Rebuilding MS200t

[waterworks]

I have an old knackered MS200t to rebuild for my own use, I just use it for scrounging firewood not trade use, is there a non OEM cheaper brand of parts that I can use ?

 

I will need bearings, piston and cylinder, carb rebuild kit ect. 

 

 

[spudulike]

The MS200T is a sought after machine and to use aftermarket parts on it will degrade its value. Saying that, you will be able to get away with some parts but not others.

On the cylinder kit, getting an OEM kit is pretty much near impossible so Meteor is probably the best option now.

Carb - the accelerator pump will need replacing or sealing, personally I usually replace the part, aftermarket carb kits are OK or purchase from Rowan Carbs. 

Bearings, the main bearings are pretty weird things so stick to OEM. I found aftermarket nitryl seals worked well. Some plastic parts may be OK but I used to try to get decent second hand OEM parts from eBay rather than Chinese and charge/inform my customers as such.

Personally, a decent MS200T is worth a fair bit so would stick to OEM where possible. 

 

[Dan Maynard]

The boring answer is sell the 200T on eBay and buy a new MS181 for doing firewood, probably have change left over.

[Mark_Skyland]

Spud knows his stuff on these machines.

200t parts are now getting scarce, no more stock of the major metal parts, crank, cases, cylinders, pistons etc. Some plastic parts are still available but they wont be around for long!

 

I suggest to always go oem on a machine that's used for pro work. Non oem is very hit and miss, even a non critical part might just not fit and you can spend more time than its worth trying to make it fit

 

[waterworks]

What is a trashed 200t worth as parts?

 

I think I will go for a battery fop handle saw as I only use it for covert firewood gathering, side of the road stuff,  a few cuts and I'm gone, like Zorro.

[spudulike]

Look on eBay and look at the past sold prices - you can do this within the filters on the page if you search for "MS200t". Much depends on the condition and what is missing/worn out on the saw but £100+ for a real scrapper is very possible.

You can split it up, coil £25, Flywheel £25, crank £25, cases £50, handle £20 etc