Problematic MS661

[big t double]

The path I have planned is to never arm wrestle the guy in that video.

 

[blsnelling]

The path I have planned is to never arm wrestle the guy in that video.

I'm laughing out loud You are certainly right. He throws that 661 around like I might a MS 260, lol.

 

[big t double]

I can't even start an ms170 like he starts that 661. Ok...back to your thread. Sorry.

 

[SAWMIKAZE]

I can't even start an ms170 like he starts that 661. Ok...back to your thread. Sorry.

Quit usin your vagisil and maybe you could.

 

[coltont]

Brad the stumble that saw had coming off idle is from the solenoid.

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[big t double]

Quit usin your vagisil and maybe you could.

You silly. The vagisil is for keeping my vagina fresh. It does nothing to inhibit my already feeble upper body strength. So strike one sawmikaze. Now back to blsnellings stumbling 661!!

 

[imagineero]

What do you do with all the cookies Brad?

 

[angelo c]

Man my 660 is making a nice dry sound in the bottom end and the crank now has a little play in it. I guess 19 months worth of big timber killed it.

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19 months of big timber??
I'd say somebody got their moneys worth....


a bottom end rebuild on an 066? case of beer and $75 bucks worth of seals and bearings....
done in a day if said beer is applied spaciously...

throw a set of rings and a piston in her for another $50??? go cut for another 19 months for almost free....

yup Id say that's a saw to throw away. freekin junk....

 

[bikemike]

The big problem is that saw ID ends with 1

 

[bikemike]

What do you do with all the cookies Brad?

He sells them to martha stewart so she can use them as placemats for garbage can decoration

 

[blsnelling]

My 661 is 8 months old and has had two solenoids so far. When they go bad they get hard to start and won't open to WFO. Sloppy on the trigger coming off idle to.

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Brad the stumble that saw had coming off idle is from the solenoid.

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@porsche965

PN 1144 430 1010 - $30

 

[Rockjock]

I've ported 16 MS661s. I'm yet to hear back from any owner that has had a serious issue.

Well.......there is that guy in Canada that won't stop using crap oil.

 

[porsche965]

The slow process of elimination

 

[blsnelling]

We tried a new coil/controller and that didn't help at all. Next, we're going to swap out the whole carb. If that fixes it, I'll replace the solenoid first and go from there.

 

[Chainsaw Jim]

It may be possible that the check valve in the carb is shot.

 

[drf255]

19 months of big timber??
I'd say somebody got their moneys worth....


a bottom end rebuild on an 066? case of beer and $75 bucks worth of seals and bearings....
done in a day if said beer is applied spaciously...

throw a set of rings and a piston in her for another $50??? go cut for another 19 months for almost free....

yup Id say that's a saw to throw away. freekin junk....

+1

44 loads a week for 19 months. I'm sold.

There's some defined obsolescence necessary in products. You did quite well AFAIC.

 

[coltont]

I'm not complaining at all about the length of time the saw lasted at all. I tortured it.

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[drf255]

Didn't mean to make it sound that way. Its quite impressive how much work that saw did.

 

[coltont]

I think keeping the chain sharp all the time and and not getting crazy with the rakers helped with the life of this saw. It's at the doctor now. Said he's going to put a thinner gasket under the jug. The same guy spilt and rebuilt a 660 for me 2 years ago and to this day it's our strongest running most reliable saw in the fleet. In fact it's the oldest saw we have that's in the woods everyday and I'd trust it way more than my 661.

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[Bwildered]

The path I have planned is to never arm wrestle the guy in that video.

dont worry hes an ex huski owner, now he's got a stihl you will find he's going to waste away.
thansk