SOLD Simmonized Ported Stihl 661 R C-M Arctic

[maulhead]

$1,050 shipped & insured in the lower 48 states. PayPal friends & family, or cover the fees if paying with goods & services.

I'm not interested in any trades.

Starts, runs, idles, oils, brake works, heat works. Piston looks great. Saw runs excellent. Air filter cover is cracked. It has a 2nd port added on the muffler.

Saw is rather dirty under the covers. I cleaned it up some for the pictures, it could stand a more thorough deeper cleaning. Date of manufacture is not legible anymore on the silver sticker, on the rear handle. I'm not sure how much time is on this saw, but the inspection stamp is still present on the PTO side of the crankcase. The plastic roller is missing off the roller chain catcher, I may have one? If so it will be included with the saw.

 

[maulhead]

 

[maulhead]

 

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[brushwacker]

Looks like a good deal. If i had extra cash for it would be on it.

 

[davidwyby]

Been wanting a 661. Not familiar with that porter. Can anyone shed light without starting drama? Pm me maybe. Thanks.

 

[maulhead]

Been wanting a 661. Not familiar with that porter. Can anyone shed light without starting drama? Pm me maybe. Thanks.

All I know about Simonized, is what's written in these two threads I'm linking below.

Maybe one of the long time members can chime in and add more info.

One thread here on OPE

https://opeforum.com/threads/rip-simon-c-wright.16883/page-2

One thread on Arboristsite

Simonized saws.

Ok, shop is complete. Ready for business. Cost of mods are; MS460 $275.00 MS660 $275.00. 372XP $400.00. 390XP $350.00. Fairly busy so give me about 10 days to have your machine back UPS. If you wish to purchase the saw call 250 898-5212. Howe Sound equipment. Chris will send the saw to me and I...

arboristsite.com

 

[davidwyby]

Cool.

I have another 661 here to fix. Want to run it and then it would be interesting to run them against each other.

 

[Hinerman]

Been wanting a 661. Not familiar with that porter. Can anyone shed light without starting drama? Pm me maybe. Thanks.

@jacob j.

 

[Hinerman]

Been wanting a 661. Not familiar with that porter. Can anyone shed light without starting drama? Pm me maybe. Thanks.

Seems highly spoke of:

Thread 'RIP SIMON C WRIGHT'

Jun 2, 2019

Simon lost his battle with esophagus cancer..

May he rest in peace..

Simonizer 51 years old

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• Forum: Chainsaws

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[jacob j.]

Been wanting a 661. Not familiar with that porter. Can anyone shed light without starting drama? Pm me maybe. Thanks.

Simon was a Canadian bike builder/racer who got into saws later (He showed some pictures from his racing days with the Suzuki factory team). He built a lot of saws for BC-based fallers and had some interesting recipes. He sent out a few saws to forum members for evaluation - some were rated great and a couple were rated as average. If I had a need for a 90cc rig, I'd pick this one up knowing that it's a unique saw now.

 

[davidwyby]

I’ll give it a whirl

What’s the knob where it seems like the tuning screws should be? Idle speed?

 

[FederalQ]

That’s the switch for the heated handles and carburetor heat.

 

[davidwyby]

That’s the switch for the heated handles and carburetor heat.

Great

I’ll need that next year when it gets down in the 60s

 

[cuinrearview]

Great

I’ll need that next year when it gets down in the 60s

You're just buying this so you have some clout when you go to MI, MN, or Wisco

 

[davidwyby]

You're just buying this so you have some clout when you go to MI, MN, or Wisco

My 281 did fine last time

This is so my hands don’t get cold up there in the summertime

Gotta have a stihl hand warmer to go with my 2188

 

[maulhead]

Available free, to whoever buys this 661, two loops of 3/8 050 84dl, one is Stihl, one is Oregon, one semi, one full chisel.

The Oregon looks to be new, just dusty. The Stihl looks to have been touched up a few times.

I don't have any 050 bars, these are of no use to me.

 

[Bill G]

......Gotta have a stihl hand warmer to go with my 2188

Sounds good

 

[Hinerman]

I’ll give it a whirl

What’s the knob where it seems like the tuning screws should be? Idle speed?

Have you put it in some wood yet?

 

[davidwyby]

Have you put it in some wood yet?

Yes

I was impressed that it hung with @chiselbit 661 by hotsaws101. 32” full comp round in dry hard desert Aleppo pine. Then I got home and realized I’d left the air filter out of the Simon saw. Also the hotsaws saw had an 8 pin on it and big dawgs, neither of which seemed to bother it in the least.

Might try again Saturday in an oak I gotta take down.