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Title: New Video: Midnight 064
Post by: MMFaller39 on September 26, 2010, 07:32:51 PM
Just nother vid of my 064, did more work to it, painted it black. Screens still running dark

http://www.youtube.com/v/nmUZ4g2z5VY?fs=1&hl=en_US
Title: Re: New Video: Midnight 064
Post by: John R on October 01, 2010, 10:38:11 AM
More thin firewood.   :D ;D
Title: Re: New Video: Midnight 064
Post by: Texas Ranger on October 01, 2010, 10:48:36 AM
That's not firewood, that's dinner plates!  Got to get food in there, some where. 8)
Title: Re: New Video: Midnight 064
Post by: chopperfreak2k1 on October 01, 2010, 04:25:46 PM
i dig the black, it sounds great, good job!!
Title: Re: New Video: Midnight 064
Post by: MMFaller39 on October 01, 2010, 11:30:40 PM
Thanks, the funny thing is that it wasn't running worth a crap. Yesterday I re-set the timing and put an 8 tooth sprocket on it. When I toke the plug out I almost crapped ten brick, I look at the plug and come to find out it was running way too rich.  :-\

I'll run it sometime next week, I'm curious as to what kind of rpm's it's going to pull at.
Title: Re: New Video: Midnight 064
Post by: sharkey on October 04, 2010, 11:38:09 PM
Looks real nice.  Is the cylinder thick enough in the back to add boost ports?   
Title: Re: New Video: Midnight 064
Post by: MMFaller39 on October 05, 2010, 10:16:07 PM
Quote from: sharkey on October 04, 2010, 11:38:09 PM
Looks real nice.  Is the cylinder thick enough in the back to add boost ports?   

I know what you meant, but they're finger ports and transfer directional ports. Yes the cylinder walls are thick enough. I over did it a little on this saw with the finger ports, carburetor and crankcase. It's a real pain to tune.
Title: Re: New Video: Midnight 064
Post by: MMFaller39 on October 05, 2010, 10:17:35 PM
Also, I ran it yesterday with a 36" bar in some gnarly 55" sugar maple, and it stomped through it.
Title: Re: New Video: Midnight 064
Post by: HolmenTree on October 07, 2010, 10:56:23 PM
I still have my 1986 Stihl 064 I bought new in '86. Best power to weight saw I ever logged with 14.1 lbs-85cc.
I retired it a few yrs later and in the late '80s to early '90s used it for racing only. Alot of good memories from the many PNW and western Canada timbershows.
In 1988 I installed 4 deeeeep finger ports ,25 thou off the cylinder, 50 thou off the piston intake skirt, 084 carb, tuned exhaust pipe. I later built a new cylinder with oversized transfer covers, cutoff head and was toying with a circle crank. Thats about the time when it sat on the shelf for good.
But today in 2010 she still rips. 8)

Willard.