My father picked up a nice condition 026 that had been run with straight gas. The guy brought it to the dealer, dealer tore it down and told the guy it needed new P&C, the guy didn't want to pay and told the dealer to keep the saw. My father got it for $25, no bar and chain.
He took the cylinder and cleaned it up with sandpaper to get the aluminum off the cylinder and said it looks great. I've ordered a new 44mm stihl oem piston/rings for it from ebay. The base gasket is in great shape, but do we need to replace it anyway? Anything else we need to do while it is in pieces?
He was thinking of lightly honing it with a brake cylinder hone.
I've also got an older (mid-90's) 026 purchased new that has recently gotten pretty hard to crank. It's always popped the first time in about 5 pulls, then fired right up on half choke. Now it sometimes won't crank with 30 pulls. Once running though it fires right back up fine. Does it need a carb kit and impulse line? This saw may have 30 tanks through it. Thanks in advance.
Waylan
He took the cylinder and cleaned it up with sandpaper to get the aluminum off the cylinder and said it looks great. I've ordered a new 44mm stihl oem piston/rings for it from ebay. The base gasket is in great shape, but do we need to replace it anyway? Anything else we need to do while it is in pieces?
He was thinking of lightly honing it with a brake cylinder hone.
I've also got an older (mid-90's) 026 purchased new that has recently gotten pretty hard to crank. It's always popped the first time in about 5 pulls, then fired right up on half choke. Now it sometimes won't crank with 30 pulls. Once running though it fires right back up fine. Does it need a carb kit and impulse line? This saw may have 30 tanks through it. Thanks in advance.
Waylan