Chainsaw Repair

I honestly don't know beans from apple butter about either Makita or Dolmar .

Now the problem at hand is my neighbors Makita 540 which I assume is a Dolmar 540 with blue paint .Actually with an orange crankcase he got from Scott about a year or two ago .

Well the danged thing spit part of a rod bearing which got sucked up into the cylinder and punched a groove on the side of the piston .The cylinder is okay but the piston is junk .Now the 64 dollar question what fits the thing ?I have no idea myself .

He has a good crankshaft from the original crankcase so that's not a problem but my Lord an oem piston is over 100 bucks for that little thing .

He's going to get hold of Scott and I told him I'd do a little searching myself .So far I can't find anything .

Makita DSC 540 IPL  http://s30387.gridserver.com/partsDiagrams/Makita%20DCS540.pdf

Thank you much .I had already found that IPL but didn't know if it was 44 mm or 45 mm .Evidently then it's 45 which should be Dolmer PN # 033-132-010 .

The pin size must be 10 MM because he lost one of the circlips and I used one from a junk piston of an 034 Stihl to get it going .

I'll see him definately this week end and see how he made out .

It' a nice little saw for no bigger than it is .He asked about how much to sink in repairs and as my opinion I said no more than a 100 .You could take that 100 and another 100-150 and land a pretty fair running Stihl of a larger displacement if you looked around .Then again I'm a tight wad and maybe somebody else might think it merits a little more for repairs .

Well unfortunatley we in this area are not blessed with much choice on higher quality saws .
The closest Husky dealer is 40 miles away and he doesn't have the sense to blow his own nose .Dolmar is non existant .J-Red I've seen maybe 3 in my lifetime .

So having said that it's probabley the reason I know so little about those brands .McCulloch and Stihl ,what was at one time and what is now .

There is at least that many in these parts and every one of them has parts .One is about 2 miles from my house and he annoys me so I drive about 14 miles to one who doesn't .

If my Stihl dealer doesn't have the parts it usually only takes about two days from the supplier in Cincy .

What few Husqvarna parts I need either come from a dealer down south or I find them on flea bay .So far I haven't had any problems .

On  rare occurances I need a McCulloch part but really those saws are more or less in the "collectable " catigory .So far even being obsolete I've been able to find them .