Martinm210
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Howdy,
Starting on my first saw build project. I've done a few dirt bike top ends and full rebuilds and such so I do have a little experience with 2 strokes in general. I did buy an 066 repair manual and IPL on ebay, so I feel pretty good about knowing what's missing and how to go about taking things apart.
I have an MS290 I've been using to cut about 4 cords a year with over the past 5 years and had an itch to get something a little bigger. I almost bought a new MS460, but I wanted to spend less and decided on used. Stumbled across this parts saw I picked up for $200 on ebay and starting my journey. My hopes is to have a nicely well rebuilt saw for around $500 and gain some experience building while I'm at it.
My initial plan and thought was to split the case and replace the crank bearings and seals, but now that I've torn it down pretty well and washed out the case with WD-40 really well, the crank and bearings feel pretty good.
Here are a few pictures:
This is what I bought for parts to start with:
Took a bit of a gamble buying on ebay, but the price was right and I was looking for a project anyhow.
Pretty dirty, but it didn't look as used/worn as some others I had be looking at, so I thought it would be a good case.
Handle notes is a regular 066 model, not sure what else the numbers tell me here. Only thing I know is that is has a poly type flywheel which I think is the newer 066 model as opposed to the aluminum flywheel types which is one of the other case parts.
After tearing down what I could, this is the case. It cleaned up pretty nicely and by the looks of the paint, seems to be a pretty good shape.
And a better look at my question at hand:
I don't know for sure what the history of the saw was, but it appears the case was never split. The piston was scored pretty bad and the cylinder is missing.
I'm currently watching for some of my missing parts, but planned on buying many from Bailey's like the BB piston/Cylinder kit, Max-flow air filter, carb rebuild kit, clutch/drum, misc...etc. I did however also order the crank bearings and a few other parts from my Stihl dealer today. Little did I know the two bearings would cost $45 for one and $27 for the other:jawdrop: , over $120 worth of stihl parts. So I've got most of the parts on the way, but I would need to buy a flywheel puller and small HF press and make a few case splitting tools.
Anyhow, having funopcorn: , just not sure it's necessary to split the case on this one . Any suggestions?
Thanks!
Martin
Starting on my first saw build project. I've done a few dirt bike top ends and full rebuilds and such so I do have a little experience with 2 strokes in general. I did buy an 066 repair manual and IPL on ebay, so I feel pretty good about knowing what's missing and how to go about taking things apart.
I have an MS290 I've been using to cut about 4 cords a year with over the past 5 years and had an itch to get something a little bigger. I almost bought a new MS460, but I wanted to spend less and decided on used. Stumbled across this parts saw I picked up for $200 on ebay and starting my journey. My hopes is to have a nicely well rebuilt saw for around $500 and gain some experience building while I'm at it.
My initial plan and thought was to split the case and replace the crank bearings and seals, but now that I've torn it down pretty well and washed out the case with WD-40 really well, the crank and bearings feel pretty good.
Here are a few pictures:
This is what I bought for parts to start with:
Took a bit of a gamble buying on ebay, but the price was right and I was looking for a project anyhow.
Pretty dirty, but it didn't look as used/worn as some others I had be looking at, so I thought it would be a good case.
Handle notes is a regular 066 model, not sure what else the numbers tell me here. Only thing I know is that is has a poly type flywheel which I think is the newer 066 model as opposed to the aluminum flywheel types which is one of the other case parts.
After tearing down what I could, this is the case. It cleaned up pretty nicely and by the looks of the paint, seems to be a pretty good shape.
And a better look at my question at hand:
I don't know for sure what the history of the saw was, but it appears the case was never split. The piston was scored pretty bad and the cylinder is missing.
I'm currently watching for some of my missing parts, but planned on buying many from Bailey's like the BB piston/Cylinder kit, Max-flow air filter, carb rebuild kit, clutch/drum, misc...etc. I did however also order the crank bearings and a few other parts from my Stihl dealer today. Little did I know the two bearings would cost $45 for one and $27 for the other:jawdrop: , over $120 worth of stihl parts. So I've got most of the parts on the way, but I would need to buy a flywheel puller and small HF press and make a few case splitting tools.
- Would you recommend splitting the case and replacing the crank bearings?
- Or should I just put a new top end BB kit in there (looking at one of Baileys BB kits)?
- How often do the needlecage in the cranks fail? It seems like if you split the case and replace the crank bearings you might as well replace the crank at the same time right?
- Any general tips for what to look for when making this decision?
Anyhow, having funopcorn: , just not sure it's necessary to split the case on this one . Any suggestions?
Thanks!
Martin