Never Do This to your Chainsaw ... How to Repair it if you do
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- NEVER Do This to your Chainsaw! See the damage old fuel can do to your saw and how to make the necessary repairs.
This video is packed with information for the Chainsaw owner on How to Diagnose, Repair & Maintain your Chainsaw!
You will learn:
- How to Diagnose what the Problem is with your Chainsaw!
- How to Repair various Chainsaw Starting and Running Problems!
- How to Maintain your Chainsaw to avoid costly repairs!
I was given this chainsaw by someone who found it in the trash. I think he had it sitting around for over 10 years and finally decided he wasn't going to try to fix it and wanted to clean up around his shop.
You will witness the steps I take to see what is wrong with it, how I fixed it and the steps I took to make sure it is properly maintained.
Your Chainsaw will thank you if you follow the practices shown in this video.
Hope it is a help to you!
*If this video was a help to you give it a "thumbs up". If you have not already done so, please consider subscribing to this channel.
Disclaimer:
Although I have been following these procedures for many years; I assume no liability for any damage that may occur to any person or property as a result of the information provided in this video. I take necessary precautions (that I am aware of) when working on these projects but that in no way implies or creates any expressed or implied warranty or guarantee of any kind of particular result. Any injury, damage or loss of any kind to anyone or their property or anything related to information in this video is the sole responsibility of the user and not Helping U Online (this video).
Been climbing/ cutting trees, for 33 yrs. The saws stay in the back of my truck, open bed. Cleaning is something they never get. Keeping them in one piece is enough! Good to see someone cleans em.
I have a 026, one of the best saws made. Bought mine in 1998 and it has cut wood for me for all those years. I always use gas without ethanol and start and run my saw each month.
Two things you do not lend to a neighbor , your wife and your chainsaw. Great video !
I always use gasoline that does not contain ethanol in all my gasoline powered tools. Have never had these kinds of problems.
Same. I've only run the expensive canned fuel stihl sells at my local stihl dealer. I use it for my chainsaw, weed eater and leaf blower, all stihl and love them. They always start and have yet to be let down by any of them.
@@jonm4995just use red armor oil and its protected
@jonm4995 from a business perspective that premix is too expensive and not as good as ethonal free 93 and red armor oil an the red armor oil you can use ethanol with out any long term damage
@@Psy6o Crappy fuel + expensive additives = expensive crappy fuel.
great to the point chainsaw refurbishment tips.
Thanks 👍
Really really great video but I feel like the title which I clicked on it for wasn’t answered lol what am I supposed to never do with the idle adjuster?
Why did you pollute a good gas can with the first stuff you dumped out, but on subsequent washings you used a cup? Now you'll have to wash out your can! 😅 Also why do you use a greasy, dirty rag to clean the grease out of the clutch drum? 😂 And like someone else mentioned, there's a little hole in the bar near the sprocket to lubricate the bearing. You can buy a grease gun with a special tip that fits the hole. The oil doesn't even enter that bearing because centrifugal force will not allow that.
You did a good job other than that.
Geez, $12.99 for a good size Stihl chainsaw and a little elbow grease, and giving that great old saw a new life......Hell of a deal !
Even if IT DOESN'T ! GO ! PUT !! IT ! IN ! THE !. METAL ! SHREADDER !! HELLL ! OF A !! DEAL !!! TOO !!
Thats heaven of a deal son, nothing good comes from hell!
Great job man!
If I had a nickel for every RUclipsr who claimed he rescued a Stihl chainsaw from the garbage, I would be a billionaire...
boy this guy is a real expert
Nice Trick -A Broken Hack Saw Blade is Just the right size to clean the Bar Chain Grove with a few swipes
I don't loan out any of my 4 chainsaws. That's why they're always sharp .
I did it once and got my Husky back with a stone in the drive sprocket.
Tossed the toothless chain, bar and drive sprocket. 140 dollars later it was healed .
Never again
that old gas makes great weed killer
Never use a pressure washer or purple power to clean a chainsaw, I can believe this guy even promoted that. Use brake parts cleaner or carb cleaner to clean your saw.
I have been a chain saw user since the 1980s. I think you did a fine job. One thing I would like to offer is, if your guide bar has roller or sprocket tip grease holes, don't forget to grease the tip. (I grease it, roll the chain, and grease it again. This flushes out the dirt.)
The other thing is, I use a bar cleaner tool to clean out the groove. A screwdriver tapers, but bar cleaner tools have parallel sides. So I am more certain of scraping out the crud.
