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Main seals once they were warmed up a bit?

20-22-24 work okay on those, 24 is not an ideal hardwood full comp kind of bar- but the saw will do it.

All you need now is for a couple of Wally's to jump on explaining how good they can port it for you and slap each other with wet towels about who can do it better and who can puff their wee chests out further. :p

Sweet! Nice old school honest midrange saw.

Thankfully we don't see too many of those way over here.

No, that Stihl is about on par with the old Husqvarna. Only reason you can see the coil body is because I have pushed one section of the gunge off with my left thumb before the photo- same with the coil contacts, note one side of the lower contact is still encrusted. After cleaning and arriving...

Stihl MS661 C-M. No doubt you can buy an 881 with a 25 if you wished, but it would be a special request fitment- however technically THE best Stihl saw currently available.

My number one suspect as well- but didn't want to offend anyone. :LOL:

You could dress up the old bar- make a silk purse from a sow's ear even, but if you want to eliminate the problem, alleviate near future problems and dress the old girl up a bit- go buy a new bar (probably new chain as the drive spur has possibly damaged drive links) and a new drive...

Get it quick, before the case is busted by use of a prybar. :p

I find one of those 6"steel rulers work pretty well as a scraper to remove the bulk of the gunk, followed by an old paint brush and plenty of kerosene, sit for a bit and then hit with compressed air. In all fairness- this particular saw, the seals are that well gone that there has been a fair...

Perhaps, rather than making videos, you might spend your time better viewing IPL's for the 036 and learning how the saw is put together and comes apart. The piston comes off the top of the connecting rod, or conrod (what you called an arm) via removing the captive ring in the holes at the side...

Anything is repairable- all depends how much money you want to throw at it. That is if you do not break part of the case trying to jemmy bar the flywheel off the crank. or screw up the clutch threads with slip jaw pliers. Piston looks a bit more like a metallic piston stop was used through the...

Yeah sure, if you bother with them fancy ultra sonic things- but I was meaning before they make it to me in this state. I know for a fact the owners of these saws all have air compressors and blow off guns- but they never seem to get used on their saws, rather wait until something breaks and pay...

One of my pet hates and most often requested repairs. :p Someone will show up with a saw, maybe 20-30 years old that has never been serviced in it's lifetime thus far- probably never had the recoil cover removed unless a rope broke. Here is the latest- was running rough, hard start and...

You see that new section that has been added to the forum? Pay up your $65 and you can have your firewood supply ad up front and centre for a whole month.

Ah, good old clean air regulations- that is why they are phasing out domestic coal fires over here. Heck no! No insulated fireboxes and unregulated air flow over here. Plate steel welded fireboxes with glass front doors and asbestos rope gaskets, firebrick interior and grate bases for multifuel...

Trees must grow a whole lot different over that side of the Pacific- 90% of the wood I burn to heat our home and supply to heat others homes is evergreen, Pine or Cyprus usually- well seasoned it burns just fine, heats well and does not gum up the flues. Dampeners open, closed and anywhere in...

On a more serious note- plenty of tapering worm splitters getting about, even for 30 tonne excavators- handy things for splitting big logs into suitable strips that suit your chain bar.

I was thinking rattle can- anyone got some free ones?