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Efcos 181
By: Gatekeeper Date: December 11, 2014, 3:10 pm
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Any reviews of the 181? One has popped up on local craigslist.
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Re: Efcos 181
By: srcarr52 Date: December 11, 2014, 3:55 pm
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I think they are a good saw. Nicely built, firm feel in your
hands, not too heavy. The cylinder cover is a bastard to put
back on because of the throttle link and the air filter boot.
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Re: Efcos 181
By: 660magnum Date: December 11, 2014, 4:26 pm
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Nothing wrong with owning that chainsaw. That would be a good
blocker.
But it has been messaged a little bit.
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Re: Efcos 181
By: Gatekeeper Date: December 11, 2014, 5:03 pm
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Saw looks strong. I may have to see about getting that one on
craigslist. Same bore and stroke as a 681.
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Re: Efcos 181
By: srcarr52 Date: December 11, 2014, 6:23 pm
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It's a little messed with, I cut 0.040" out of the squish to
make a 272 piston work in it. They have a tiny combustion
chamber to being with so I had to cut the camber wider to
increase the combustion chamber or it would have pull around 260
psi. It currently pulls around 220 psi and has a nice
combustion chamber shape.
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Re: Efcos 181
By: Gatekeeper Date: December 11, 2014, 6:39 pm
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Yeah that is a tiny chamber. It may be a fun saw to play with
pretty cheap.
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Re: Efcos 181
By: Eccentric Date: December 11, 2014, 8:14 pm
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I love 5ci class saws. 8)
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Re: Efcos 181
By: srcarr52 Date: December 11, 2014, 10:39 pm
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[quote author=Gatekeeper link=topic=4409.msg50538#msg50538
date=1418344782]
Yeah that is a tiny chamber. It may be a fun saw to play with
pretty cheap.
[/quote]
It's hard to see but there are two angles besides the squish
band that I cut in there to smooth out the turn and to enlarge
the combustion chamber. Not the worst I've had to do, I had to
cut three angles on my 288 after taking 0.080" our of the
squish.
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Re: Efcos 181
By: Gatekeeper Date: December 12, 2014, 5:06 am
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Did you have 300 lbs of compression on the 288 before you opened
the chamber?
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Re: Efcos 181
By: srcarr52 Date: December 12, 2014, 8:44 am
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[quote author=Gatekeeper link=topic=4409.msg50555#msg50555
date=1418382395]
Did you have 300 lbs of compression on the 288 before you opened
the chamber?
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I didn't even try it.
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