Generally speaking, the thin ring models were hot rods compared to their thick ring counterparts. I have a 1-72 that I have run a bit, I thought is pulled as well as the 066 Stihl that I had rebuilt with a new piston.
I picked up a bunch of saws from Woody Strommen last year (maybe two years ago already???) and was test running this PM610 on Monday when it stopped very suddenly.
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I'm guessing the wrist pin and/or connecting rod had been reused too many times and the wrist pin slid over releasing the needles.
It was a shame to loose a brand new thin ring piston, those are getting harder to come by these days.
I found a short block laying around in the attic with 155 PSI compression and used that to make the saw operational once again. Currently residing in my "For Sale" rack.
Mark