairline crack in one of the fuel lines. But I'll gonna pay someone to do it. Had to send the carburetor back 3 times before I got the right one.
I'll let a pro do the lines or whatever it is that's wrong with it. Already cleaned it up thorough and replaced the bulb too.
 
lonestar09

lonestar09

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Well with the amount of homes here that have installed grid tie solar systems, I've been telling friends to learn about solar panels. A lot of electricity can be produced if you know what you are doing. We also get a lot of sunny days.
 
Tom McDowell

Tom McDowell

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MakesYouWonder

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20kw solar with 32kwh of batteries (Encharge). Natural gas whole house 22.5kw Generac though natural gas would likely be down in a major TEOTWAKI event. Lots of sun here in the Florida treasure coast. Continuing to make changes to reduce power consumption (AC upgrade. spray foam insultation, etc.).
 
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bluelady

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Faroe said:
I have a book on how to make the built-in ones. They are adobe, concrete, or masonry, and much larger than your standard coffee/soup can camping version. They still take small sticks, burn very efficiently, and produce little smoke. Similar to the Russian is some respects (you can sit/sleep on them). Also very good looking.
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I saw YouTube videos on this. This family isn't making videos anymore but their old ones of building an off grid home in Idaho were great. Here is the summary video for their rocket mass heater; run time 24:32.
View: https://youtu.be/CoOcsq12UkE
 
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