mickdundee

Looks like an earlier Mtronic. No carb screws but a different chain cover to the one you’ve shown pleasant. Sorry I’ve hijacked your thread a bit with this LeHobbit

I can’t see any ref to Mtronic in the photos. The seller has listed it as an MS261 C

What year is early/late on the 261? Just spotted a 2015 on fleabay

I got away with it. Fitted the Chinese coil this afternoon and it’s fired up. I didn’t check HT continuity in the end as it’s moulded into the coil anyway so possible couldn’t have been repaired depending on where the break was. Thanks for your help Always learning with these old saws lol

Hi when I got the saw back and looked at the coil pack I’ve ordered a cheap one from eBay for about £14 as they look the same. I missed your comment about how they could have different timing though so we’ll see how it goes. I haven’t checked the HT lead, I’ve taken the shops word that it’s the coil. I’ll try and check it though

Hi spud, the impulse line has been repaired but still not starting. The workshop has diagnosed the ignition coil and quoted over £100 for the part plus half hour labour. I’ve looked on eBay and there’s coils for less than £20. How difficult is the job? Is it worth taking a chance with a cheapo part? Thanks

So going back to the saw with an idea of what I was looking for it looks like not only has the impulse line split but I think a section is missing. The end of it I can see is jagged and has no chance of reaching the bare nipple at the bottom of the cylinder. It looks like a total pain in the behind to do so I’ll take it to the local shop maybe tomorrow and see if they’ll price to replace it. Thank you for the help

Thanks spud. I’ll try and get the impulse line off tomorrow. I’ve had the muffler off and the piston looks ok scoring wise, but has carbon on the crown. It’s free to move though but feels like plenty of compression on the pull cord. If it’s the intake manifold would that be a gasket to replace or worse?

Had a couple of issues with this saw. It was running fine but then suddenly started running very fast at idle. I’ve then been an idiot and incorrectly adjusting the L screw instead of the LA screw to bring it back down. This had happened a couple of times and I continued using the saw before it cut out at idle and wouldn’t start again. I’ve realised my mistake so have set the L screw back to 1 turn out. It still won’t start. Because of the fast idling thing I’ve then tried backing the LA screw out half a turn, didn’t start so tried another half a turn and still no joy. I’ve looked through other posts and tried to rule some stuff out. Air filter is clean, fuel filter looks ok. It’s a brand new spark plug. Fuel is getting into the cylinder. Looking through the exhaust port the piston looks ok although looks like there’s carbon on the crown. Drop test is fine. I don’t know where to look for fuel tank vent. It’s not the freshest fuel but I’ve been on Aspen for over 5 years because I’m an occasional user. I’d be grateful if any pointers or ideas. Thanks

Top work there bud. Especially the plates

Haven’t been able to turn since Feb but made time today. I didn’t want to try anything big just wanted to start and finish something. I used a bit of brown oak that was bone dry but had a split that may have gone in too far but I started turning and it was solid underneath. Just under 9” in diameter and around 8mm wall thickness Good to get back at it

Snap. It looks cool but I’ll leave it to others haha. The mirror looks great Mark

Those are excellent Lazarus.

The shelves look great. Good luck with the table

There’s a good foot or more (or was before this morning) between that and the fence. And it’s still staked lower down, I don’t think it could blow over that much. There was also similar damage on an end and it was full of aphids. This has reminded me to go and get the removed twigs and get them in the burner