Differences between 026 models ?

[Jeff Lary]

Maybe a dumb question but here goes nothing. My brother has an 026 that does not have a high speed jet? I offered to mod the muffler a little and told him then I will open the hs jet a little. So the next day he called me and told me his saw had no hs jet. I never did his muffler because of this I did and do not know what would happen if you open his muffler and not the jet?
Now 4 days later I find and buy a nice 026 myself and lo and behold it has a hs jet? So are there other differences between these 2 saws? I did not and will not be modding my 026, because I want to sell it so I will not mess with it Thanks Jeff

 

[Duke Thieroff]

Want a carb with an H jet for your brothers saw?

I got one handy!

 

[Jeff Lary]

No that's alright Thanks tho,I was just wondering what else might be different

 

[poorboypaul]

Good luck getting any sensible answers on here about your 026 carb. Most will tell you you have an air leak.

 

[Duke Thieroff]

The handles were different some plastic, some metal, as you know, 026 does not have a decomp valve or adjustable oiler, the 026 PRO does. Some saws have fixed H jet carbs, some don't.

Looks like there were some variations in the muffler covers and some air filter variations.

That's all I know about, maybe someone else got something I missed.

Personally I wouldn't mod a muffler with a fixed jet carb, although after muffler mods I have rarely had to make any huge swings in adjustment I wouldn't want to spend time modding a muffler only to find out I'm too lean after the modification.

 

[AKDoug]

Duke just about covered it all. You can swap out the fixed jet on that carb, too.

 

[ttyR2]

When I bought my project 026 Pro, I sprung for a new carb off ebay that had the H screw. Wasn't too expensive.

 

[fearofpavement]

I've got one 026 with a fixed jet and one with both jets. They both run great. If you have a choice, pick the one with two. If your saw has one, don't worry about it, go cut wood. I agree with Duke that many saws need very little if any carb adjustment after a muff mod but I also would recommend not cutting the muffler on a single adjustment 026.

 

[sld961]

There are a couple variations of fuel tank vents too.

 

[Jeff Lary]

Good luck getting any sensible answers on here about your 026 carb. Most will tell you you have an air leak.

I don't have any saw problems just a few questions in model differences that's all. Jeff

 

[Jeff Lary]

The handles were different some plastic, some metal, as you know, 026 does not have a decomp valve or adjustable oiler, the 026 PRO does. Some saws have fixed H jet carbs, some don't.

Looks like there were some variations in the muffler covers and some air filter variations.

That's all I know about, maybe someone else got something I missed.

Personally I wouldn't mod a muffler with a fixed jet carb, although after muffler mods I have rarely had to make any huge swings in adjustment I wouldn't want to spend time modding a muffler only to find out I'm too lean after the modification.

Exactly my worry too thanks ,Jeff

 

[Jeff Lary]

Duke just about covered it all. You can swap out the fixed jet on that carb, too.

Yea he was saying that, pretty cool option to have though !

 

[Jeff Lary]

I've got one 026 with a fixed jet and one with both jets. They both run great. If you have a choice, pick the one with two. If your saw has one, don't worry about it, go cut wood. I agree with Duke that many saws need very little if any carb adjustment after a muff mod but I also would recommend not cutting the muffler on a single adjustment 026.

Yea I wont be touching his saw, if a tree fell on that saw a month later he would blame my mod !

 

[fordf150]

Fuel lines are different along with clutch drum/ oiler differences

 

[Mad Professor]

Some carbs and filters are for compensator carbs. They had both styles with adjustable hi jets

 

[fordf150]

Early model saws require a stihl only clutch drum and later model saws the drum is available aftermarket so you run into some saws that have small spline rims and others that have the stihl mini spline rim.

 

[Jeff Lary]

Holy smoke there are a lot of differences . Wouldn't you think that they would be the same....Ok just thought that through I am sure the changes are improvements . But still.