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No sir read it again, it says "they told me it needed new piston rings". And Mick you're probably right, no offence taken but I'd like to figure it out all the same. Gotta learn somehow.

No I'm saying I can't pull the start cord. It's like the piston is locked. By hand you can turn it clockwise and anti-clockwise before it clunks to a stop. And it wasn't a whole new piston! They fitted piston rings. It needed a new flywheel because the old one got damaged in a move while all this was happening.

Hi everyone. This is probably going to be an essay of a post so I hope someone reads and can help!! The left bolt that holds the chain brake handle to the body of my MS260 sheared off. Being a smart arse I thought I could drill it out or use a helicoil and stick a new bolt in, neither of which worked so I thought f*** it and bought a used casing for £20 from eBay. In the end I actually couldn't split the cases to swap them over so I took it to a local repair shop and explained what I needed them to do. In the process they told me it needed new piston rings and bearing to which I said ok as it was only fifteen quid or so. Well I got it back today (after three weeks rather than the five days they told me it would be!!!), got it all back together with a nice new flywheel and... the flywheel doesn't turn. The brake is off and the cord is rewinding ok so the question is, am I being a dunce or has the repair place f***ed up? I would prefer not to go back there as I already had a heated conversation about how long it took and the fact they added £70 more to the invoice than they quoted without informing me beforehand. Rubbish service. Any help/thoughts appreciated.

I got a reading a couple of days ago of 100psi on my 560. Emailed Spud about sending it to him for general check up etc and he said it wouldn't run on 100psi so that's reassuring at least. I'll have to get a better tester... is the Gunson a reliable unit?

Interesting. So how come they're ok for Stihl saws? Sorry to hijack this thread!

Didn't realise mixing oils could cause such a problem Anyone else experienced this?

Yeah I hadn't really considered it might be stolen but now I feel weird.

For the record I wouldn't knowingly buy stolen shit. And I probably wouldn't post about it in such detail if I had... ?️‍♂️

Well that's good to know. It seems weird to me though. The guy I bought it off said he got it off Gumtree but barely used it and the bloke he bought it off said it was a 2012 and that's all he could tell me. Seems an odd mistake to make considering you could probably make an extra couple of hundred quid off it. It's clearly been used but the only thing that would suggest it was a 6 year old saw is that the decompression valve has a partially perished grommet/washer (pictured). Otherwise it looks in great shape. And from my investigative Googling the 2012 model doesn't look like it has the petrol and oil flip covers which this one does.

I'm chuffed!

Am I right in thinking the "2017" would make this a 2017 model?

Thanks Mick. Got it for £275 in the end. Runs well so far...?

... for £300. Worth getting? I haven't seen it in person yet but looks in good nick. Is there anything I should look out for? It doesn't look like it has any stickers with serial numbers/date of manufacture on it. Is there anywhere else on the saw I could find them? Edit. I know there's umpteen topics on the 560 but I couldn't find any that quite answer my question...

I bet you wouldn't tell them to pull it apart and then use that against them tho!!!

What a bastard!!

Agreed! But thanks for the help guys, appreciate it. Incidentally, what's the best way to get oil and petrol out of each tank? Each is about half full. Just pour it out into something?!

I was going to go through the rigmarole of checking carb settings and running a compression test but then I thought, what's the point? It was described as "Starts and runs as it should. Stripped, Cleaned and Serviced, Ready for work" on eBay and that isn't the case so it's going back. In the seller's defence he does have good feedback, all from Stihl products. Annoying but oh well. There's definitely a part of me that wants to get to the bottom of it but I'd rather get the money back. A shame as when it did work it felt great!

Update: it seems that this only happens once it's hot and being used at full throttle. I got it running again and kept it from stalling by keeping the revs high but once I put it to work it died within about five minutes of use.

So a few days ago I bought a used 026 off eBay (thanks in part to the help on here) and got around to using it for the first time today. After using it fine for about half an hour it's now having trouble starting. It started happening when I was putting it down and letting it idle for 15-30 seconds, it'd cut out/stall. Then it wouldn't start at all. Now it'll start and idle when it's on "warm start" but once I blip the throttle and the master control goes to run it dies. Hoping I haven't been sold a dud Any help appreciated!

Yeah. Well 026. Looks to be in good nick (I hope anyway). Got it for £240 with free shipping.

Thanks Bill! Just snapped one up. Cheers.

Hello there. New user here, hopefully someone can help me out. I'm looking to get a used Stihl MS260. What would be a reasonable price to pay? There's plenty on eBay but I'm not sure what the average used price is. I suppose that's also a bit of a "how long's a piece of string" question, but a ballpark figure would help. Thanks a lot. EDIT: Or a 346xp!