huskytime
Super OPE Member
My 066 arrived in the mail the other day. I bought it from trooney who said it had about a half hour on it since he got it back from Tree Monkey. I strapped on a 28" bar and chain and it fired up on the 4th pull. I filled it with husqvarna bar oil and the fuel was non ethanol 92 octane mixed 40:1 with stihl oil. I've run about 2 gallons of the same setup in my MMWS 550xp without a problem.
So I warmed it up for about a minute with a few revs and then made 3 cuts to buck a pine log about 18". Oh boy was I impressed, this saw chewed right through it. The idle was low after I pulled out of the cut and it died. I adjusted the idle screw about 1/8 turn to raise the idle and it started right back up. I went in for 3 more cuts and midway through the 3rd it died right mid cut. Now it has so little compression that the decomp valve won't even pop back out when I pull the cord.
I guess I should have gone easy on it for a while longer to break it in.
So, I've never been inside a chainsaw. I've rebuilt a couple 2 stroke dirt bikes so I'm not afraid to jump in there and change a piston. But... I'd appreciate any advise. I was told this one had a 288 piston. Can someone please point me towards maybe a bailey's link for a the right replacement piston? Am I right to be optimistic and think a new piston/ring will get me back up and running? Or should I be on the lookout for other damage?
So I warmed it up for about a minute with a few revs and then made 3 cuts to buck a pine log about 18". Oh boy was I impressed, this saw chewed right through it. The idle was low after I pulled out of the cut and it died. I adjusted the idle screw about 1/8 turn to raise the idle and it started right back up. I went in for 3 more cuts and midway through the 3rd it died right mid cut. Now it has so little compression that the decomp valve won't even pop back out when I pull the cord.
I guess I should have gone easy on it for a while longer to break it in.
So, I've never been inside a chainsaw. I've rebuilt a couple 2 stroke dirt bikes so I'm not afraid to jump in there and change a piston. But... I'd appreciate any advise. I was told this one had a 288 piston. Can someone please point me towards maybe a bailey's link for a the right replacement piston? Am I right to be optimistic and think a new piston/ring will get me back up and running? Or should I be on the lookout for other damage?