Bought my first Husky

[ric5141]

That 261 runs sweet...nice job on it

Meh,,just get an aftermarket 262 piston,take out the base gasket,(check squish) ,widen in and out a tad and a mild muff mod and cut like hell with it !!
heres a 261 i did just that to.yeh,that IS one heck of a chunk of oak too !! i had to cut the back side from the top first as the wood was thicker than the 20in bar.

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[ric5141]

It is easier then you think. I put together a busted up 371XP....Left the base gasket out...thing runs sweet...lots of guts

Got the piston ordered today may have this thing together in a year or two

Replacement Piston for Husqvarna 262

 

[oscar4883]

http://www.arboristsite.com/chainsaw/65679.htm

 

[oldsaw]

i THINK you can get pretty close to the 262 muffler by opening the 261 and removing the guts. i believe i have seen a side by side comparison done.

A 262 muffler is NON-restrictive. Amazing. I still have to open up mine a bit, just haven't had time time mess with it lately. Runs good, but I can take it much farther than I've got it now. Cool sounding muffler though. Manly.

Need to trim the carb stops as well. Killer saw with a couple hours of work. I paid $125 or 150 for mine, don't recall right now. Nice shape, but I had to drive 3 hours round trip to get it. I just keep pulling out the ported "sawinredneck jr" 350 anymore when I need a little job done.

 

[atvguns]

Thought I would finish up this thread and let you guys know that I did complete the conversion as far as the piston and mm tried to save money as much as I could I think the 2 shoe clutch is a little weak though may have to change it out in the future.

Squich with the originall gasket wash .036 after making a gasket for it I ended up with .018-.019

 

[atvguns]

Here is a comparison of the old and new piston with the flat top piston and the lowered jug the compresion ended up at 170 psi

 

[atvguns]

And just to prove that it does run after me having it apart Here is a couple of vid of the saw at the OK gtg some fat guy running it:hmm3grin2orange:[video=youtube;DQU6EX5R8AM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQU6EX5R8AM[/video]

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the second vid I was having problems getting the log to hold still

 

[sunfish]

Looks like she's runnin great, man!

 

[nmurph]

Congrats!! It looks like you saw ended up about where mine is. It has been getting a lot of work the last two weekends!!! First my brother "stole" my 288 from me. Now he has fallen in love with the 261/262 since we have been in smaller wood. I have been relegated to a MM359 with the squish adjusted and this past saturday, I ran a 361 and a 441 for kicks.