So I bought a new ms660.

[tree_beard]

I was hoping I could bust the log at the stump and have it hang up off the ground so I can keep my chain out of the dirt cutting it up and as you can see I got lucky.

:monkey:
may i suggest next time you cut an open face at knee to waist hight to keep the butt of your log off the ground for bucking.... much safer than that wicked barberchair technique....

wouldnt want you to get your face taken off....



congrats on the new saw btw

 

[lectrocrew]

:monkey:
may i suggest next time you cut an open face at knee to waist hight to keep the butt of your log off the ground for bucking.... much safer than that wicked barberchair technique....

wouldnt want you to get your face taken off....

No I'd like to keep my face, which was well out of the way, but I'll heed your advice in the future, Thanks.

congrats on the new saw btw

Thanks. It a shame I don't get to use it more often.

 

[Ghillie]

Thanks. It a shame I don't get to use it more often.

Take up wood carving!!!

 

[lectrocrew]

Take up wood carving!!!

I'll have to look into that, but if it's what I think, I'd be using my small saw.
I'm a junkie for full throttle with this big one.

 

[Ghillie]

Take up wood carving!!!

Sorry, I couldn't find a smiley that conveyed the smirk I had on my face when I thought about wood carving WITH my 660.

Something was lost in translation.

 

[lectrocrew]

 

[Ghillie]

Not quite there, but nice try....

looking for smirk/evil grin/ecstasy/with a little bit of blank stare into the future/drool.

I have seen it make grown men shudder..

Usually followed by a "hold my beer".

Does that help?

(by the way I have a hunk of maple 48" dia. x 6' long by my garage to take care of those days when I gotta work out those aggressions! )

 

[lectrocrew]

Not quite there, but nice try....

looking for smirk/evil grin/ecstasy/with a little bit of blank stare into the future/drool.

I have seen it make grown men shudder..

Usually followed by a "hold my beer".

Does that help?

Sure, I'll have to draw one up for ya. We'll call it 'gommulating pinion not meshing with hoochalating wheel'.

(by the way I have a hunk of maple 48" dia. x 6' long by my garage to take care of those days when I gotta work out those aggressions! )

Thats exactly what I need.

 

[Bowtie]

Lol, Im slowly wasting a 32" hackberry trunk for saw/chain testing and aggression purposes. My neighbor just doesnt understand...

 

[Ghillie]

...Thats exactly what I need.

I'll send it to you in pieces! :chainsawguy:

... My neighbor just doesnt understand...

They never do... :dunno:

I wonder why they don't come over to borrow a cup of suger anymore???

 

[lectrocrew]

Go ahead & remove all of the cage. If you leave it like that there you'll still have somewhat of a bottle neck restricting a smoother transisition of the exhaust flow. The only concern as to sealing it back up is the gasket ,torgue it or you'll have an extra expence with having time serts installed . Above a 25" bar in hard wood use the 7 pin depends what your cuttin. Have used the 8 pin on the 32" full skip in pine & its hella fast. Its gunna be loud probably a few DB's over the osha's min requirement with just plugs or muffs . I use both at leist part of the day to keep it off my nerves. Hi

I eliminated the cage, fabbed up and welded in a stainless support plate and milled out the muffler inlet about 1/16" on each side to match the cylinder exhaust port and topped it off with a dual port cover.
I also re-installed the 7 tooth sproket rim to cut all the hardwoods blown down by tropical storm Fay that came through here Thursday and back through Yesterday. I've been cutting mostly big trees this morning and the saw is running really strong.
I posted several pictures in this muffler mod thread.

Thanks for the help OilHead!

 

[lectrocrew]

 

[belgian]

I would like to get a stihl ms660, but I don't have the money right now.

You can always buy a good used one. I picked up a 2005 model 660 for aporox 1/3 of the new list price. Removed the muffler for inside inspection and it looked OKKKKK.

A good clean and fresh fuel is all it needed. I think this one will be a keeper for the firewood heard ; not that it will get used much, but I can't Ultra get away with all of them, hint, hint ... This one will remain stock.

 

[04ultra]

Roland

I know this guy that has a few more .......................Some day I'll have to take a group picture.:biggrinbounce2: .....I just dont feel like cleaning all of them right now....

 

[Lakeside53]

I know where there is a perfect 660 with 36 inch bar.. maybe used twice... for $750 (asking)... PM me for the contact...

 

[matt9923]

Did you have to remove the back part when removing the cage? Cant i just cut away the cage instead of making a new back plate like you did?

I know its and old thread....
Matt

 

[lectrocrew]

Did you have to remove the back part when removing the cage? Cant i just cut away the cage instead of making a new back plate like you did?

I know its and old thread....
Matt

It's been so long since I did that I don't remember for sure but based on my old / burnt brain:
It probably won't work over time. The back part is part of the cage. The cage depend on it's box design for strength. Once one of the sections of that box-like structure is removed the welds will break on the other sections from the vibration of the motor.
You can , however, remove the entire cage (including the back section) but I wouldn't count on that lasting over a period of time since the muffler housing itself is thin (for lightweight) and not designed to hold the assembly in place alone. JMO.

 

[Boogieman142]

Just take out the cage and bolt it back in, the lower 2 cover bolts hold the assembly anyway. Mine has been run without the cage for quite a while. Besides the metal is pretty thick anyway.

 

[barneyrb]

I can see why. My single outlet muffler looks like a real choker.
What part # do I order?
1122 140 0800
#5 in this diagram?

Does that cover also fit the 064?

 

[john taliaferro]

not rite

he has 6 660 . then states ( has more) that isnt rite, he should share!