Trapper_Pete
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I bought the saw new in 2007 , have run it since , always run good oil mixed to the directions on the bottle with non ethanol gas but I had a fuel line go bad at 9 1/2 years and the saw was apparently sucking air and over heated when that first happened about 3 weeks ago I took it to the local saw shop he isn't a stihl dealer but a good guy and he figured out it was the fuel line , replaced fuel line and filter also changed the plug for the first time in 9 1/2 years hey it was running fine feed t good gas and keep cutting I estimated my hours on the saw at around 750
at this point he measured my compression at 120 pounds
I took it out cutting again and it ran about 15 minutes of good cutting then died again took it back this time I have 90 pounds of compression , well I ran it one more time again about 15 minutes and it was done
my compression tester and T27 torx that will fit in the jug holes should arrive today
I will post a pic of the cylinder when they do and I can test the compression and pull the jug
I am contemplating do I go with a new NWP jug and piston kit 95 dollars + 15 for a new needle bearing for the cylinder pin
or do I buy a flex hone , oil , a new NWP or meteor piston and hone the original cylinder this ends up adding up rather quick but saves a few dollars 24 for the hone + 10 for hone oil + gasket kit + new cylinder+ new bearing 15
or tell me the other options please
what else should I be replacing as long as it is open this far?
what gets me a strong new life from this saw that can get me another decade or so of use?
I don't need anything other than a dependable running saw that I can keep 16-18 inches of my 20 inch bar in wood and cutting so that I can keep us in fire wood most of our heat for the winter by now I am cutting on 2017 and fire wood for sale not very high volume but some cash to buy new equipment with as I use it up, I also trade some cutting for meat with a farm I cut for so my saw is my heat / grocery getter. even though I have a day job.
I got a new saw from my local saw shop so I could keep cutting a Jonsered 2255 but I want both running my current backup saw is a little pulan pro 210 and is kind of a joke but it was free the previous owner left ethanol gas in it I cleaned it out and it runs.
my son is 13 and keeps asking when he can run a saw and we can put his sister(11) on the splitter he started running the splitter at 11 , but I am a little Leary to put him on a saw just yet , when I do it will be on a sawbuck and with some 6 - 8 inch stuff to get him started but I am probably only a year or two away from him running this 260 I keep reminding him when your running a saw if your nose itches you got to let it itch or shut down the saw there is no cutting and itching at the same time.
so if anyone has advice about how to start kids running saws I think I started about 14 maybe not the best way but I figured it out I started on a home lite then an 029 and by the time I was 16 was running a 044 on the farm I worked on.
at this point he measured my compression at 120 pounds
I took it out cutting again and it ran about 15 minutes of good cutting then died again took it back this time I have 90 pounds of compression , well I ran it one more time again about 15 minutes and it was done
my compression tester and T27 torx that will fit in the jug holes should arrive today
I will post a pic of the cylinder when they do and I can test the compression and pull the jug
I am contemplating do I go with a new NWP jug and piston kit 95 dollars + 15 for a new needle bearing for the cylinder pin
or do I buy a flex hone , oil , a new NWP or meteor piston and hone the original cylinder this ends up adding up rather quick but saves a few dollars 24 for the hone + 10 for hone oil + gasket kit + new cylinder+ new bearing 15
or tell me the other options please
what else should I be replacing as long as it is open this far?
what gets me a strong new life from this saw that can get me another decade or so of use?
I don't need anything other than a dependable running saw that I can keep 16-18 inches of my 20 inch bar in wood and cutting so that I can keep us in fire wood most of our heat for the winter by now I am cutting on 2017 and fire wood for sale not very high volume but some cash to buy new equipment with as I use it up, I also trade some cutting for meat with a farm I cut for so my saw is my heat / grocery getter. even though I have a day job.
I got a new saw from my local saw shop so I could keep cutting a Jonsered 2255 but I want both running my current backup saw is a little pulan pro 210 and is kind of a joke but it was free the previous owner left ethanol gas in it I cleaned it out and it runs.
my son is 13 and keeps asking when he can run a saw and we can put his sister(11) on the splitter he started running the splitter at 11 , but I am a little Leary to put him on a saw just yet , when I do it will be on a sawbuck and with some 6 - 8 inch stuff to get him started but I am probably only a year or two away from him running this 260 I keep reminding him when your running a saw if your nose itches you got to let it itch or shut down the saw there is no cutting and itching at the same time.
so if anyone has advice about how to start kids running saws I think I started about 14 maybe not the best way but I figured it out I started on a home lite then an 029 and by the time I was 16 was running a 044 on the farm I worked on.