Great! Glad to here that it stopped dripping un-burnt oil out of the exhaust. Have fun running the saw this weekend!Hey everyone, I ran the saw again today out of curiosity. No actual cutting was done, I was just curious to see if this would happen again. I wanted to see if it was dripping oil from the muffler, and to my surprise it was not! So from running the saw yesterday the excess black oil was just from running too rich on the low speed setting and building up during long idles when I sat the saw down. I re-tuned it yesterday. And attempted to re-tune again today. My low speed ended up in the exact same spot as yesterday. Idle RPM is spot on 2580-2820rpm on my tach. The low RPM would be from after letting off the gas. It drops to 2580 and returns right back to 2700-2800 range.
Essentially I turned the low speed both direction in/out until the RPM dropped on both sides, then set it to the middle of that location, with a little more towards the leaner side for this heavy 32:1 mix. I then leaned high speed maybe 1/16th of a turn in. And there is pretty much no smoke and it’s running amazing.
After running the saw for about 15-20 minutes, I didn’t see and excess black unburnt oil. So I turned the saw off and restarted it a few times. And it fires up very 1st pull every single time, what a marvelous thing. I practiced this about 4-5 times just to confirm restarting is spot on. After that I let it idle, and it does exactly that, and it will idle forever and a day if need be
Anyways. I’m done tinkering with it. And will be using it again this weekend. The saw is an absolutely fantastic running machine.
ALSO, this is a video of me cutting. I learned how by watching YouTube videos lol. I have no real technique. 
Looks great! You will get years of use out of that saw.
Saw does 11.5K in the cut on this pine tree! It’s a real ripper! I think Pine cuts easy though.
It’s amazing how it acts completely different now, than when it was brand spank’n new. When it was new new you had to be careful not to bog it down in the cut, or stall it n the cut. No applying any pressure, you could only lightly steer/guide it through the cut and it would get it done. But now it just rips through wood and doesn’t even think about it. It’s tuned to perfection on 32:1. I really love it! I have been just getting on it and not babying it. Thanks everyone!
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Looks good to me.
The thing sounds like the gates of hell opening up when buried in some wood. I love it.
Glad to here that the saw is cutting good. You think this thing cuts good, just wate till you get you're first 70cc sawThat’s how I was doing with this 261. When I first got it and swapped to 32:1 mix, I kept tuning at it until it was perfect, But I did get it there, and I haven’t touched the needles since. Always two pulls. It will Pop with full choke on pull #1, and then it fires and runs on half choke pull #2.
Since I’m like brand new to chainsaws. One important thing I have learned since owning this saw, which this may potentially help other new comers. And that is: How the saw felt brand new, and how this saw feels right now. When I cut up my first tree with this saw, I felt like the saw was a little underpowered. It stalled pretty easy, and it bogged down with barely any pressure at all. So in my mind with no chainsaw experience at all, I’m thinking this 261 talked the talk, but doesn’t exactly walk the walk. Shortly after this experience, I swapped to a full chisel chain, swapped to 32:1 ratio, re-tuned the saw, allowed the saw to break in plenty. Now when using the saw, it actually feels like overkill on a tree in my mind lol. It has more than enough power. Just a Day and night difference that I was not expecting. I can apply pressure on the saw, and even let off the gas in the cut with the bar in the wood, and re-apply the gas again and it revvs right up and continues cutting again. This tells me that break-in alone really changes these chainsaws. So my point is: I’ll never judge a brand new saw’s power again lol.
Or 90cc or 100cc sawGlad to here that the saw is cutting good. You think this thing cuts good, just wate till you get you're first 70cc saw
Glad to here that the saw is cutting good. You think this thing cuts good, just wate till you get you're first 70cc saw
Or 90cc or 100cc saw
Enjoy the cutting. If you want wood to cut just look for it. There is wood every were and every tree is owned by somebody.Gonna do some more cutting this weekend! Let’s go! I’m running out of trees.
You can always start logging it's just like farming, if you want to die a millionaire start with 10 million lolGonna do some more cutting this weekend! Let’s go! I’m running out of trees.
From the stories you've told, it seems like you have an amazing dump.Stay away from antique stores, pawn shops and dumps....those places are an easy way for chainsaws to multiply at your house for relatively low $$. You start out thinking...oh, this will be a fun project saw and that will be a fun project saw and before you know it...you are hooked. I have a hard time parting with saws....they are like children
In stead of a 362 or a 462, you might look for a 036 or a 046 project saw, there are quite a few aftermarket and OEM parts for them and they are really good saws. I have a dump salvage 046 and it just needed a new fuel tank (crushed) and a carb, so for $50 I have a really good saw and it was a fun project to take apart, clean and put back together and get running again!
I doubt it would work. A 261 is way under powered to be drilling 2 foot post holes. It mite work until you hit a rock and break your arm.
