u/ThreeOhWait

I went to shoot today and my light fell right off on the first round. I went to pick it up and realized the bolt had broke.

I talk to Surefire and sent them pics telling them that I only need a new clamp and another fastener bolt. Dude says he’s sending me a new light.

Where can I find new some replacement parts?

Note: Bolt was torqued to 25 in/lbs with blue loctite about 6 months ago

My son was mowing and said it started smoking and began to die so he cut it off.

I go out and try to start it and get nothing. Battery is good, but starter solenoid seemed to be cooked so I ordered a new solenoid.

As I removed the top cover I noticed the wires to the coils were rubbed bare so I did what any reasonable adult would do and removed the whole wiring harness.

I re wired the whole system minus the safety parts and it just turned over with no start. Pull the valve covers to check gaps and see that the exhaust push rod was broke and the intake push rod was bent on one of the cylinders so I replaced those and I have .005” gaps on all valves.

Now I have spark, getting fuel and compression is around 135lbs and still nothing. Won’t even pop off with starter fluid.

What next?

Gravely Pro Turn 60 with a Briggs and Stratton 27

Backyard venison next to homegrown squash and Yukon gold potatoes. Life is good

Venison, Yukon gold potatoes and squash all harvested out of the back yard. Don’t go too hard on me

I’ll be replacing the top end on my 562xp soon, but this thing runs so good that I’m not in any hurry

My 562xp crashed just after about five years and 60 hours. I took it back to the dealer after several hard hot starts and some throttle issues.

Found out today that it picked up an air leak in the cylinder after an O ring failed which caused the auto tune to run lean and scored the piston and cylinder. The warranty ran out about five months ago and they said it would cost around $500 to fix it so I decided to cut my losses and picked up a brand new shiny 372xp

Hopefully I’ll have better luck with this thing. I put about a tank of fuel through it today and so far I freaking love this saw! Just need to order a full wrap handle and I’ll be in business.

Cut the spikes off an Oregon bar vise and stuck it on the box blade. Seeing how I always have the tractor close by when I’m cutting anyways, I figured it made sense. I don’t know why I didn’t do it sooner.

I run a 562xp with a 24” bar 95% of the time, but sometimes you just need a little more bark. I forgot how mean the 592 is.

Cutting all the smaller stuff for firewood and milling the bigger pieces for tables and shelves. Still have a long way to go