266 SE Shroud Problem

[Old Bones]

I have an early ,I think 266 Se with the 2 piece ignition. Serial #4428354 . I put this together from various sources but have not been able to locate a top cover/shroud for it from the usual sources. Is there another series or model that will fit? I have a 272 and the cover holes do not line up. Any help appreciated.

 

[huskihl]

The newer 1 piece ignition saws have the cover bolt in a different spot like you've found. I do remember a thread either here or on AS where the guy drilled and tapped, or jb welded.and tapped, a new hole in the correct location.

 

[jacob j.]

The newer 1 piece ignition saws have the cover bolt in a different spot like you've found. I do remember a thread either here or on AS where the guy drilled and tapped, or jb welded.and tapped, a new hole in the correct location.

I did something along those lines- after I split the cases, I had a friend weld up a block under where the new hole would be for a 272 cover and then drilled and tapped it.

 

[huskihl]

I did something along those lines- after I split the cases, I had a friend weld up a block under where the new hole would be for a 272 cover and then drilled and tapped it.

The one I saw had the bossed area already there. Guy just drilled and tapped it. Could have been near the changeover year that had provisions for both? Not sure..never seen a 266

 

[Old Bones]

Yea I thought about that but with my luck i would crack the case! The top cover for my 266 XP fits it a # 501-68-60-01 Guess I will keep looking. I need to call and check if the aftermarket here at HL will work

 

[DSS]

An early 61 cover will fit as well, I believe

 

[huskihl]

Pm @bplust. If he doesn't have what you need, he'll know who does

 

[KYsawman]

The covers off a 61 or 66 will also fit. They will be the wrong color. Early 61's where white later 61 and 66 where grey. They did make a 61 with an orange top but that is the newer one piece coil body. There are two on ebay right now. Not the prettiest but could be cleaned up.

 

[SawTroll]

The 266se in question was made 1984 week 42.

Yea I thought about that but with my luck i would crack the case! The top cover for my 266 XP fits it a # 501-68-60-01 Guess I will keep looking. I need to call and check if the aftermarket here at HL will work

The XP top covers really should be -03 or -06, depending on the decals, while the SE ones are -01. However, the 266XP used the same basic cover as the 266SE at least up to 1993 (looked up the IPLs). An interesting observation is that the 266 had a SE decal on the starter cover, and XP on the top one, for most of 1986 (the 181 also did for some of that time, before becoming the 281XP).

It also looks like all the 66 top covers were the same one, as were the gray 61 covers up to at least 1989 - except for the color and decals.

I'm not sure about the 162SE and the early (white) 61 covers - they are a little different. They fit the case, but I'm not sure about the clearance up front.

 

[Old Bones]

Thanks Huskihl for the name. I did get a hold of Bryan and he is sending me a top cover and a loop handle for my 480CD and a couple of other parts.Now all I have to do is to fix the oiler problem an my Poulan S-6000 and all the saws I have now will be in working order. Might check out the Shindaiwa 415 on C-list tomorrow? Been a long couple of weeks with MIL in Hospital and rehab ,but she is lots better and heading home soon.

 

[srcarr52]

The covers off a 61 or 66 will also fit. They will be the wrong color. Early 61's where white later 61 and 66 where grey. They did make a 61 with an orange top but that is the newer one piece coil body. There are two on ebay right now. Not the prettiest but could be cleaned up.

The white top 61's may not fit, I think the spark plug angle was different so the top doesn't have enough clearance for the newer higher angle cylinders.

 

[SawTroll]

The white top 61's may not fit, I think the spark plug angle was different so the top doesn't have enough clearance for the newer higher angle cylinders.

As far as I know, it was only the 268 (both closed and open port), 66, and 272 that had the highest angle spark plugs - but it may of course have varied before that as well?

Then, I don't really know if the 66 shared the case with the 266 or with the 268 - but suspect the 266...

Something I believe is true (but can't prove) is that both the 266xp and the 66 was made in Slovenia (at the Tomos/Koper factory) after a deal done in 1991 (after the breakup of Yugoslavia), and that the same factory had made at least the 162SE (of that saw family) before that. Possibly the 61 as well, but I don't know when that started (and am not 100% sure it actually happened).
The same factory made a lot of other Husky models as well, after production in Sweden was discontinued, mostly before the breakup of Yugoslavia, but that's another story....

 

[srcarr52]

Per usual SawTroll knows more. I knew there was a possibility since I ran into the spark plug angle issue when converting a 61 to a 272 cylinder but I didn't know for sure when they changed the angle in that family of saws.

 

[huskihl]

I always thought it was the cover height that changed. Didn't realize that the spark plug angle changed as well. So is it safe to say that newer 272xp cylinders should fit under a white top 61?

 

[DSS]

I always thought it was the cover height that changed. Didn't realize that the spark plug angle changed as well. So is it safe to say that newer 272xp cylinders should fit under a white top 61?

Some of the white covers are shorter. Like in the front over the muffler.

 

[huskihl]

I'd heard the white tops may not work, but the grey and orange tops did. My only experience with it is with a 625 and 630 jred. It worked on both of those with a Farmertec 272xp cylinder.

 

[KYsawman]

The cover on the white top is about a quarter inch shorter. It has to use the older muffler with the full face brace. The later mufflers are taller and will touch the white top cover.The grey top 66 has the same case as a 266 with the two piece ignition. The white top 61's had a lower spark plug angle to clear the lower top cover.

 

[SawTroll]

I always thought it was the cover height that changed. Didn't realize that the spark plug angle changed as well. So is it safe to say that newer 272xp cylinders should fit under a white top 61?

No, they will not.

 

[SawTroll]

Something I don't know is how the orange top 61s fit in this "picture". They have been made since the early 1990s, and still is in production (in Brazil). Also, I don't know if different cases and/or spark plug angles has been used on them trough those years...

Posters like @Spike60, @weimedog, @cantdog and @taplinhill surely would have additional info here in general - but maybe not about that particular question?

Edit; Looks like weimedog and cantdog aren't members here, someone need to invite them, if it hasn't been done....

 

[KYsawman]

The orange top 61 is the same case as a 268/272 with the single piece ignition. the top cover is taller for the new muffler. The mounting holes are not in the same spot as the older two piece ignition saws.