low hours Stihl 026 needing Piston & Liner

Just scored a low hours Stihl 026 with scored piston and liner.

it's got less than 30 hours and looks like new.
his kids ran it on straight gas.

it ran but shortly died when I picked it up. compression felt good.
when I got home did a compression check... 190 PSI

yanked off the muffler.. sure enough, deep gouges all over.
removed top end and piston looks worst than liner.

for how bad this looks... really surprised it still did 190 PSI.

who's got the best deal on a good quality Piston & Liner kit for 026?
might as well port and polish while I'm there.

after you get the piston send it all to snelling and that saw will scream

BCorradi is the guy you want for the piston and cylinder. He has OEM kits for around 85$.(Yep, thats piston and cylinder both) He is a super guy to deal with, and very reputable.

thanks... what's his contact info?

Bowtie said:

BCorradi is the guy you want for the piston and cylinder. He has OEM kits for around 85$.(Yep, thats piston and cylinder both) He is a super guy to deal with, and very reputable.

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nah... brad does an excellent job... but I'm looking forward to doing this one.

stihlboy said:

after you get the piston send it all to snelling and that saw will scream

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046 said:

thanks... what's his contact info?

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check your pm's

thanks... just sent an email to purchase a pist & liner set

really looking forward to getting this 026 running again.
probably will mildly port it ... 190 psi sure is high for a stock saw

046 said:

thanks... just sent an email to purchase a pist & liner set

really looking forward to getting this 026 running again.
probably will mildly port it ... 190 psi sure is high for a stock saw

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What's your guage read on some of your other saws?

it's a snap-on gauge and reads 160 PSI on my 046...
all readings from this gauge has been consistently in range.

have used this gauge enough to be comfortable reading is correct.
I've got another snap-on compression gauge for diesel... if cylinder wasn't already broken down... I'd take another test with second higher range gauge.

blsnelling said:

What's your guage read on some of your other saws?

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That's incredible for a 026 to have that kind of compression!

blsnelling said:

That's incredible for a 026 to have that kind of compression!

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Even more so with a one peice head and 2 rings.:jawdrop:

If that gauge wasn't there to tell the truth, I'd call BS on that reading.

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Even more so with a one peice head and 2 rings.:jawdrop:

If that gauge wasn't there to tell the truth, I'd call BS on that reading.

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Same here. It's hard to argue with a known good quality guage like that. Seriously, how is that possible?

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Same here. It's hard to argue with a known good quality guage like that. Seriously, how is that possible?

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Oil or mix in the cylinder?

no argument from me... that's why I posted that picture showing 190 psi.

when I picked up the saw... pulled the cord... compression felt really strong. 026 started right up ran a bit, then died.

with compression that good, thought I'd get lucky and do a carb overhaul and be done. but changed my mind after yanking muffler off.

the damage was there .. plain as day... so off came the piston and liner.

2000ssm6 said:

Even more so with a one peice head and 2 rings.:jawdrop:

If that gauge wasn't there to tell the truth, I'd call BS on that reading.

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Same here. It's hard to argue with a known good quality guage like that. Seriously, how is that possible?

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Don't know and I'm not sure I have ever read of a psi that high with the oem head and piston. That would be a screamer ported though.

046 said:

no argument from me... that's why I posted that picture showing 190 psi.

when I picked up the saw... pulled the cord... compression felt really strong. 026 started right up ran a bit, then died.

with compression that good, thought I'd get lucky and do a carb overhaul and be done. but changed my mind after yanking muffler off.

the damage was there .. plain as day... so off came the piston and liner.

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Oh yeah, no doubt, I'd try to clean the cylinder and if no dice, replace the p&c from Brad C. I was not doubting your findings, just would be hard to believe without the pic. Did ya measure squish?

no problems...was doubting the results myself
no pic's ... it didn't happen

have not measured squish yet... soon as a new base gasket comes in. I'm putting her back together after sanding out piston of course.

the good new is bore above port is in fair condition. most of damage occurred exhaust side below port.

don't think I'm going to the trouble of smoothing out ports on old jug.
will do that for new P&L set.

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Oh yeah, no doubt, I'd try to clean the cylinder and if no dice, replace the p&c from Brad C. I was not doubting your findings, just would be hard to believe without the pic. Did ya measure squish?

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mine is super clean internaly and is barley broke in and doesnt even pull off 160

does anyone have BCorradi's contact info?

email I got bounced... what's his phone?

046 said:

does anyone have BCorradi's contact info?

email I got bounced... what's his phone?

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Just send him a PM.