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windthrown · 3rd December 2007, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Ekka

If you get the chance to, convert it over to 3/8 picco chain with 3/8 sprocket and 16" bar. Usually they run 0.325" guage which sucks, once swapped it's like a BIG 200T.

$80 for a $300 saw? Good find that! Around here the pawn shops all want about 99% of new list price for used Stihls.

I have several in that series of Stihl saws (021/210, 023/230, 025/250). And as said by Ekka, the .325 is a sucky gauge bar and chain size. I have both a 16 and 18 inch in .325 b&c's. Even when they are razor sharp they have such a fat kerf swath that they bog in larger wood. I call them the wood massagers. The picco has a better narrow kerf, and I have a 16 inch picco B&C and sprocket on the 210 now. They all run better that way. I am going to off my .325 bars, chains and sprockets and replace them all with picco sets.

As for modding these guys, be careful about getting them too lean. The screwdriver muffler mod is an easy one to do, just bend open the vents more. I leave the screens in 'cause we have serious fire control here in summer months. But you will also need to break the limiter tab off the H screw on the carb (if it has one) and open it up to about 1 turn to richen it up a bit. The L screw can be opened up to about 1-1/4 turn. Some fiddeling will be required, depending on how far you open up the muffler.