1st Gen. Lunch Table - General Discussion

Back when all of the motorcycles and outboard motors on boats were 2 smokes, we used to keep a box full of extra plugs handy. Swap a fouled plug out, then we would clean the fouled plug up with gas, emery cloth, cigarette lighter etc. as needed and put it back in the box for later.

 

Yup, used to be totally normal to carry a couple spare sets of plugs under the seat of your motorcycle, especially if you were trying to tune your carbs. I don't enjoy doing valve jobs, but I'll still take that over how much of a pain in the ass 2 strokes could be.

 

Ok that's good info. I didn't realize how quick a plug could get fouled up like that. That's what sort of had me scratching my head. I guess in my head I've always imagined it taking a long time to get oily and fouled up. But this happened during the course of one cut (a huge cut, to be fair). Makes me think I ought to order a 5 pack of plugs since we are running the saw so hard.

Milling is just brutal on these saws. It's wide open throttle with 22" of the bar buried in red oak for 4 or 5 minutes straight. We went thru an entire tank of gas with one cut we did.

 

I typically try to change my 2 stroke equipment plugs after about 40-50 run hours. That's probably excessive, but whatever. At this point I'm 4 stroke on everything except my chainsaw, and I'm typically using the electric one if there's an outlet anywhere nearby.

 

I love my 2-stroke Stihl saw, but I'm like you; unless I'm going to be working the saw all day or all weekend, I'm grabbing my Ryobi 40V chainsaw every time.

 

Do the 4wd 2006 tundras have more height/ground than the 2wd?
Can't see any sign of lift on mine, buts its couple inches taller at top of bed than a coworkers '06 2wd.

 

TRD, or no? They share suspensions otherwise. Tire sizes could differ between the two creating some disparity. TRDs have a different front coil, but share the rest. Not sure the coil added much if any lift compared to the regular coil. You positive both trucks are stock?

 

Pulled the trigger on the parts

 

That reminds me, I need to get new radiator hoses and I think a driver a/f sensor. I gotta remember this next time a sale happens.

 

I use a 4 stroke on a bandsaw for milling. When I have had problems with my Husqvarnas, I just buy a new carb if I feel I have fuel related issues. When ya mill with a chainsaw, watch the heat. It's easy to cook the bearing seal on the clutch side. This leads to a lean condition that will cause the piston to smear inside the cylinder and a loss of compression.

 

Mine is limited his is SR5.

 

Interesting. I may look down that route if new spark plug doesn’t fix it.

 

Is you buddies also a DC? The DC is taller, wider and longer than AC and RC. Oddly enough the DC sr5 coils are 0.5" shorter than the AC sr5 coils, though.



Also worth mentioning the stock DC geometry (UCAs), according to Bilstein, can handle more a little lift than the AC/RC.

Then when talking about there rear, this is according to Archive Garage:
DC has a 1" higher frame bumpstop bracket which allows 1" more bump travel than AC, but also limits collapsed length of shock