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       #Post#: 1969--------------------------------------------------
       Re: 8000 echo
       By: David Young Date: April 21, 2011, 12:27 pm
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       [quote author=Cut4fun link=topic=6.msg1634#msg1634
       date=1301868318]
       Finally found a pic of the early 8000 hand guard that would be
       on the JD 800.  The later ones appear to have had the chain
       brakes in IPL.
       Think I might just try to retro fit a poulan hand guard or
       nothing at all.
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       Kev, if thats your saw it may cut better if you turn the chain
       around
       #Post#: 1970--------------------------------------------------
       Re: 8000 echo
       By: Cut4fun Date: April 21, 2011, 12:42 pm
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       [quote author=David Young link=topic=6.msg1969#msg1969
       date=1303406834]
       [quote author=Cut4fun link=topic=6.msg1634#msg1634
       date=1301868318]
       Finally found a pic of the early 8000 hand guard that would be
       on the JD 800.  The later ones appear to have had the chain
       brakes in IPL.
       Think I might just try to retro fit a poulan hand guard or
       nothing at all.
       [/quote]
       Kev, if thats your saw it may cut better if you turn the chain
       around
       [/quote]
       Mine is yellow and a John Deere. I just found the pic to show
       the hand-guard I was looking for.
       I noticed that on a fully restored painted up saw the other day.
       ::)
       #Post#: 2182--------------------------------------------------
       Re: 8000 echo
       By: Cut4fun Date: May 1, 2011, 2:04 pm
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       Husky large mount works, just a little large around bar studs
       8mm studs I think or 8.5mm compared to 9mm (I cant remember). I
       still drilled out the oiler hole like I like them, instead of
       that angled oiler hole. 24" on it now.
       Now if I could just find the bag with the double dawgs in it
       :-[. About 2 hours of my life wasted so far looking  >:(.
       Glad I didnt find a hand guard like I posted in the above pic
       now. The part where it is mounted to is broken.
       #Post#: 2208--------------------------------------------------
       Re: 8000 echo
       By: Cut4fun Date: May 2, 2011, 6:22 pm
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       Got to love wives. Twice now she has figured something out or
       find something for me. Dang dawgs were in a husky 365-372 misc
       box that I went through twice yesterday  :-[.  Anyhow they are
       on now.
       Hey Al you might try that method of finding something hidden
       from our site sometime.  ;) ;)
       #Post#: 4426--------------------------------------------------
       Re: 8000 echo
       By: Chainsawrepair Date: October 9, 2011, 11:41 am
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       I think more then a few were surprised with the yellow echo
       yesterday with 24" full comp full chisel chain buried in
       hardwoods.  Blsnelling even took it with him to test against a
       Poulan 5200 85cc , Pioneer P60 98cc and he came back saying the
       JD 800 beat them both pushing hard and using normal bucking in
       hardwood testing.
       That surprised me too.
       I ran the 5200 in different smaller wood and that saw was super
       strong.  Cant believe the yellow echo ending up faster in the
       big wood testing with that saw being there  :o.
       #Post#: 4987--------------------------------------------------
       Re: 8000 echo
       By: brokenbudget Date: November 19, 2011, 9:03 am
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       ;D ;D i just picked one of these j.d. cv800's last week. the
       piston was a little scored, pulled it apart and cleaned it up
       (waiting on the cylinder and piston kit to come in) as i didn't
       want to wait ;D the rings were a little stuck but still look
       good. not ideal, but the saw was very cheap and after the clean
       up you wouldn't know anything was wrong.
       it pulls just a hair over 140 psi, the squish is a stagering 58
       thou big, yes 58thou. :D no base gasket to speak of either. saw
       runs pretty stong, not bad but i'm sure there is alot more in it
       just from closing the squish up a bit (or alot?). the 'D' shaped
       exhaust port looks tricky as there isn't much room for widening,
       and the transfers already look long in the cylinder and i would
       be slightly worried about bringing them any further back as the
       ring pin locations are pretty close. it could be done i'm sure,
       these are observations i made as i was cleaning the already
       pretty clean cylinder.
       the saw starts sounding lean at around the 12000 rpm no load
       mark, pulls pretty good, holds a good 9500-9800rpm in the wood
       (18" sugar maple with a 24" bar/chain). you can stall it out but
       you need to really push. i like the feel of it, the weight in my
       hands feels good, not too heavy and has the weight in all the
       right places. might just be my go to bigger saw for a while.
       can't wait to get the new p/c kit 8) 8)
       #Post#: 4998--------------------------------------------------
       Re: 8000 echo
       By: Chainsawrepair Date: November 19, 2011, 11:16 am
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       bb the squish on this one I have  was tightened up. Good runner
       as mentioned at the testing above and beating out some strong
       saws.
       Got any pics of yours. I like the yellow ones.
       #Post#: 5001--------------------------------------------------
       Re: 8000 echo
       By: brokenbudget Date: November 19, 2011, 11:41 am
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       the pics will have to wait!! ;D i'm about 300km's away from the
       saw right now :D i'll post some on wednesday :)
       it's in very good shape. nothing broken, cracked or
       cobbled---save for the piston :o but that was aaaaaaall meeeeee!
       :D i wouldn't do it unless i was confident it would safely run
       and be able to run for a long time. i'm still thinking of just
       using the original cylinder to do the grinding on. that way i'll
       have a back up to screw up after i screw up the first one ;D
       STILL WAITING ON MY FREAKING DEGREE WHEEL!!!! may just contact
       paypal to file a complaint.... :'(
       #Post#: 5002--------------------------------------------------
       Re: 8000 echo
       By: Chainsawrepair Date: November 19, 2011, 11:59 am
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       I had to segregate the JD 800 from the poulans going to the gtg.
       The 505 was talking trash to it on the way there and the 800
       ate the 505 lunch once there in the cut. Besides the 5200 and
       P60 lunches too.
       [IMG]
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       #Post#: 5003--------------------------------------------------
       Re: 8000 echo
       By: brokenbudget Date: November 19, 2011, 12:06 pm
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       your jonny must be taking the big blue pill to outgo a 505! i
       figure with just a squish tightening and re time on the ports
       this saw will really wake up. mine isn't bad at all now, just
       not an award winner--yet ;) not that i compete, just with
       friends :D  i suppose i "could" use my 7" wheel to take a look
       at the numbers on wednesday when i get home. now i'm all hot and
       bothered about a johndeere :-* ;D good grief!
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