Mark_Skyland

Go for the 661 over the 500.

As GTS says. 10 inch Stihl 1/4" bar and a 57 drive link 1/4" chain.

Ive seen this on a few husky machines while carrying out a pdi. Usually it sorts itself out if you leave it for a day or so with fuel in the tank and pull it over a million or so times. I dont know what the problem is, collapsed fuel pipe or something sticking in the carb.

That's the truth. It doesn't matter what the brand or whether its petrol or battery all the long reach hedge trimmers have gearbox issues. The bearings just aren't up to the job. Once the bearings start to go the gears get destroyed in no time. Grease the gearbox more than you think you need to and store the machine so if its wet the water won't run down the pole or blades and into the gearbox.

I was just about to say the same thing. As spud says if it fits in the bore it should fit the piston.

Did you check the piston ring end gap? They can wear fairly quickly which affects tick over. If you strip a machine down to the piston and cylinder its nearly always worth replacing the piston rings as they are fairly cheap.

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Its a fuel tank vent. Its a one way valve to allow air into the tank but not allow fuel out.

The sensor usually shuts the engine down if it gets a low reading. A gauge would be handy to keep an eye on things but if the oil pressure all of a sudden drops then the engine needs to be shut down ASAP.

Just a quick bump as it is only running until midnight tonight.

That will be an issue for screwfix. Ive had many a shop customer say that they buy machines from screwfix or B&Q, use them until they are broken then go back and get a full refund. I dont think it will cause us the same kind of issue and at least they can take any "faulty" machines back to screwfix so I cant see it being a problem for us.

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It looks like you know these saws far better than me. The 026 is still a fairly good machine. I have one knocking about somewhere that I keep threatening to get up and running again, plus about 5 200 T's in various states of disrepair!

The serial number says its an 024 production date 10/1987

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