It's here!!!!............Inside the MS661

[user 64030]

PNs on those spikes are 1144 664 0502 and 1144 664 0503.

I was just about to ask that...

Does the bolt spacing look to be the same as the 660 441 etc?

I likey them dawgs.

dw

 

[Saw Dr.]

I only take delivery NIB period. Dry as a bone but you know they get fired at the factory. No the dealer doesn't tune my saws in fact I tune theirs. This isn't a contest, friend we all can learn from each other's experiences. That shiny nikasil could just be reflection from your flash through the opposite port, but that's what the early 441 I had that burned a P&C in the first five hours looked like just like yours.

Did you do the bar off calibration?

You tune the saws for your Stihl dealer?


Right

 

[hseII]

Stihl mechanic said that carb is available in Europe...would be nice to try one.

Dave.

Moobs, ^^^^^^
That's the one I want.

 

[hseII]

You tune the saws for your Stihl dealer?


Right

You Do, Why Not?

 

[blsnelling]

Moobs, ^^^^^^
That's the one I want.

It looks like the only difference is the carb, needle access grommet, and coil.

 

[blsnelling]

 

[blsnelling]

I hope to sink this bad boy into some of these shortly. Unfortunately, it won't be tomorrow

 

[Stihlman441]

And they reccon the 441 was a fat bottom girl ?.
Have a look at the size differance.
The 661 is lean and trim.

 

[porsche965]

Those logs will work

I run a 28 lite bar on my 661 and use it only on big wood cutting both sides. The oiler to me is stingy. This is a half wrap. World wide have not seen a full wrap but have one on order at my Dealer.

It handles very nice with the 28" lite bar and so far not one problem with about 10-12 tanks through it so far. Compared to the 660 the smoothness covers up the actual speed she really has. Hot or cold weather or fuel mix seems to make no difference. It just cuts the same every time. A joy to run for a novice like me.

Oh, fuel mileage is quite a bit better than the 660 too. As advertised and expected.

 

[porsche965]

The 661 does feel like a Jenny Craiged 660. Much better!

 

[Deleted member 83629]

So if this saw is great out of the box as is would it be faster than a 390xp when it is ported?

 

[porsche965]

I think we are about to find out after Thanksgiving!

 

[whitedogone]

Nikko will be right along to tell us how much better handling and far superior in all respects those huskies are.

 

[bennn*e]

So I'm studying the IPL and find that there a standard carbed MS661, not a MS661C. Where is this saw available? Just curious as I'd not heard of it before. Another point of interest, I see no HO oiler option. Hopefully, that means it oils very well.

If your looking at the ipl on mediacat check out the tech information tab. It has information on the oil pump. It has a standard range of operation and if higher flow is required a limiting pin can be punch up into the oil pump and the screw can then be turned further clockwise to increase the flow further. Once the pin is punched in that's it it's in there

 

[sgrizz]

I wish I had a reason to buy a 661 but I don't have wood big enough to use it to its full potential .
Looking forward to the progress of this saw. thanks brad

 

[Spawn]

You tune the saws for your Stihl dealer?

I sure do. My brother in law is sales manager and his brother in law owns the store.

 

[Derrick Sawyer]

Only site I see the regular and M-tronic listed is the Stihl Russia site, here is the link, they also have the 440 and 660. Anyone planning to have Thanksgiving in Moscow?

http://www.stihl.ru/Продукция-STIHL...Бензомоторные-пилы-для-лесного-хозяйства.aspx

 

[mdavlee]

Hurry up and get videos Brad. I'm zure the neighbors will like to hear saws run today

 

[komatsuvarna]

The 661 is a good looking saw for sure! Id be interested to see how they compare to a 390xp, stock and ported...... but mainly ported.

 

[epicklein22]

This saw has me intrigued. Probably wouldn't buy one till after the "bugs" are worked out, but maybe I'll have a breakdown after tax season and bite the bullet. I'm thinking about going with a heated handle version, are those out yet?

I bought my 562xp when they first came out and it was pretty much trouble free from the box, but did have the slight bog off idle. I hope the 661 experiences no hiccups the second time around. Till then, I'll keep on using the 064 I built.