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since I started this I got another MS180c, a West German 026 bottom end, an 029 Super, an 042 and another 048. No heated handle on that guy. Got my eye on a 362m-tronic saw also. A guy across the street has it. He wants $400 and I said I’d take it but he screws around. Took me 2 years to get the...

Hey guys, I'm currently in the process of rebuilding my very first chainsaw I ever had. It's an 026 with metal top handle and red trigger. Anyway, upon tear down I noticed a hole in my impulse line so I'm assuming that's why it burned up 15 years ago but just in case it's not I got a new piston...

That's it. The anerobic. That's what I got. Thanks for the tip. Glad I wasn't motivated enough to start assembly today. Probably would have used that...

I guess I should have told you guys everything about the saw. Listing was by a woman. Said her neighbors husband died and had about 15 saws which were all for sale. Knew nothing about them... whatever... saw looked really nice. Well, it does look really nice. When it arrived I pulled it out...

I have an 039 saw with bad bearings and I'm fixing it, whatever, but I look for them for sale all the time and rarely see them. Are they junk? Are they rare? Are they so great no one wants to sell them? I bought mine on eBay 4-5 months ago locked up but I got it running because it's just the...

Sorry. I fat fingered the phone. lol. $450 it is. Is a 460 way better? Should I not even waste my money on it and just get a 460 right away?

I found an 038 AV mag 2 for $550. Is it worth it? Has a decent bar and new chain. Runs well. Looks acceptionally good for the age. I have limited time to buy it and I want one. It's German, non red trigger. Don't know if that matters or not but I really like it and want one bad but don't want...

So no matter how bad it is I don't need to use acid? Just sand the crap out of the areas until it disappears. On my 026 jug I can't even feel it with my finger it's that light. The 290 I took apart is pretty serious. I can certainly feel that. It had both rings melted to the piston. I wouldn't...

The guy I work with has an 038 mag red trigger west German saw and an 064 red trigger. He doesn't even care about saws like that just got lucky as hell I suppose when he picked them up. What exactly do you do to the exhausts on the saws? Is it the same procedure for every saw exhaust? I have...

Not to sound ignorant but isn't using sandpaper like running a stone hone through the cylinder? Doesn't sandpaper hurt the cylinder wall? I just took an MS290 apart tonight and that cylinder has a lot of transfer on the cylinder walls. A new cylinder would render the price to fix the saw at...

What kind of porting do you do? What kind of other things besides the muffler can you do? What is the process to get the aluminum transfer off the cylinder wall? I know acid but is it muratic? How long do you leave it on and how to you clean it up then? Thanks.

Thanks for the explanation of "squish". I was curious about that. I did order a piston anyway. Wanted to do it right, once and done. Thanks for all the info!

Ouch. Think diesel fuel would work? I work on diesels usually so there is plenty of that around and WD. I figured since I'm rebuilding it, now is the time to do everything I can to make it run as well as possible. Figure out if this no base gasket stuff works and is reliable for a lifetime of...

It doesn't need much clean up. I have plenty of ball hones. What do you use as a lubricant? When I worked at the snowmobile shop the old timer used to use kerosene or WD-40. Is that acceptable? I'd probably only run it for 15 seconds in either direction. Thanks. I pressed the good ring I had...

I see. So just an oem stihl gasket would be best? An 026 isn't so hard to pull it needs less compression...

Ok, what about crank seals, carb throat, I did the fuel and pulse line when I got it. It never ran right so I figured it may have been leaking air through one of them then I checked compression and it was low. I figured all these years it was a whole top end. Turns out the rings were slightly...

Hey guys. I'm rebuilding my very first 026 I ever owned. It's a red trigger saw if it makes a difference. I see regular gaskets and 1.0mm gaskets. What is the difference? Which should I use? Also, I have heard about no gasket at all. How does that work? Thanks for the help. Kind of on a...

Finally got pics of that 26 red trigger. Maybe someone just replaced it like I did on my 39 with a red one or maybe not. Hopefully one of you can tell.