Where's WYK been, and what trouble is he making?

wyk · Nov 27, 2014

Been doin a few port jobs here and there to supplement the income and share the wealth with the Irish. Today, I did a muff job on an MS261C-M and it freaking scared me. This is after about 2 hours of work or so fiddling with the muffler to remove the internal baffle(which is a pain to reach and is almost hidden). I thought this thing was loud when I got it, now it's distorting the camera at the end of the vid:

That's a 6-7 second difference. It is exactly the 6th cut I did after I reset it having done the MM.

madhatte · Nov 28, 2014

I have been quite impressed by the 261. We might just "need" one at work soon.

northmanlogging · Nov 28, 2014

after the first or maybe the second time I squirshed my little 260 I decided to hack it with the ole dremel, even my limited porting skills made a world of difference. I'm currently looking for a back up to this one as its starting to show signs of fatigue from all the abuse I've given it over the years...

wyk · Nov 28, 2014

I can not suggest a 261 with an MM enough. They must be insane after Randy ports one.

wyk · Nov 29, 2014

Here's the reason this one is particularly strong:

Nearly 190 PSI. You can really hear it in the exhaust, it's very stoccato.

wyk · Dec 1, 2014

And this is what I had to do to get a socket that would fit the carb plate on the 261 since no one in a bazillion miles had socket drivers:

madhatte · Dec 1, 2014

What did you do -- chuck it up and sand it down?

wyk · Dec 1, 2014

madhatte said:
What did you do -- chuck it up and sand it down?

We have ONE decent local tool shop (and hydraulic supply). Turns out they also have a lathe(no pun intended). Charged me 5 bucks.

madhatte · Dec 1, 2014

Ah, that's a lot less painful than what I had in mind. Good on ya.

wyk · Dec 2, 2014

SPeaking of painful - the reason the vent is leaking is the cover pushes against it when I lock her down without a gasket...

For want of a nail...

Oh, and this happened:

Psst... that's semi chisel chain, to boot

madhatte · Dec 2, 2014

Ain't shy about throwin' the chips, is it?

wyk · Dec 3, 2014

If you lean on her, she just loads up on the chips. The times for the mods are:

Stock : 23 Seconds in that wood(Horse Chestnut - about like Big Leaf Maple).
Mff Mod: 16 seconds (with the baffle nearly completely removed)
Conservatively ported: 13 seconds(but she has a load more torque and throttle response is instant).
She steadily grew louder and louder. This saw starts life loud, but she piles on the dB once you remove the baffle.

madhatte · Dec 3, 2014

Nice!

wyk · Dec 9, 2014

Reddog said:
tank vent pn 0000 350 5800
O-ring 10x2.1
Then some had this rubber flapper inside the tank. 1110 353 1600

All I see in this thing is the sintered cone cap and the rubber vent thing similar to 1110 353 1600, but black, and under the cone. I'll replace it with a flapper in the tank and see how she does? Nothing in it that looks like this:

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/131289736882

It looks liek this, minus that orange part. It has a black thing similar to it that pokes down into the tank and has a tiny hole in it to vent:

Reddog · Dec 9, 2014

you have the first/early style that uses the rubber flapper. 1110 353 1600

wyk · Dec 10, 2014

OK, dawg, I gots another question. Got a guy here who has a 362, the main spring where the handle meets the front of the chassis is weak. Is there a strong full wrap version ya got a part # for?

Reddog · Dec 10, 2014

Sorry, I only have ipl's for a few of the older Stihl saws I used. The 362 is too new for loose copies of ipl's it seems.
Some searching didn't lead me any where either.

OlympicYJ · Dec 11, 2014

reindeer said:
All I see in this thing is the sintered cone cap and the rubber vent thing similar to 1110 353 1600, but black, and under the cone. I'll replace it with a flapper in the tank and see how she does? Nothing in it that looks like this:

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/131289736882

It looks liek this, minus that orange part. It has a black thing similar to it that pokes down into the tank and has a tiny hole in it to vent:

I can attest with experience that those are a b!$%@ to suck through the hole. If I remember right I ruined the first one and had to get second. Hours of screwing around to get it in.