I then flush the groove with a long shot of WD-40 to rinse the groove.
He did grease the sprocket at the front of the bar, he had to to get it working again
Use a hacksaw blade to clean the bar!👍
@@warrenfloyd1484 Hacksaw blade?
Sheeeeeeeyit........I might try that.
I had my Stihl MS-290 Farmboss stored away for over 8 years. She was really seized up and I couldn't even pull the cord. I corrected that after watching a few RUclips videos. She's cruising like a charm now but I haven't tried to cut wood yet. Thanks for this tip.
File it flat, and debur it.
Clean out crud and the filings, and you're good to go.
I use a air compressor to do that then oil it once it looks cleaned enough
Excellent job. From end to end and everything in between. Total attention to detail. Rebuilding anything with that many steps and parts and interactions is old school mentality and mostly only old timers knew the job. You don’t sound like an old timer like myself but I suspect your father or another old timer (Boomer) taught you. But you obviously have put in your time and paid your dues. I’m sure you have taken the pebble from your masters hand grasshopper. You are a credit to your craft. Thank you for you video and for sharing your knowledge.
Thank you
That carb and extra parts was a Great Deal ! I use a Nickle (.5 cent pc) between the bar and chain when I go to tighten the chain down. Gives the right amount between the chain and bar. Very Good Video.😃
Great video, well explained and the camera work was excellent. Just a small tip I learned years ago. when installing a screw or bolt, to avoid cross threading, especially in aluminum or plastic, turn the screw/bolt backwards until you feel it drop into the thread, then tighten.
I always do that too... good tip to remember
One the best video I've seen, and I've been doing this for years 🧐👍🏼
I always take a flat file over the bar and take the sharp edge off,🧐
I'm glad you said that. It's rarely mentioned as if everybody knows that, which they don't. Good catch.
The guy that abused that saw is telling someone "I had a Stihl chainsaw and it was junk" it's amazing that someone would throw that saw in the trash. Some people dont deserve nice things. Nice save.
First time watching your videos. Great frikin job man! I like how well you explain things and your laid back attitude really helps encourage one to give it a shot. I’ve learned more than I e ever know about chainsaws in just 10min with you and I’m a mechanical person by nature and trade. Thanks!
Thanks for the feedback
That's what ethanol does to your fuel lines In small engine equipment that is why I use pre mixed fuel in a can and non ethanol gas in my lawn mower.
That's because they used ethanol gas in the chainsaw. That type of gas make rubber hoses go to nothing. It's worth fixing but, never put that type of gas back in
It is the benzene and hexane that eat the synthetic rubber over time. They can sit in alcohol forever. Even non ethanol gasoline has those additives today...."secret" formulas of snake oil that gas stations advertise on their pumps with catchy names. They're mostly octane adjusters and fuel injector cleaners that carburetors didn't need daily.
Sort of a coincidence that stuff came into play about the same time ethanol started appearing in the late 80s and early 90s....when cars went fuel injector.
I pour or burn out all gas before storing......at least turn off the petcock and burn out the bowl.
I use 100% gasoline. It's a little more expensive, but worth it.
I hope no one thinks he meant 100% gasoline without 2 stroke oil to run the saw or there's going to be some mad but educated people on proper fuel mix! But there's probably going to be that 1 ding ding who thinks to himself,"what in tarnation have I been putting that little bottle of oil in my 100%gasoline for?
*To washout an old fuel tank like this just pop the fuel cap off, insert your pressure washer nozzle and spray all around inside the tank. I just revived a 1961 Stihl 07 Super saw that sat since 1989 with fuel in the tank and that tank got pretty clean using this method. For severely bad tanks you can also pull the fuel line out of the tank , pour a little 100% purple power in the tank and let it sit for a while, then pressure wash the inside of the tank.*
Great video. That's the worst damage due to resting fuel I've ever seen o.o. Solid advice to the average saw owner to never let the fuel sit for too long, especially if you're mixing your own. On a side note, you can save time and fuss by leaving the trigger assembly alone. That carb just has a hook for a throttle lever (14:58) that gets pushed forward by the linkage when you pull the trigger, and returns with spring tension. All you have to do is pull the trigger, hold the lever in place with a small screwdriver or pliers, then let go of the trigger, and the linkage slips right out pretty easy. It doesn't take any force to win if it fights you a bit, just a little finesse.
