Stihl 056 Magnum II

[NeoTree]

That's what I've always used, but I hear and see alot of different bar and chains out there and in here. Don't know what I'm missing on this subj..

Ya it's nice to try diff things. I got a 28" orange GB becauase I wanted to try it too.
Anyway some of the different bars you are seeing are probably reduced weight bars. Oregon makes some well precieved R/W bars, as does Stihl, but get ready to pay about double the price of a new regular bar.

 

[grim1pisces]

Sooooo, what your saying is stick with Stihl stuff huh?

 

[8433jeff]

Stihl bars are better than some, the better ones better than most, but the coin involved scares me. Not so much with chain, hard to beat the quality there. Now there are fewer players in the bar market, and its hard to tell whats what. My opinion: Oregon is making most of them, and Stihl and the others are buying them from them. But at the same time the cheaper Oregon bars are substandard and getting worse. So if you find a used one locally, snap it up. Chances are you're not making a living from this saw, and just bucking the big stuff, impressing the girls, and GTG hours won't amount to a lot of use, wouldn't for me anyway. And as with any saw, the longer the bar, the less you'll use it; at the same time, if all it wears is a 18", why use that saw rather than a 026, 036?
My $.02, yours may differ.

 

[thomas72]

Sorry to be the fact police...LOL:glasses-nerdy:

Only the ignition from the TS350 fits the 045/056.....The flywheel is different.

Nothing to be sorry about. I knew of the ignition, but went ahead and grabbed the flywheel while I was at it. Whats different about the flywheel?

 

[sefh3]

If I remember right, the start pawls are different on the TS350 verse the 056. Doesn't hurt to have them if you need them.

 

[maico490]

The keyway is timed differently on the chopsaws. The thread below exlplains it all. SEM flywheels for the 056 are like hens teeth to find but not a problem with the Mag 11 as they all have them to start with. If buying a Ts350 for the ignition make sure it is a late one as they had points then Bosch electronic then SEM on the very latest ones.

http://www.arboristsite.com/chainsaw/62401.htm

 

[Saw Dr.]

I don't see why a guy couldn't just leave the key out and use the chop saw F/W anyway. Problem would be finding the correct timing, and I suspect someone here can do that. Within one or two degrees would certainly be close enough. Too far advanced could be painful, though. :msp_unsure: I have a couple MAG's here with SEM flywheels on them. Next time a TS-350 comes through here, I'll compare them. I think it was only the 350 Super that came with the SEM.

 

[ZeroJunk]

My latest Mag II has a Selettra on it. Looks exactly like the SEM and works with the SEM flywheel.

I wasn't sure about it because it was loose in a box with Mag II and Super parts that I bought off of eBay.

I installed it and was having trouble getting the spark plug boot on so I just crimped the holder in the end of the wire and put it on the plug to test. Well, the saw started and the wire came off the plug and was arcing about an inch to the top handle, not the plug, and the saw was still running.

It was a little astonishing to me, I still don't know how that worked.

 

[huskydave]

bought one cheap a few years back mag2 with cracked ignition. I thought it would be easy to find a module. I think it was a sem type. I tried for 3 months and somebody sent me one from this website. It sure was a fun saw after I got it running right. It was heavy but had a lot of power, gobs of torque probably pull a 40" bar easily. It vibrated real bad, I even lost a few muffler bolts, I recomend loctite on this one. I gave it to a friend who needed a good saw. It still runs good.

 

[betterbuilt]

I asked My dealer if he had a TS350 and he said he'd look. Well I got a call and he said he did. I guess I'm asking how can I be sure Its the sem coil. Is there a sure fire way to tell. I've got the bosch and I know what it looks like.

He want $90 for the coil If I want it. That sounds pretty high. He tries to get half of the new value for his parts. I asked him about the whole saw saw and he said he'd think about it.

 

[ZeroJunk]

Think I would go this route.

http://cgi.ebay.com/STIHL-SPARE-TS350-TS360-08S-STATOR-IGNITION-UNIT-/330524795989?pt=UK_Hand_Tools_Equipment&hash=item4cf4d02455

 

[maico490]

That's where I got mine. They are good people to deal with and ship quickly.
Also it is the newer type with the spade terminal connection.