Stihl MS241 build

Lol. White cases, all former white plastics will be black. Orange hood.

 

I think it will look better than that used motor oil stained mess it was.

 

You should find/make an Echo emblem, that would really throw some folks

 

I know a guy. Lol. But, the cases are stihl white.

 

Those look good , was that with RIT dye?

 

Thanks. Yes, Rit dye. I followed the instructions with adding vinegar and dish soap. Boiled in the 18 qt roaster over for 2.5-3 hours. I used the whole bottle of dye in 4 gallons of water plus the vinegar and soap.

 

It looks like it took the dye really well.

 

It did. Not shiney like doing a new saw but it hid the ugly. That was the goal. Now I need to get on DDM and order another filter or two.

 

OK , so what are you going to call it.
Do we need to start a "Name That Saw" thread?

 

I'll take suggestions. Lol. No guarantees on what I pick. Money pit kinda fits it currently.

 

That color scheme has me thinking Halloween. It must be Michael Myers

 

Spook

 

My cylinder is back from Shawn Carr. It was a whopping $25 with return shipping. More to come once the Arctic GTFO of here again.

 

Following…..My suggestion for a name is Stihl Stealth

 

I would name it Husqvarna wannabe.

 

If you ran one you'd think otherwise.

 

Maybe so, I've only ran a couple stihls and I wasn't overly impressed. I like my Husqvarna and dolmar. I have heard very good things about the 241 but never had the opportunity to run one.

 

They all have made duds and standouts.

 

I've decided, again, to port this saw myself. And I did just that today. I'm only showing the exhaust and intake as the extensive lower transfer work is someone else's genius that I emulated. The numbers ended up, how I read them, as 106° exhaust, 75° intake. I didn't touch the uppers. I widened the exhaust 65% of the bore diameter, which ended up being 3mm total. I think this is the prettiest exhaust I've managed to do.

 

Muffler is matched to the port using the metal gasket as the guide. It was quite a bit larger than the port.