Recent content by deraeler

I watched Randy's video - nice work. However, since the rebuild kits (that I've seen) include a cylinder, and you have to tear it all the way down anyway, why not just install the new cylinder? Are you recommending buying just a piston somewhere if the cylinder isn't scored? And even though...

Looking at these pics it looks worse than I thought....but I'll defer to you guys...

MY saw dealer pulled the muffler side (hot do you get to those bolts inside the muffler - those rotary clips must come off somehow, but they didn't replace them, they don't even look disturbed. Mystery to me.??). From that side looking into the cylinder I can see black scoring on the piston -...

Nice Mike, thanks! So I'm not looking to port/optimize, just replace the scored cylinder, and try to address whatever caused the fail in the first place. I can't tell by that product description whether this pressure/vac test k it includes these tools listed in the CM: - Nipple 0000 855 9200...

Answering my own questions...I see the tools listed in the SM. I see vac/testers on ebay ranging from $70 - $360. Trying to determine all tools needed for the cylinder rebuild....will take some time.

Sorry for the newb questions - does 'ported' mean rebuilt with an aftermarket cylinder? What tool is used to perform a vacuum test / compression test? Any how-to's available?

Thanks to Ray for the manual resources...! One goal accomplished, back soon.

Did a little digging - it appears if they removed teh little rotary clips that hide the muffler screws the dealer must have re-installed them, most people seem to replace those once removed. Still have no idea how they got those clips off, special tool? Still hoping for a service manual and...

Looking on sawagain.com they must have pulled their video How-To's on the saw rebuild process. Could really use some resources. I can't even figure out how my dealer got the muffler off....how do you get to the screws inside the muffler that screw into the exhaust port? (Need a service manual!!)

Really appreciate the replies folks! I Admit to being a newb so please bear with me. What equipment do I need to do a vacuum test? Since this is an m-tronic model I need to have a dealer tune it once the rebuild is done right? Any video tutorials available on this? Only found German ones...

I need the Service manual for the 2013 MS261-C-M. Any chance you can help me out? All the sites I've found that purportedly sell these are frauds. I'm looking to do a cylinder rebuild (any help appreciated). In the meantime I had to buy a new (2019) MS261C-M, so a svc manual for this model...

I purchased an ms261c in 2014, it appears to be a 2013 model. I've never used anything except steals own HP Ultra oil and I treated the saw very very well. It just died with scoring on the exhaust side of the cylinder. Can't determine the cause for this. I was told by my dealer that a Stihl...