ms880 Rebuilding 2007 ms880

[spudulike]

Good to see it running again. I guess it was a new piston that did the trick and time will tell how reliable the repair was but hopefully it will last for a decent time.

I would guess the workshops wouldn't touch it due to you not wanting the cylinder replaced and understand that if they are main dealers for Stihl, their business is to return a saw back to standard condition. Unfortunately, this often writes off a saw as a non economical repair and as I said, I have salvaged hundreds of saws back to good working condition that will last for many years. 

Yours looked fairly bad but it should last with a little luck and you have learn't a fair bit in the process.