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All excellent points guys, I'm gonna send him a link to this thread. Thanks for your help. I'll be sure and report back to close out the thread when we get to the bottom of it. It may be a little while though.

He emailed me late last night that he got spark with one of the new coils. The thing is, he had to set the clearance at about .002" where as the stock coil was set at .011". I don't know what the minimum clearance should be but .002 seems pretty tight. I'd personally be leery of running...

New coils came with wires. He isn't using a plug but rather an ignition tester to check spark. Not sure about wires or magneto. I'll tell him what you guys said and have him check all that stuff. I'll try to post some more tomorrow night. Thanks

I'm posting this for my brother but am familiar with the situation. He has a MS250 he purchased used. Saw ran fine up until recently. Now, it will run for a while then stall with no spark. He checks spark after a day and it is fine again and will run until warmed up. Sounds like a bad coil...

I might be wrong but I believe the 211 has the newer strato charged engine. You can do some research for yourself on that. I get the gist that the strato is more efficient, revs faster and has more power per cc, it naturally is gonna cost you more too. The older 210 had 2.0 vs the 211's 2.3...

I really can't answer your original question either because I only own the MS250 of three you're considering. I do however own a 361 and an 017 and have run the 029 Super (which is pretty much an 031/310) quite frequently. If you "don't anticipate cutting very much wood" I would never consider...

Kelley KLS24 Not trying to rehash a dead thread but I'll add my 2 cents. I just got one of these last night and after searching the net for some info I came upon this thread. I picked mine up off Craigslist for $285. We've also got a home built job with a 6" dozer cylinder. It puts out 47K...

The whole percentage thing really got me thinking on what exactly I was getting so I contacted Lucas oils to find out. The techy said he's never been asked that question before but it was a good question and he'd be happy to try and help. After some research on his own, he took my name and...

Probably not the same situation but I stopped into my Stihl dealer about 2 years ago looking for HD weed trimmer. They had a nice used FS250 hanging and so inquired about it. Guy behind the counter tells me one of their employees picked it up at the landfill when they were dumping. Said it...

I can only guess that it's true of 2 cycle oil as well but the synthetic motor oils certainly are better than the petroleum based in the way of long term wear. Pretty common knowledge I would guess. I read an article quite a few years back on the topic. A college did a rather low budget study...

From what little research I did, there doesn't seem to be a set rule. It could be 99:1 on either end of the spectrum. I would be shocked if it were above 25% synthetic in any blended oil though. Personally, the issue came down to price more than anything. I did tons of research on Lucas...

Wow, them Ohio boys sure are sharp! Superb video, I too was leery of my saw being too lean. I was guessing the sound it was making was the 4 cycling, but I wasn't confident enough to lean it out any. After running it like that all day, I got the worst headache from smelling the rich fumes...

Got the bar I finally got the bar and chain in after having it lost in the mail. Kevin, (4000fixed) made me a heck of a deal on a used 25" bar and full skip chain. Got to give Kevin some reps for being a great guy to deal with and being the only one who followed up on an offer to my want ad...

$5 for a Stihl case. . . .and free saw? Not my deal but my uncles. Went to a garage sale on Friday and saw a new looking Stihl saw case for $5. He went to pick it up and realized it was a little too heavy. Sets her back down and opens it to find a MINT condition 011. The couple lived in...

At 40:1, I'd say a little drool is probably a good thing to see. I would also start there and then, if I had any drool, bump it up to 50:1. If the drool's stopped at 40:1 then you got to figure it's burning all, or enough of, the oil.

D Do you get any smoke running it at that ratio? I'll assume you're not having any issues with it drooling.

Pretty much what he said. Anybody tried the stuff yet? I'd like to think a semi synthetic oil has got to be at least decent. They have a pretty sterling review of their 2-stroke oil on their site but who knows how valid it is. Spare me the grief about running Stihl or Amsoil or Klotz or...

Actually my question was whether I should get a 24" bar or attempt it with the 20" bar :). The title was rather misleading as I explained in an earlier post. I to, have better things to do than stand around all day knocking trees down but at the cost of getting a bigger saw (not going to...

Yeah, and I don't get it. Some guys say that but other guys are saying they can run 28" bars with little trouble. I guess it's really the situation and what their cutting. For most my needs, the 20" works like a charm. If a 24" bar is going to be at all doggy on it, would the 20" make up for...

I'm up in the very northwest corner of Ohio. About 5 and 15 miles from the IN and MI lines. I read about putting a different oiler on it but that was prior to getting the 361. I'll have to look into that. I started the thread, as seen in the title, with the question of whether that bar/chain...