Red97 selfie660

[Red97]

Front Camera broke on my phone, so all the pics are from the selfie camera.

First off the box, With a mmws cross top end kit. Only using the parts in the box unless something fails down the rd.

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[Red97]

Put together as is with the cross top end, with base gasket no muffler mod. Just to get a baseline.

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[Red97]

Wanted to get it running stock. Figuring I would have plenty of issues yo iron out before having a solid running saw.

Have a stock oem 660 here to compare against once I get some test wood.

I must have got extremely lucky with my kit....

Only issue I ran into was a little piston skirt interference with the crank counterweights. Few swipes with a file all was good.

Everything seemed to be nice quality, no major casting flaws jumped out. Everything fit nice. This is my second "stihl" saw assembly. But everything went together smooth.

Finished assembly, added fuel,oil,bar,chain and prepared for a battle. Figured I would have to fight with the carb,ignition,oiler something had to go wrong. Right??

Set choke, pull 3 times. She pops. (SAWEEET!!) 2 more pulls fires right up. Couple piss revs, set it down to idle 10 min to clean the bench grab the tach etc. Come back blip the throttle, check the tune. Right at 12,500. Didn't even touch the carb settings from the bag.

Now writing this out will probably jinx me, but I home the luck stays with this China saw.

Performance seemed ok with the 25" 3/8 I had. Want to get more time on it then try porting both jugs.

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[Red97]

Wanted to get it running stock. Figuring I would have plenty of issues yo iron out before having a solid running saw.

Have a stock oem 660 here to compare against once I get some test wood.

I must have got extremely lucky with my kit....

Only issue I ran into was a little piston skirt interference with the crank counterweights. Few swipes with a file all was good.

Everything seemed to be nice quality, no major casting flaws jumped out. Everything fit nice. This is my second "stihl" saw assembly. But everything went together smooth.

Finished assembly, added fuel,oil,bar,chain and prepared for a battle. Figured I would have to fight with the carb,ignition,oiler something had to go wrong. Right??

Set choke, pull 3 times. She pops. (SAWEEET!!) 2 more pulls fires right up. Couple piss revs, set it down to idle 10 min to clean the bench grab the tach etc. Come back blip the throttle, check the tune. Right at 12,500. Didn't even touch the carb settings from the bag.

Now writing this out will probably jinx me, but I home the luck stays with this China saw.

Performance seemed ok with the 25" 3/8 I had. Want to get more time on it then try porting both jugs.

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[T.Roller]

Awesome, sounds like my kit too. I just beveled the inside of the skirt a bit and it fixed my clearance issue. Only thing I could see failing quick is the worm gear. I've never had luck with the aftermarket ones. So far only oem parts on mine is the worm gear and tensioner.

 

[titanman6100]

i think i better come over and run it for you lol just to make sure its ok

 

[Red97]

i think i better come over and run it for you lol just to make sure its ok

Maybe we can try to break it Sunday if you have some test wood lying around..

 

[titanman6100]

That I don't wish I did

 

[Red97]

Awesome, sounds like my kit too. I just beveled the inside of the skirt a bit and it fixed my clearance issue. Only thing I could see failing quick is the worm gear. I've never had luck with the aftermarket ones. So far only oem parts on mine is the worm gear and tensioner.

Tensioner definitely had a rough feel. But seems to work fine. Figure it will wear in or out eventually.

I did snip the "ear" on the cross piston clips. Didn't like the really sharp bend on em.

 

[T.Roller]

Tensioner definitely had a rough feel. But seems to work fine. Figure it will wear in or out eventually.

I did snip the "ear" on the cross piston clips. Didn't like the really sharp bend on em.

Only reason mine has a oem tensioner is because I happened to have one already lol. Good luck with your build.

 

[Armbru84]

Maybe we can try to break it Sunday if you have some test wood lying around..

I have plenty and am just a short drive away from you I think

 

[Red97]

I have plenty and am just a short drive away from you I think

I'm bout 20 min south of lansing. You?

 

[Armbru84]

Just north of Grand Rapids, 10 miles. I heard you were close to there. Should get together sometime.

 

[MustangMike]

So, how does it run???

 

[Red97]

So, how does it run???

Not sure yet. Mailed it out today for a logger to put some hours on it. See how well it holds up. I'll port it if it makes it back

 

[Wonkydonkey]

Not sure yet. Mailed it out today for a logger to put some hours on it. See how well it holds up. I'll port it if it makes it back

In one piece and still running lol

It be good to see how well he mistreated it lol