cwatkin
ArboristSite Member
I was unaware of these parts until posting here about my Stihl MS-250 going into a suicidal runaway mode and locking up. I need a new engine which can be bought here for $26. I also need a new saw body as the bar nut studs were ripped out in an earlier incident. That part with the studs included is $13. So, for less than $50 I could possibly bring this old saw back to life. It went through lots of use and abuse so consider it to have given me a good useful life and am not upset with service it provided. Some on the other thread also say it is time to let the old saw go. I would plan to buy a new MS-250 and strip all the worthwhile parts from the old one before sending the hulk off as scrap metal with my next load.
Opinions about the aftermarket stuff rate from total junk to "decent, especially for a backup saw but not OEM quality". This would be the purpose of the saw if I kept it. It would not be a primary I count on. Now that being said, $50 is $50 and I don't want to spend it on junk. I repair computers for a living and commonly see the results of people using cheap aftermarket parts from China. Laptop power adapters are the prime example. Let's say the dog eats the original. They replace it with a $10-20 cheapo off eBay or Amazon when the OEM costs somewhere in the $75-100 range. Then the battery won't charge, performance suffers, and and they even fry the motherboard at times, rendering the laptop economically unrepairable. You hold an original charger next to one of these cheapos and it weighs like 3x as much. My main concern is that the aftermarket stuff will just be wasted money and not return the saw to working service.
Any opinions about these aftermarket parts? Will they get the saw working again and if so, how long should I expect them to last? I mean $26 for a complete engine seems too good to be true much like the laptop chargers I commonly see.
Who here has actually had EXPERIENCE using these parts? If so, how did they work out? I can see certain parts like housings and covers being less critical than mechanical parts like complete engines.
Conor
Opinions about the aftermarket stuff rate from total junk to "decent, especially for a backup saw but not OEM quality". This would be the purpose of the saw if I kept it. It would not be a primary I count on. Now that being said, $50 is $50 and I don't want to spend it on junk. I repair computers for a living and commonly see the results of people using cheap aftermarket parts from China. Laptop power adapters are the prime example. Let's say the dog eats the original. They replace it with a $10-20 cheapo off eBay or Amazon when the OEM costs somewhere in the $75-100 range. Then the battery won't charge, performance suffers, and and they even fry the motherboard at times, rendering the laptop economically unrepairable. You hold an original charger next to one of these cheapos and it weighs like 3x as much. My main concern is that the aftermarket stuff will just be wasted money and not return the saw to working service.
Any opinions about these aftermarket parts? Will they get the saw working again and if so, how long should I expect them to last? I mean $26 for a complete engine seems too good to be true much like the laptop chargers I commonly see.
Who here has actually had EXPERIENCE using these parts? If so, how did they work out? I can see certain parts like housings and covers being less critical than mechanical parts like complete engines.
Conor