Stihl MS250 w/pulled bar studs

[HarleyT]

Here is one on e-bay right now.

 

[Bob Hedgecutter]

Is the case splitter/support tool required when splitting a plastic case?

Does the MS 250 have a crankcase built into the plastic..... or is it a clamshell?

 

[HarleyT]

Here is a replacement block/engine on E-
Bay right now..

 

[HarleyT]

If you buy a replacement crankcase, make sure that they haven't removed the oil pump,
like the one in post #21.

 

[Jkstihl]

Ms250 bar studs are the weakest link on that saw, otherwise she is a work horse.

 

[Jkstihl]

A couple on the bay right now for $30~$40. I think the oversized replacement studs can run around 10 bux apiece themselves. 1123-020-3033 is the flip cap tank version. 3003 is the screw cap version. 3034 is an ez-start version that has different coil mountings.

Rebuilding one of these saws is a one hour job if you've done a couple. Quite an elegant design in it's simplicity, actually. You'd spend more time trying to fix the studs than just replacing the housing. Ask me how I know...

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Holy **** i didnt know the ms250 parts saws were going that cheap on ebay, you could almost make a living buying them fixing them and flipping them. Thanks. There might be a shortage of 250s on ebay after this ... Sorry fellers

 

[HarleyT]

Ms250 bar studs are the weakest link on that saw, otherwise she is a work horse.

Back in the day,

I was considered a bar stud.......

 

[Jkstihl]

Back in the day,

I was considered a bar stud.......

You still are man.

 

[HarleyT]

As long as the ole' pecker still works!!!

 

[Jkstihl]

As long as the ole' pecker still works!!!

Haha all you got to do is pop a viagra.

 

[PogoInTheWoods]

Here's a dirty version of the tank/housing and short block disassembled. And I was only talking about the tank/housings for $30~$40, not whole saws.

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[HarleyT]

The big question is: Flippycaps?

 

[PogoInTheWoods]

Pretty sure an MS would be flippies? That'd be the 3033 tank/housing. 3003 would be screw caps.

 

[HarleyT]

Yeah, but which would you recomend to the O.P.?

 

[HarleyT]

That is THE question.....

 

[HarleyT]

Some folks don't like the screw ons....

 

[rarefish383]

Thanks, I'll call my Stihl dealer but I'm betting the holes are too wallowed out. Not to mentions crooked.

Are you anywhere Ashville? I know a guy that might have some old stuff, and he's very reasonable.

 

[PogoInTheWoods]

If it's already a flippy I'd just re-use the caps and be done with it myself. 10 bux is 10 bux unless the replacement tank came with screw-ons. I never was "flippy cap challenged" like so many others around here seem to be.

 

[2stroker]

Also watch the area where the oil pump hole is for a possible cut through from the clutch drum. It will lose prime and never pump. For some reason the drum only seems to cut through the plastic case in the exact spot to fool it from pumping.I
I've never had a problem stud but several drum cut through issues.
2stroker

 

[Scottnc]

Are you anywhere Ashville? I know a guy that might have some old stuff, and he's very reasonable.

No, about three hours away. Bet Fed Ex runs between us! Hook me up.

Do one of you know what color the Farmer Tech replacement is? It's so cheap I'm about half afraid to go there...