I've been using "truefuel" to overwinter small engines, they sell both straight & pre-mix at Lowe's , home Depot, etc
As for a decent degreaser if you have it Naptha is your best bet over mineral spirits. I always keep it in my shop in spray bottles. That stuff will also dissolve old shellac gas. Good video BTW. Definitely worth saving that old saw.
Was there even an air filter?! I've NEVER seen a chainsaw with the level of filth. And I've been working on them since I was 15.
Are you 17 now........?
I keep Stable Gas Stabilizer in all my small engines over the winter months and run them several times during the winter, have never had Carb./Engine Problems...
Well I can believe it! It’s Chinese parts on eBay that’s why its $12. These may work but they are NOT brand name parts by any means. You can’t get a walbro carb kit for $12 let alone a carburetor. Don’t get to excited over that $12 Chinese kit. You did do a good job on cleaning that saw.
My thoughts exactly 😂🤣
You fellas realize that the Walbro carburetor has been made in China since the 1980’s and your old Stihl has a China carburetor on it, right? You can believe that they build them “better”for their Stihl order but that’s pretty naïve thinking… most worker’s have a certain rhythm that they fallow across the corse of their day…doesn’t make a difference where they work. PS… show up drunk or stoned or high or anything in China and they put you in jail for 20 years or shoot you… people in America come to work drunk and hungover and they don’t need to perform their jobs 1/2 as good as they do in China…if they make a mistake they might not get paid for their day!!! Or receive some other pretty serious punishment! The aftermarket carburetor’s can be better than new if you know which models will upgrade! hlsproparts.com supply the Hyway company stuff…They made the Stens stuff for 35 years before they started selling directly… the China rubber/plastic stuff like fuel lines and seals are still lesser quality because they haven’t figured out that recipe yet…it’s a couple 3 years of life instead of the three decades of life from the OEM… but it’s not $20 bucks it’s 3-$4 bucks…so a dude might just want to spend a $20 to get a saw running instead of spending the hundred dollar bill and having a three decade repair… dude can always spend another $20 in 3-4 years for a new fuel line… I am dirt cheap.., I just pull a length of my echo line and I steal the grommets off the old Stihl line..,I slip my new bulk line through the grommet and pop it in… cost me 50 cents and works another 15 years… Tygon or Echo line! I just can’t believe someone gave you an 026! One of the best 50cc saw’s that ever lived!!! Need to port that little sucker and slap a 20” bar on her!’ She’ll rock solid with an 18” 325!!! That saw might actually have the little hole in the center of the crank…you can place your bar tip grease gun and shoot a couple pump into that roller bearing every once in a while and you don’t need to remove the clutch assembly!!! See that little hole by your clutch roller bearing!!! That’s pretty slick “German” engineering right there!!!
Should definitely get a Walbro rebuild kit for that new diaphragm kit…if you have a China carburetor that isn’t working put in a real $8 dollar Walbro kit into it!!! It’s just the little rubber material diaphragm being a little too stiff and not playable enough… we usta soak them over night in ATF and 50% acetone when too poor to get new diaphragm’s!
It’s not a knife…there’s no “blade!” LMFFAO…just busting your stones!!!! That’s a sweet step up from the old ms250 or 025… 45cc clamshell!!! Get a little piece of soft soldier and check your squish band??? See if you have.025 thou with your base gasket deleted and add a little 1/2” pipe and do the muffler mod then retune it!!! It’ll jump right up and they pull a 20” 3/8’s bar like that… awesome ground saw’s!!!
I own 12 pieces of Stihl equipment to maintain a 40-acre estate. Several years ago I priced a Stihl carb for one of my brush cutters: $125. I found FIVE knockoffs on Amazon for $30 - yes, $6 each. Installed one and it ran flawlessly, and still does during daily seasonal use. Rebuilding those carbs is a fussy job that doesn’t always work. Save your old carb and try a knockoff first.
You may wanna open up the muffler give it some more power I did with my dads 026c and it runs like a champ
Ditch the screen
I always wear nitrile gloves when I'm using products like Castrol 'Super Kleen' or 'Deep Purple,' etc. If I don't I'll immediately taste it on my tongue which means that it has entered your bloodstream via osmosis and is not doing your innards any good. great product though.
Looks like someone put the bar chain oil into the gas tank. Carburetor will most likely gummed up. Pretty good lookin' saw.
I'm never buying pre-mixed gas after my mechanic said I put straight gas in my chainsaw. Cylinder was scored and would not start.
THat was really good.
I like the way you set up your camera to show everything you were doing.
Thank you
Glad it was helpful
Agree. His camera work was great.
