MS 200T rebuild scored cylinder

[Lone Wolf]

I like playing "parts darts" too... most days its just easier to throw new seals and a carb kit at something than it is to fiddle around with diagnosing the original issue... I'm with ya.

did the accelerator pump look ok in the carb?

Well I was doing an overhaul not a simple repair. Not worth it for the owner to ship both ways and just do a minor fix. The carb is working as it should accelerator pump and all.

 

[bigbadbob]

Great thread,, anyone tried a Hyway cylinder/ meteor piston on a 200t??
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[bikemike]

Good thread

 

[bikemike]

Great thread,, anyone tried a Hyway cylinder/ meteor piston on a 200t??
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No but I do like the idea of metior itialy makes some good stuff

 

[Lone Wolf]

No but I do like the idea of metior itialy makes some good stuff

They have been working good for me in these saws I can tell you that much.

 

[beaglebriar]

Excellent thread. The saw looks to have had little use.

 

[Al Smith]

Seals on a 200 will sneak up on you .Think about it .It a trimmers saw .More often than not it gets little short high speed runs,then shut down and the climber moves .Started back ,short runs again etc etc .

Then along comes a long run,it leans out towards the end.Not much is done about it until too late .The damage has been done .As luck would have neither mine nor the ones I've repaired had ever got to place it cooked the piston .So it was just seals and bearings .

Here's how it went .If one of the trimmers saws I occasional work on was suspect I would bury it in about 16- 20" of oak and run the snot out of it .If it was going to leak a few minutes of that told the tale .Crude test perhaps but it worked .

 

[Lone Wolf]

Excellent thread. The saw looks to have had little use.

It does look to be a nice clean low hour saw yes. The owner will be happy.

 

[Lone Wolf]

Seals on a 200 will sneak up on you .Think about it .It a trimmers saw .More often than not it gets little short high speed runs,then shut down and the climber moves .Started back ,short runs again etc etc .

Then along comes a long run,it leans out towards the end.Not much is done about it until too late .The damage has been done .As luck would have neither mine nor the ones I've repaired had ever got to place it cooked the piston .So it was just seals and bearings .

Here's how it went .If one of the trimmers saws I occasional work on was suspect I would bury it in about 16- 20" of oak and run the snot out of it .If it was going to leak a few minutes of that told the tale .Crude test perhaps but it worked .

The owner operator that uses it should really know when something is amiss and put it down and use another.

 

[Al Smith]

True but it isn't always the owner that operates them .Tree service equipment doesn't get the best of care I've found out .I could tell stories some of the things I've seen .

 

[dall]

a dull chain is the same as a saw not running right they are gonna try to get the job finished and then worry about the mess

 

[bikemike]

True that's why I stick to my personal saw I can run it hard work it hard and nobody can *b-word about it cause they don't own it I do

 

[angelo c]

a dull chain is the same as a saw not running right they are gonna try to get the job finished and then worry about the mess

can't tell you how many saws I get that there is nothing wrong with other then a wiped out chain....that wiped out a top end....
and boy do those guys get insulted when I tell em they can't sharpen chain fer chit....( in two languages)

its a CHAIN Saw.....without a (sharp) chain its a hammer.

 

[USMC615]

Excellent rebuild thread Steve...nice work!!