500i Rattling.

Oh, he's been locked up?!

 

I would only port the 241 and 400 if I decided to go ahead with it.

 

Just thinking (dangerous) could it be something loose with the anti vibe connections?

 

I don't think so, but I'm not a chainsaw mechanic (I mean no disrespect to anyone with that comment) I just hate working on them.

I think I either dropped it rough or possibly hit it with the truck last month at a cut.

 

Ruh Roh

 

You gotta start somewhere Brad!

 

ENABLER!

 

Yikes,

My old 028 had a tire mark down the side from a near miss. Now I make sure where I put them down.

 

Poor saw.

 

I bought a 241 from an old guy last year that his nephew ran over with a Farmall H...still had tire marks on it! I just replaced the broken top cover and throttle lever, good to go. It came with 3 chains and I'm in it for maybe $120 after replacing those parts, and putting an aftermarket clutch with rim sprocket on it. (OEM very worn...it was his only saw) Opened up the muffler a bit too, since it was already surprisingly loud bone stock...didn't make a huge difference IMO...works good though...it just wishes it was a 261

 

You can buy all the parts from the Stihl dealer for less than this kit price. That’s all they did is source Stihl parts that were stiffer and spent the 20-25$ to put in a “kit” to sell for 60$

 

Hey, I’m the generous, helpful sort of guy so I’ll send you $120 and pay shipping to get you a start for your 261

 

This reminds me of work situations. “It worked great till it didn’t” then a month later we get “well I might have ran it over with the truck”

 

But they've went up $200 in the last couple years...I'm still falling behind!

 

Are you sure it’s not a little bit of spare change that you stuck in the air filter cover so you wouldn’t spend it?

 

Nah...that gets saved up for date night...

 

Nothing worse than not being told the whole story from the start.

 

Yeah, but the longer you wait the more expensive the 261 will be. OK….I see your dilemma so I’ll go $150 Oh, I have chains and bar so you can keep them. It’s a sweet deal

 

That's not true.

The only part you can buy is the spring which is just a 661 spring, stihl has nothing that compares to the rubber bits in the 500 kit.

 

In my case its paper money!