Westcoast Saws MS291 build. Chainsaw Kit Install.  

Thank you, he loves helping me in the shop.

@@workinonitsteve Amen. Keep him close to you as you can - the time will fly and so will he, all too soon. Nothing else matters in comparison.

@@dchambers986 that’s a powerful statement, it happens in the blink of an eye.

Yep, great saws. Thanks for watching 👍

I don’t remember a baffle, this mostly just opened it up more.

Always good to grease the bar tip, good idea on the Simpson tie to clean the bar. I think that would work great.

I will look for one of those, I bought a generic one from Madsons but it’s a little too far to fit in there.

@@workinonitsteve this is what I bought off of eBay that fits. Stihl OEM Specialty Tool T Handle Nut Driver SW8 x 200m 5910-890-2420 #GL-J6A4. It was about 20 bucks or so shipped.

@@jamesedwards6269 thanks, I’ll look into that 👍

Way snappier throttle response, more power and LOUD. I love it. Doing to all my saws this winter.

@@workinonitsteve very cool, I will check it out for mine - do you think a 291 could run a 24” bar with the mods?

​@@jeffroberts760I've an older ms310 that's been muffler modded. It definitely makes a difference in power in the cut and imo the best benefit is that your saw will run alot cooler. I only run a 20" bar and it rips in oak. I think your 291 would run .325 chain whereas my ms310 runs 3/8. You'll still be some short on power,but if you can order a 24" bar and skiptooth from maybe baileysonline you can certainly do it. If you cant find that combo in .325 you can change over your clutch drum and sprocket to a 3/8" and order everything in that size

@@ciphercode2298 man, that is all very interesting to consider and makes a lot of sense - I am going to give that a shot, thank you🥃🥃

@@jeffroberts760 you're welcome, always glad to help. A muffler mod, 24" sugihara bar,and a skip tooth chain will fix ya right up. Make sure ya richen up your high jet on your carburetor.

I had to pull the limiters out of the carb in order to turn the needles out far enough to ritchen the mixtures up. Plug looks great after about 15 tanks of fuel I pulled it. I actually run this little saw quite a bit.

Man I’ve got about 10 gallons of gas through mine in 2 and half years and haven’t had an issue. I flip my bar and blow it out with compressed air when I switch the chain but don’t feel like I’m doing anything special to keep it clean. It oils fine.

Huge difference. Much faster throttle response and seems to have more power although I have no way to measure that. Overall it just went from a decent saw to snappy throttle and seems to cut faster. For some reason it seems to start easier now, could just be from the-tuning but I’ll take it. I’ll try to get some video running it soon, I have a couple trees that need cleaned up from a storm last week. Thanks for watching 👍

@@workinonitsteve did you have to do a lot of adjusting after mods

@@shawnpullen9517 I did, I’ll have to do a video. It’s not hard but you have to pop the limiters out of the carb and richen both high and low needles. It’s able to flow more air so it needs more fuel and thus makes more power.

​@@workinonitsteve ok thanks for the reply back I love the bigger dogs I find the felling dogs on my 291 aren't big enough to grab anything awesome saw and thanks for the video👍

@@shawnpullen9517 you’re welcome! Glad you liked the video. I’m with you on the dogs being small, the new ones are a huge improvement, feels more in control and cuts smoother. I’m gonna be putting them on all my saws.

I never thought of using ez off. Thanks I’ll try that out.

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Thank you, I believe most of my issues were just from slashing through brush and trying to run it loose like a big saw. Glad you liked the video 👍

@@workinonitsteve rewelcome. Well i had yesterday a costumer who bought 2 Stihl MS170, he told me in the 3 .sentence that he is afraid of chainssaws. I told him he has only to be rational concerned to be when the chain isnt in the tree or is not deep in wood because the chain rides in a channel in the bar and isnt willing to jump out. Especialy when some pressure is applyd the chain is forced to stay in track. But otherwise forced in high speeds the momentum forces the chain almost out of the channel. A hard twist and the lose chain flyes... He made up his mind and took the saws. How did your accident exactly happen?

Mine doesn’t - stock you mean?

I bought my new, and it did not have a plate between the Bar and saw

@@irondoger thanks i thought maybe the guy putting bar on it at the shop lost it

Definitely on some level but it’s just a small detail that shows how far some go to put out quality that they care about.

Sorry about that, I think I covered that in another video. Probably in one of the firewood videos. It definitely needs a lot more fuel on both needles. Huge power gain 👍

@@workinonitsteve I didn't find it anywhere.

@@randywallace7797 I’ll have to post an update, I’ve probably ran 25 tanks of gas through that saw in the last year.

@@workinonitsteve I am about to do it to my 391 :)

@@randywallace7797 nice, 391 is a nice size saw 👍