Stihl MS 661 having the bog blues

[MustangMike]

I can't believe they don't give you a working back up saw, that sucks!

 

[Spectre468]

I can't believe they don't give you a working back up saw, that sucks!

Sucks? More like BS! WTF!?! I can't believe that he is getting such horrible support from his dealer. I know I would not be left out in the cold like that by mine, and I'm not a pro whose livelihood depends upon it. This is horsechit! Time for a new dealer...

 

[Big_Wood]

Put it this way if it don't Stihl will do a lt more damage to it's rep on here than likely anywhere else outside of the T.S. series... I still want to try a 661 badly. None of my dealers have one nor do any of them have a scan tool (to the best of my knowledge)... We'll see.

i've ran a few 661's now. they got the same handle orientation as the 660 and the same nose dive with longer bars although it feels like not as bad but that might be because the ones i ran had a light bar on them. no thank you!

 

[funky sawman]

You saying that the front handle needs to be moved forward to balance the saw better with longer bars?

 

[sunfish]

Maybe ya need to forget Stihl / Husqv & get an Echo???

 

[stihlaficionado]

Maybe ya need to forget Stihl / Husqv & get a [McCulloch Timber Bear]???

 

[MustangMike]

I think when he gets a good running 661 in his hands, he will be very happy with it.

 

[pro94lt]

Maybe ya need to forget Stihl / Husqv & get an Echo???

He needs a cs8000

 

[hseII]

I think when he gets a good running 661 in his hands, he will be very happy with it.

Sad part is, this has been going on for more than a day or 2: unacceptable.

 

[user 64030]

it would be sweet to see the final outcome of this just to know but somehow i feel like you will just eventually end up with a new saw. out of all the 661's i know of not one as far as i know is having these issues. there is alot of controversy though. some fallers don't want nothing to do with the 661 and have been searching dealers for NOS 660's

Old habits are tough to break. I remember when I would not buy a car w/FI. Now, I would not want to buy one w/o it.

I am hoping so.... I have a very mint 660 that is going on the chopping block soon... I been wantign a 661, not that I need it, but finally picked one up. So soon as I get back off this trip, the 660 goes on the interwebz for sale and stuff.


dw

 

[MustangMike]

Let us know how your 661 does.

 

[funky sawman]

Yea sunfish, time to try echo...... I just found a mint shindaiwa 757 if only I had some extra funds laying around.....If huckleberrys were in season I could make an easy 5 big bills..

 

[Locust Cutter]

I did notice that with the same 36" x 0.063x3/8" Stihl bar on my 9010, it's nt nearly as nose heavy as my 660 was. It wasn't horrible, but the 9010 balances it better. The 395xp is the same way FWIW.

 

[Big_Wood]

I did notice that with the same 36" x 0.063x3/8" Stihl bar on my 9010, it's nt nearly as nose heavy as my 660 was. It wasn't horrible, but the 9010 balances it better. The 395xp is the same way FWIW.

the 044-660 stihls were very bad for the nose dive thing. one of the reasons i don't like them. seems to contribute more to the physical stress on the body throughout the day.

 

[funky sawman]

then put a 32 inch on an 084 then no more nose dive

 

[funky sawman]

along with the 562 I had, Hopefully I wont have to place the 661 and 362 in the BOG hall of fame

 

[funky sawman]

The 2100cd I borrowed had a bog also, BUT I was able to correct it in about 5 seconds with a small turn of a orange handled screwdriver....ohhhhh nooooo, better watch out for those epa green weenies now

 

[Big_Wood]

then put a 32 inch on an 084 then no more nose dive

why would a do that when i can just run a sweet orange saw

 

[funky sawman]

The bad part about these auto carb tuning saws is that I don't pack an adjusting screwdriver with me any longer, it took a while to find the trusty orange handled tool.

 

[funky sawman]

why would a do that when i can just run a sweet orange saw

What, we talking 3120 here or what LOL