STIHL The Official Stihl Chainsaws Thread

[hacskaroly]

Does anyone have experience with the kit from Saw Salvage AKA The Duke?

I have not gotten that one, but I did get a Duke's nikasil piston and cylinder kit for a Husky 576 and it worked great! Its been on the saw for a year now with no issues.

 

[Al Smith]

That 362 obviously swallowed something .

 

[heimannm]

Thanks Chris - for now we are going to let the plastic chain brake spring cover and the spike hold that piece in place.

Mark

 

[heimannm]

I have the parts on order (Saw Salvage AKA The Duke). Thanks for your input.

The owner of the 362 bought a 661 when this one went down so the 362 will only see limited service as they move ahead.

Mark

 

[lehman live edge slab]

I have the parts on order (Saw Salvage AKA The Duke). Thanks for your input.

The owner of the 362 bought a 661 when this one went down so the 362 will only see limited service as they move ahead.

Mark

Pretty large jump in size for the usage, ether one is overkill or the other was undersized

 

[Stump Shot]

Jumping ahead a bit, I have an MS362C on the bench, very low compression. Piston actually looked O.K. through the exhaust. Not so good when it was all apart.

Looks to me like a ring broke.

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Cylinder is trashed as well.

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As a "bonus", the PTO side crankcase has a piece cracked off as well.

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Mark

I have a crankcase if you are wanting to rebuild.

 

[heimannm]

He gets a lot of big logs from a local tree service guy, the 362 was really undersize for many of those. He's running an OWB year round for domestic hot water in 2 homes, a hot tub, and a heated pool (he said the pool was 90° F this week, night time lows have been in the 40's for about 3 weeks) so they go though a lot of wood. For summertime operations soft maple, cotton wood, etc. are used and many of those grow pretty large around here.

Thanks Steve, Chris also offered one...for now we decided to use the Duke's kit and leave the crankcase as is.

Mark