Echo Chain Saws

[vegaome]

Howdy Folks,

I just cut firewood and the occasional tree out of the road. I run a muffler modded CS 510 most of the time. It has about 140 lbs of pressure now and the piston is scored. I bought it used about 4 or 5 years ago. It still works like a champ. I now have other saws and I even bought a couple of new stihls but I always reach for the echo first. Maybe its because it was my first saw and I have gotten use to her. I got no problem with echo or any of the other brands for that matter. I do like my 510 and plan to rebuild her if she blows up. After I seen how bad she was scorched I did not think she would make through the year but I cant kill her. The echo CS 510 is a tough little saw.

v/r

Mike

 

[FXDL]

i have a little echo PB210 blower if that counts

 

[ran3465]

Here is my one and only Echo, an old CS-60s. Hope this works, first time trying to post a pic of anything.
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[blackoak]

Echo makes a fine product. Price and reliability is hard to beat. Most of the people on here that call them junk has probably never even used an Echo product.

 

[vw_motorsports]

I have a:

cs-5000
cs-3900
cs3000
cs 360t
cs3450

Are they're nicer saws yes, are the nicer saws for the same price point...very few

I think most echos are extremely well engineered saws....I love the way most are built...example the cs-5000 has a tooless external idle and oiler adjustment. Every saw should be that way...genius.

I need a clutch cover for my 3900 somebody help

 

[Cliff R]

"I run a muffler modded CS 510 most of the time. It has about 140 lbs of pressure now and the piston is scored."

A scored piston isn't really anything to worry about. If you saw the piston in my 55 you would have junked it. I bought if off E-bay for $76 not running. About 30 minutes cleaning up the piston/ring/bore and it's been running flawlessly with perfect compression now for several years.

The piston just needs enough material against the bore along the skirt to keep in from "rocking" excessively in the bore, and the ring must be tight in the ring land.

It's the condition of the bore and the ring that count. I've saved scores of saws with torn up P/C's, by cleaned up the piston and bore, removing any material "smeared" over the ring land, on the bore, etc. Once you re-establish a good fit between the ring and the liner, and the piston has enough integrity to hold the ring and fits the bore, it will run fine.

I bought my 480CD in 1980, it was "new" other than being ran as a demo saw one weekend at a show. They came out with an upgrade for the exhaust elbow, as the big round elbow was easily smashed. I had to removed the muffler to install the elbow as I couldn't get the lock ring loose. I noticed some piston damage at that time, but compression was perfect. That saw has been in service since 1980, cutting hundreds of cords of wood, and still has perfect compression and runs as good as or better than when it was purchased.......Cliff

 

[vw_motorsports]

"I run a muffler modded CS 510 most of the time. It has about 140 lbs of pressure now and the piston is scored."

A scored piston isn't really anything to worry about.

The piston just needs enough material against the bore along the skirt to keep in from "rocking" excessively in the bore, and the ring must be tight in the ring land.

It's the condition of the bore and the ring that count. I've saved scores of saws with torn up P/C's, by cleaned up the piston and bore, removing any material "smeared" over the ring land, on the bore, etc. Once you re-establish a good fit between the ring and the liner, and the piston has enough integrity to hold the ring and fits the bore, it will run fine........Cliff

I agree with you in regards to chainsaws.....my cs-5000 has a scored piston that I bought of CL. PO was told it needed a new p/c, which is true, but what it really needed was a simple carb adjustment. Adjusted the carb and the saw runs fantastic, I was able to pick up a perfect spare engine when it does decide to crap out.

How many poulans do you see with scored pistons that still run well...especially the wild thing 36cc-42cc versions...with the none strato engine.

Not to change the subject but what is up with the poulan strato engines??? I've never seen so many scored pistons than this model. 50/1 ratio set lean from the factory plus the added air when it is run WOT is a recipe for disaster. When I see them out back in somebody's junk pile I keep on walking because I already know what's wrong with it...burnt up p/c. I wouldn't be surprised if there is a class action suit against poulan

You will never get away with a scored piston in an automotive app, especially a small diesel engine.

