Stihl 044 help

[Dvandy1]

Hello, I'm new here because I'm looking for some help with a saw I purchased. Last fall I started looking on ebay for a used saw because I couldn't afford a new saw that was worth it and I was tired of buying the throw away saws at the home stores. I finally got a decent deal on a 044 mag that was in good condition. When I got it it wouldn't run so I did all the checks and found about 5lbs of compression. I e-mailed the guy and ebay, but because the listing said "as is" I had no recourse even though the listing said ran good also. Any way I discovered the piston was junk and so was the jug. It sat all winter until recently I found a used honed jug at a local joint and I bought one of those Golf brand pistons from ebay because I couldn't find a 10mm wrist pin piston around here. Well I installed it and it ran great for about 10 seconds then it started clanging and before I could shut it down it locked up. The top of the piston and the top ring blew apart and now I have a bunch of little pistons running around my workbench. So because the 10mm is out dated and harder to find parts for can I replace the crank with the newer 12mm? You can find new jugs and pistons all over for the 12mm but there is nothing around for the 10mm. I don't want to give up on the saw, I just want on that is reliable and able to do just about anything I ask of it. Any help, guidance, tips or tricks would be greatly appreciated.

 

[royta]

I'm sorry to hear about your dilemna. It's really too bad that there are dishonest people out there. I'm hoping the 044 I bought yesterday on ebay doesn't turn out like yours.

Anyway, here's a thread on the subject of the 12mm piston in the old case.
http://www.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?t=44195&highlight=044+wrist+pin

 

[Jacob J.]

Is your jug worth salvaging?

 

[Lakeside53]

The top of the piston broke off? Did you put the piston on backwards? Wow...

 

[Dvandy1]

no, I put the piston in correctly....arrow towards the exhaust. As for the jug I'm not sure. I think it has one more go round in it but thats about it.

 

[computeruser]

10mm AIP pistons were dime a dozen last time I looked for 044 parts on eBay.

I have a good, lightly used Stihl 10mm piston that you're welcome to have if you want. It has some carbon on top but is extremely clean otherwise. Let me know if you want it and I'll send it to you.

 

[Dvandy1]

sent you an e-mail. I need to do something to get by until I figure out what to do in the long run. The only thing that worries me is that the piston I got was one of the cheap ones on ebay, and since it was the first one and it broke apart I'm a little concerned with buying another one.

 

[computeruser]

Got your email. I'll ship it out tonight or tomorrow, no charge.

 

[Dvandy1]

hey thats great thanks.....at some point I may still look into putting the larger crank into it and maybe mod the case to make it fit. I guess I'll keep my eyes open for a newer style crank to get my hands on to see if its possible or not.

 

[Lakeside53]

If you're going that far, the later crankcase pairs aren't hard to find...

 

[PES+]

ummmmm

Did you check the ring gap before you installed the piston?

 

[Dvandy1]

I looked at it, but I didn't measure it because it looked fairly normal.

 

[Jacob J.]

I too can offer some early small wrist pin parts- I have a crank, piston+rings, and a cylinder- all good parts from a smashed saw. If you need of those, let me know.

 

[Dvandy1]

In the interest in saving an older saw from me modding it can you e-mail or pm me a price/parts list...I should have talked to you guys a long time ago.

Dustin

 

[Erick]

Got your email. I'll ship it out tonight or tomorrow, no charge.

Good on ya mate!!!

Outta bullets :bang: