Echo CS-501SX is here!

[treefrog]

[ATTACH][/ATTACH]Got this the other day it's a 2009 machine have not used it much yet but it's not a bad saw. It's no stihl 441 but may get it ported and see if I can make abit of an animal out of it.

[wyk]

That's a 670/680 in the top pic. Theoretically, a Shindaiwa 598 aka CS600 should never have a "Kioritz Corp" serial number, only a Shin or Yamabiko Corp one... The one in your pic does which suggests it's a red Echo and they aren't orange Shinny's!

 

There's an assumption that the Shinny 598 is it but apparently not so. I think in truth it's borderline around the time they merged officially since they were parlez-vous'ing on engines and chassis 18 months prior to the merger date...

 

ANd then there's the photo up above...

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

ANd then there's the photo up above...

 

Definitely an Echo 670/680 - 1000% not a Shinny...

[SawTroll]

Here is the current Echo line-up (global):

[Cae Ffynnon]

The 1201 looks like a its a bit of a beast. Now if was CE compliant, I'd be interested.

[Piston Skirt]

Just a curious picture that somehow proves that ECHO 590/600/610/620 chassis (= Shindaiwa 598/600/600SX) in fact had Kioritz serial number:

[Couldyajust]

Fair bit of detail on the specs of the 501SX in the service manual.

 

http://www.echojapan.cz/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/CS-501SX.pdf

[wisewood]

I'm tempted, does anyone know if there's options to change from .325 to 3/8 lopro?

Have they got rim sprockets?

Anyone know what the bar mount is? I'd want to fit an S1 carving bar.

[wisewood]

Just read the service manual👍

It has a rim sprocket so shouldn't be too difficult to swap to lopro. Couldn't see any info on the bar mount though.

[Piston Skirt]

It uses the same 041 mount (OREGON) as CS-500 (the only difference is tensioner located in clutch cover).

The rim is "small 7" which means it's 18720 for a 3/8 (OREGON)

 

Sure, you can look up analogues from other manufacturers based on this info.