 

[caotropheus]

I bought a CS-341 recently. Nice little dependable saw, always in the car ready to enter in action. This was the first model of saw I ever worked, so , I had to get one. I am ready to replace the MS 270 by other saw, but the Echo 341 will stay for my grandchildren!

 

[Harold W]

I have a 451 and 601.

 

[kev1n]

cs-750evl

i picked up a 750 evl from an old widow for 20$.in really nice condition i felt a little guilty. the fuel hose to the carb had turned into tar. i scraped it off and installed a new hose, then proceeded to use it all summer. really reliable, and the oiler works great. i missed out on a cst-610 for 225 on craigslist. i would really like to own one of those at that price.

 

[bruceinks]

CS-440. They catch a lot of hell here, but I've had mine for over 4 years and like it a lot. Just put a new rim style sprocket on it this week. Other than chains and a spark plug that's the only repair it's needed. It's just a light, reliable saw that's fun to use. And seems like it runs forever on a tank of fuel.

 

[Analyst Man]

New CS-360T

 

[Pierreg]

Echo

650 EVL complete.Needs an ignition module&coil to be brought to life.

 

[mark360T]

now i got a new cs-370

 

[Leoncio]

ECHO and other old brands ....

I have:
285EVL (Top hand - dies, twin 290EVL)
290EVL
315
330EVL + 330EVL (project to rebuild - no cover starter, clutch and coil)
500VL + 500VL
650EVL (project to rebuild - no starter cover)

Echo might not be the fastest nor the most cutting chainsaws powerful on the planet, HOWEVER, they are good, solid and reliable.

I have other old brands like Husqvarna (from 32, 37, 38, ....), and Stihl (from 009; 010, 011, 012, 012 T, 015, 020 ->AV, …..) and other .
TrollSaw also like them but not as old as the ECHO for the sound of the engine.
P.S.
All these machines the motor horizontally instead of vertically?

 

[ohio03trdtaco]

Well moved into a new house last year. 7.4 acres with about three of that wooded. House is propane heat but had a wood stove with a newer stainless liner. Wife didn't want to burn last year so filled the propane tank 3 times. So entered this winter and got my first fill $710 that hurt. Neighbor was able to convince my wife into letting me light the stove up and gave me a little wood. Well now we are mostly heating with the stove burnt 10% of my propane tank. I would have been getting at least one fill by now. So started dropping some standing dead ash in the woods so I wouldn't have to buy to much wood. Long story short my cs-440 felled the first few couple trees and bucked them but I was getting in to larger wood. I convinced my wife into letting me get a bigger saw. ( bought her off with a new couch)

My cs-440 is a few years old now has treated me well for the landscape storm clean up, and some felling.

I added a cs-680 after having to fell some larger trees and doing more bucking.

I hope to add a good top handle next year and should be covered for all my cutting needs.

 

[hoss]

I will post some pics or a video later, but I recently picked up a pair of 116cc Echo 1200's. One was a runner and one was supposed to be for parts, but when I swapped the starter from the runner to the parts saw it ran great too. Both have tremendous compression. I would be interested to hear any info or experience anyone has with or about these saws. These are the first I have seen in person.

 

[echo670]

hoss;4179812 i own an echo 670 it works well in the larger 20'' stuff owned it since 2010 the only problem the chain breaks dont release the way it should other then thats its a good saw for the $$$

 

[Martijn]

Echo 280E

Hi everybody,
I need a echo 280 e saw, it doesn't have to run.
The saw I got needs a clutch cover , recoil housing and a handle. Pm me and we can work out a price!

Thanks!

 

[EvanB]

I have a new CS310. I like the little saws and have been through most of them, Huskies, Stihls, Macs, and so forth. I have 14 Mesquite trees on my homestead--they are a hard wood. I went for the CS 310 because of the reviews. There are a lot of appealing features on the small Echo and a lot of positive reviews. The only thing I do not like (so far) is an air filter that is inordinately expensive--20-some bucks. And to change the filter, the recommendation is to also remove the air filter base, change a gasket, and then install the new filter. I like a machine that I can service without needless expense.