ogie ogelthorpe
ArboristSite Lurker
My ms 261 has gone tango uniform. I've got a 10 acre lot, and 7 is pretty heavily wooded. Was cutting a dead pine when my ms261 sounded like it ran out of gas. Still had some in it, but topped off anyway. After topping off I could not get it to fire. After finishing with dads saw ms 260 I looked into mine. No spark. Tried a new plug. No joy. Bought a new coil. Now I've got spark... but still wont fire. Digging deeper I see a broken ring and scoring from the broken ring. Dad thinks I'm an idiot and didn't use mixed gas. Always 50:1. Always Stihl oil. So.....could the coil have caused some detonation prior to failing, or did my saw ingest something to make it come from together?
After talking to a tree service customer of mine, he suggested the MS361. He's been to my property before when I had an old hickory that died and was in a delicate spot. I ended up using the tree and a hickory my neighbor had that broke off at the same time for floors in my house. So he knows my property and possible usage. He suggested the 361 with a full chisel blade....which sounds a little...aggressive for me.
I'm thinking of buying the meteor kit and rebuilding the 261 just to have around. One other thing I noticed about the 261 is all the bar oil would leak out if it sat for a week or two. It didnt use to do that, so I'm wondering if something came loose, broke, or fell out when replacing the chain.
Really appreciate your insight!
After talking to a tree service customer of mine, he suggested the MS361. He's been to my property before when I had an old hickory that died and was in a delicate spot. I ended up using the tree and a hickory my neighbor had that broke off at the same time for floors in my house. So he knows my property and possible usage. He suggested the 361 with a full chisel blade....which sounds a little...aggressive for me.
I'm thinking of buying the meteor kit and rebuilding the 261 just to have around. One other thing I noticed about the 261 is all the bar oil would leak out if it sat for a week or two. It didnt use to do that, so I'm wondering if something came loose, broke, or fell out when replacing the chain.
Really appreciate your insight!