New 200t?

[sawinredneck]

I've had some dry to the bone Oak try to catch fire with my muffler modded 350 several times, but it sure never flamed up to amount to anything. The 046 has never shown signs of catching anything on fire, guess the muffler sits too far back?
Several years ago we were delivering a cord of firewood to a customer, along the way the help threw out a cig butt, landed on the trailer and caught a piece of wood on fire! Guess it was seasoned well enough!
I carry a medium extinguisher on the truck and a small one on the mini anymore. Burnt one truck up, had the mini on fire three times now and caught a trailer house on fire with the mini once. I'm a fan of fire extinguishers anymore!

 

[HolmenTree]

Back in my logging days all us fallers had to carry a little plastic yellow mustard bottle which held about 2 cups of fire extinguisher powder. We only had to carry it during the dry summer season. I still have that 30 year old bottle kicking around my garage.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Sounds like our chipper Andy. Crikey it was a flammable bugger until we took the belt guard off. Ran right under the muffler. Lo and behold, no more debris fires falling down into the engine carriage. Last time was in a HO's driveway and we were lucky we did not damage the asphalt.

The front exhaust port on my 044 can make life interesting

 

[sawinredneck]

Well, the mini, twice when I was welding the nut to get the spline drive out of the crank and once when the lift cylinder blew the seal and sprayed hot fluid onto an even hotter muffler. The trailer house was just a fluke, although I made a BIG mistake one day! A buddy wanted to borrow the genst/welder, I was feeling lazy and it was hot as hell so I used the pallet forks to get it out and loaded up. No biggie until I stopped in front of the muffler for a second. I was wearing a cheap pair of nylon shorts or whatever they are, melted the damn things right off of me! Didn't feel all that good either!

 

[CurSedVoyce]

OW!

 

[Al Smith]

Now on that 200 muffler I won't go bonkers now .Maybe 60-70 percent of the actual exhaust port size .

If you think about just the hole left by removing the baffles and screen from our standard US models increases the hole area size a good bit . I slightly inceased mine over that amount but not much .If you do nothing else but just a tiny alteration to that muffler it really wakes them up .

 

[Marc-Antoine]

Here are some numbers from my 200T.

- exhaust port size : 250 mm²
- funnel entry : 105 mm² , that's 42%
- space over the first bulkhead : 200 mm², that's 80%
- exit hole, between the first bulkhead and the second (actually the vertical outside wall) :105 mm² again

There's a 45° floor between the first bulkhead and the second, it's hollow bellow. I can cut the upper half of the first bulkhead, and the exit hole will be between the second bulkhead and the funnel's side. This area is 175 mm², or 70%.
It seems good, and easy to obtain.

Not so easy for the funnel's entry, because the horizontal outside wall follows the entry's shape. It isn't a solid cast with massive wall, just the minimum of metal.
Maybe I can drill directly a 9 mm hole in the funnel's side (not the one near the exit, it would slow down the main gas flow).

 

[squisher]

Back in my logging days all us fallers had to carry a little plastic yellow mustard bottle which held about 2 cups of fire extinguisher powder. We only had to carry it during the dry summer season. I still have that 30 year old bottle kicking around my garage.

They've made them for a long time now I think. I have a few of them that roll with the tree equipment still.

 

[HolmenTree]

They've made them for a long time now I think. I have a few of them that roll with the tree equipment still.

squisher does yours have the red cap? Mine is over 30 yrs old and still in perfect shape.

 

[Bermy]

Palm fires...I use dead palmetto fronds to start the BBQ, they go up like gasoline!
I always have a descent system in place before I start working the top of a palm, and yes, my 200t has the spark arrestor removed.
I have an old 020t too, I found it early in my 'career' and didn't realize about the spark arrestor, thought the saw was dying, got a new 200t, then discovered the screen, took it out and the old 020 is still working perfectly, runs like a dream...I've had it 9 yrs and I have no idea how old it was when I found it...

 

[Bodean]

I just went into Jackson's Hardware yesterday to buy a
Big Bite rebuild kit and saw that the MS200T is only $649.00

My personal at home right now has almost 10 years on it.
I think I got it for 4 something new back then.

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[Cobleskill]

I think they were just under 5 at the Boonville Woodsman Ex in 2000 or 01. Guess I shoulda bought one then.

 

[Cut4fun]

$579 right now at my newest dealer. I think all their prices were high by the way. Retail and plus.

 

[Cut4fun]

Need some info I cant find. When did the Stihl 020T start production and what year was the 020T renamed 200T. Trying to figure the age of a 020T. Estimates are good.

Also did the 020T run like the 200T or was there a change in port timing etc?

What changes were made from 020T to 200T. I can see the screw in caps for one. I have read here 020T had walbro and 200T zama. Anything else, like mufflers, piston, cylinders.
Any help appreciated.

 

[woodworkingboy]

Kevin, some 020s (rear handle) had a Walbro carb, I worked on one. I assume it was an early model. I have read where the 200 has more zip, some people say that, but having used both, I don't see it. Different fuel tank breather is another thing.

 

[wiley_p]

Seems like it was 99' or 2000'

 

[woodworkingboy]

There were at least two different muffler designs used on the 020, but it might only be the outer plate that you see part that is different, with the internals the same. I think they carried over the last design to the 200. Stihl got a bit wiser on some small details with the 200 as well.