Mike-B
ArboristSite Lurker
Hi Fellas,
Looking for some advice on cleaning out an MS200T. First here's a back-story:
I was doing some I.T. work for a friend, helping him set-up his new business. Wasn't planning on charging him as the work was trivial (to me) and only took a few hours on the weekend. Anyways, he decided he had to offer me something in return and wandered off (I figured to grab a carton of beer) and he comes back with a tidy looking MS200T asking if I'd have a use for this?!
He knows I have one already on the farm and that it owed him nothing after he sold off his landscaping business. I asked him if he knew at all what they were worth at the moment secondhand and replied he did but that this one "needed some love". Turns out this unit had been run from new for 3-4 tanks without the airfilter. Being a true friend, I was not going to hassle him as to weather it was him or one of his boys but he said he only discovered it when it started to run lean and he took the cover off... so I can guess who it was. :rolleyes2:
Apparently he'd shoved it on a shelf at home planning to get it looked at but never got around to it. In the meantime he sold his business, was no longer interested in fixing it or even selling it for parts, and that was that. Reluctantly, I accepted his offer. :msp_smile:
So, it still runs and he says the compression is good. It's only as couple of years old according to the sticker on the clutch cover and I suspect its a US model as it doesn't have the Aussie C-Tick sticker. I'm handy enough with carbs and such on Stihls but haven't done any real work on two-stroke pistons/cylinders. What I'd like is any advice on how to clean-out sawdust from inside a chainsaw? Anything else I should be looking out for? I've got no idea how much sawdust can get sucked into an MS200T in 3-4 tanks or if it's even a worry?
I'll post some external photos soon but it will be a few days before I can open it up.
Cheers,
Mike
Looking for some advice on cleaning out an MS200T. First here's a back-story:
I was doing some I.T. work for a friend, helping him set-up his new business. Wasn't planning on charging him as the work was trivial (to me) and only took a few hours on the weekend. Anyways, he decided he had to offer me something in return and wandered off (I figured to grab a carton of beer) and he comes back with a tidy looking MS200T asking if I'd have a use for this?!
He knows I have one already on the farm and that it owed him nothing after he sold off his landscaping business. I asked him if he knew at all what they were worth at the moment secondhand and replied he did but that this one "needed some love". Turns out this unit had been run from new for 3-4 tanks without the airfilter. Being a true friend, I was not going to hassle him as to weather it was him or one of his boys but he said he only discovered it when it started to run lean and he took the cover off... so I can guess who it was. :rolleyes2:
Apparently he'd shoved it on a shelf at home planning to get it looked at but never got around to it. In the meantime he sold his business, was no longer interested in fixing it or even selling it for parts, and that was that. Reluctantly, I accepted his offer. :msp_smile:
So, it still runs and he says the compression is good. It's only as couple of years old according to the sticker on the clutch cover and I suspect its a US model as it doesn't have the Aussie C-Tick sticker. I'm handy enough with carbs and such on Stihls but haven't done any real work on two-stroke pistons/cylinders. What I'd like is any advice on how to clean-out sawdust from inside a chainsaw? Anything else I should be looking out for? I've got no idea how much sawdust can get sucked into an MS200T in 3-4 tanks or if it's even a worry?
I'll post some external photos soon but it will be a few days before I can open it up.
Cheers,
Mike
