What's on your bench today?

[wisecobandit]

Are episan pistons ok?

 

was looking for an oem, found one with no rings so hoping i can still get rings from a dealer for a 051.

 

any help great. cheers

Episan will be fine.

Still available but not cheap oe (about £11 each iirc)

P/n

1115 034 3010

Same rings as on the ms380 and 381

[swinny]

Episan will be fine.

Still available but not cheap oe (about £11 each iirc)

P/n

1115 034 3010

Same rings as on the ms380 and 381

 

is it worth holding out for the stihl? or just get the episan?

 

stihl would be 44 quid episan 26 quid

 

episan from greece like meteor

[spudulike]

Episan are Turkish and are manufactured well, Meteor are Italian and take some beating. Unless you can get OEM for around £50, I would always use Meteor and then Episan as a good replacement.

[Rich2484]

ms180, not oiling, cleaned out and reset the pump in its place with the holes. all good. also looked like the chain had been sharpened with a flat file. so thats sorted.

 

hs45, running problem, tweak on the meter arm. all good.

 

husky 435, new oil pump fitted, now runs good, and a quick sharpen.

 

todays drop offs. ms660, chain brake issues. so checking all the parts out before going for the exhaust.

 

ms260, blown piston.

 

now waiting for the arrival of a rotorvator, needing new tynes, complete engine service, and a good clean up, with painting and removing any rust.

[GardenKit]

Nice amount of work there Rich!

[Rich2484]

Nice amount of work there Rich!

 

It is.

 

Also got a chipper coming in at some point with brake issues. And a general service.

 

A few mowers coming in from domestic people aswell.

 

Oh and finding time to get my truck over the pit before it's MOT is due.

[swinny]

well, im gutted, you could only see a little through the ports and only looked to be a few lines on the piston, was hoping for a quick clean and new piston.

 

 

Ordered new piston oem stihl on ebay.... stripped down and gutted, cant clean/filler this lol

 

[swinny]

So the saw is the old 051av.

 

 

Few options :

 

1) wait and hunt around for a 2nd hand good cylinder to come up and fit my piston to

 

2) buy an aftermarket 051 p&c

 

3) buy an aftermarket 076 p&c ( not sure what else, hear inlet manifold and exhaust....)

 

Bugger

 

Wonder how much an oem cylinder is?

[mixedangased]

I had a cheap set and the dies cut a rounded poor formed thread and the taps weren't much better!

 

If you can wait, keep a look on ebay for an old set of decent brand ones when the Japanese manufacrtured some decent kit or old British ones - you can get some good sets coming up.

 

Worth also having a set of helicoils in M5 and M4/M6 also.

 

i wouldnt use helicoils your better off with timeserts bit dearer but worth every penny

[mixedangased]

So the saw is the old 051av.

 

 

Few options :

 

1) wait and hunt around for a 2nd hand good cylinder to come up and fit my piston to

 

2) buy an aftermarket 051 p&c

 

3) buy an aftermarket 076 p&c ( not sure what else, hear inlet manifold and exhaust....)

 

Bugger

 

Wonder how much an oem cylinder is?

 

l and s engineers do them i think same as some large disc cutters,