This is my impression of what he meant, not sure.
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This is my impression of what he meant, not sure.
Rick Stephens
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Even if some experienced responders have slight differences in opinion, this has been an excellent thread. Great advice from all. And I agree that you are unlikely to have squeezed the ring grooves unless there is obvious damage to the piston beyond small scratches. I would replace the piston, rings, bearing and pin with an OEM one being as how that saw is pro level OEM. I would never install AM wrist pin retainer clips. With all that said, cleaning it up and putting it back together would most likely be just fine.
Your shop mechanic is being conservative. Only place I totally disagree is that it ran lean. His fixes would work perfectly, so any disagreement with him is niggling.
Make sure your filter is sealing up well before using again. That is a lot of sawdust in there.
Good luck! Will be reading with interest on how it comes out.
Rick
Your shop mechanic is being conservative. Only place I totally disagree is that it ran lean. His fixes would work perfectly, so any disagreement with him is niggling.
Make sure your filter is sealing up well before using again. That is a lot of sawdust in there.
Good luck! Will be reading with interest on how it comes out.
Rick
Parts ordered, all OEM Stihl.
Piston kit
Bearing
Gaskets
Piston kit
Bearing
Gaskets
The parts are here. I haven’t done anything with the cylinder yet, other life things have kept me busy. I have some time today though. It was $166 for this stuff.
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Don’t go back to that dealer
Too much?
California is higher on everything, where are you?
I dove further for that dealer, the closer one charges more. When I bought the handle and bar, this one charged 21 less for the handle, 15 less for the bar. I didn’t compare these recent parts. The closer one has screwed me around on orders before, and I don’t buy from them if they have to order anymore.
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Well there’s a new oem piston kit on eBay right now for $90 with free shipping. What did you pay?
$91
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How did it come out to 160 then? What did they charge for the bearing?
Nevermind, they told me $91 and charged me $113. Doh! I’ll talk to them about that.
Gaskets were.
2.29
19
And 6
14 for needle cage
12.30 tax
Gaskets were.
2.29
19
And 6
14 for needle cage
12.30 tax
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probably spent about 50 bucks more than you should have. Whatever, at least you got what you need to fix your saw. Good luck
This statement doesn’t mean much without knowing your location...
Also the only piston kit I saw on eBay had a late March/early April delivery date.
Also with your numbers there’s only $25 for 3 gaskets, bearing, and tax. Not likely to happen.
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Listen man, it’s all good. It is what it is. It sounds like your not in a rush where you had to have it that day, could have gotten everything online with no tax and no shipping cost. No need for oem exhaust gaskets either. It’s spilled milk, and no my numbers are not off. Again, good luck with the repair, I look forward to the update of it running.
I see you as just coming in here stirring up trouble, you still haven’t told me where these great deals are. Or where you’re are located. If you’re not gonna help, stay out of my thread.
The guy at the shop ran a ball hone in the cylinder yesterday, looks good. He’s gonna install the piston for me, he says the clip takes a special tool.
Special tool as in himself? No special tool needed for a circlip.
He says Stihl makes that special tool in 5-6 different sizes.
The piston is installed, now I need to start putting it back together.
What did they charge to do this? Most guys just use a small flat head screwdriver to remove and install a circlip. Good luck with your saw though, you got one worth fixing.
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