The owner really let that chainsaw go. It was really just bad negligence on their part.
Little tip lift the bar when you adjust the chain it won't lossen in the first cut
He did that. Explained how he held the saw down with his arm while he lifted the bar.
another thing to mention is you should never run any small engine with any cover removed. they are there to direct air flow over the engine to keep it cool. my opinion, when you were adjusting the carb, was way to long with top cover removed. i, personally, dont want to buy the customer a new saw cuz of overheating when 2 seconds to put it on could have prevented it.
18:40 when the repaired saw fired up, the subtitles read [Music]. Inaccurate, but appropriate.
One thing I've been told by my Stihl dealer is to not use regular pump gas, but rather use 90 octane Recreational Fuel, which is ethanol free and will not eat up your fuel line.
Sa a1 c⁰⁰
I used to have 2 chain Saws and I use two stroke petrol mixed with light oil
I use non ethonal boat gas perineum 90 Oct still has some ethonal
Don't use that can gas
Yeah, that's a sure sign he isn't a good mechanic -- they all blame fuel for their shortcomings
Went to local tip to dump lawn clippings. Saw a lawn mower on the metal scrap pile. Asked groundsman if I could take the mower, he said ok. Bought mower home, open fuel tank, fuel smelt off. Drained fuel tank, put new fuel in, primed the carbi, 2nd pull of the rip cord, engine roared into life. 👍🇦🇺
Got a Honda four stroke mower for a fiver from the dump. Started it with a drill and a socket on the fan nut. New fuel and its a first pull starter. Scruffy but the motor is mint.
I work at a large hardware retail outlet where we sell dozens of lawn mowers spring and into late summer. I do the set up from the carton box they are shipped in. Every once in a while, a customer returns a mower of 3 brands we sell. We either give him a new other mower or refund his money. We don't have a repair department or a mechanic so the store gets a credit for a defective unit and they evenually go into a large dumpster and to a landfill. Employees are forbiden to take these "busted or defective" mowers. They have B&S engines that have been around on lawn mowers since I was a little kid. Boys used to make go-carts with these motors. It is a waste of resources to throw these mowers away. There is no such thing as "away" now days. The blade most likely has never cut a blade of grass. All so sad. A small engine mechanic could have a part time job here.
A-1 information man! I do these same steps with my saws, usually after every truck load of firewood . My 039 is almost 23 years old now. Still thumpin!
$12 !!!!! Including OEM carbie !!! Come on? Maybe from China.
The gasket should have been between the cylinder and carb you also did all that and did not even clean the sparkplug huh hum 🤔
American fuel must be wild stuff!
I can store a saw for years, full of fuel, start it and it'll run fine!
Petrol must be a better fuel than "Gas" !
They add corn based ethanol in our gas here. Usually the "premium" grade gas is ethanol free but in some areas of the country that even has ethanol in it. Less problems back when gas didn't have ethanol in it at all
You can't even buy straight gasoline in the UK now. We changed to 5% ethanol, then 10%. It absorbs water and rots everything. Need to drain the tank end of season and strip down and clean the carb every year.
Do they put ethanol in your 'petrol" if they don't then that is why it lasts. Our fugking government mandates ethanol in fuel for cars. You have to buy more expensive non-ethanol fuel for yout gas powered tools.
He didn't say when putting the clutch on about putting the oil pump wire in the Gruve of the clutch housing cuz if u miss that the wire will make a hole into oil tank
Best video! Thank you, Sir!
Thanks and glad you found it helpful
Going for a used chainsaw. And ask the owner hee before I buy it can I remove the muffler 🤔🧐
I bought a brand new 026 pro in 1998 I've loved it from day one. Brings a smile to my face every time it fires up. I can't believe someone would treat a saw like that.
The gasket goes on the backside of the carb not the front side.
Surprised it even started with the gasket put on backwards. Duh
You got lucky because the cheap air filters I have seen wont allow the choke to completely close. But good video! Free red lever 026 SCORE!!!!
When replacing coarse-threaded screws in plastic parts put the screw into its hole and turn it BACKWARDS a few turns. You'll feel the screw hop as the leading thread of the screw skips over the lead-in thread of the hole. Turn the screw a few times but stop immediately after you feel the next "hop". Now turn the screw in the proper direction and it will tighten properly into its hole without cross treading.
that's tough to describe and you did it very well.
Start doing that TODAY with every screw you put in...wall plates for electrical
switches and outlets for instance. Far fewer cross threading problems from
now on. For a LOT of things.
@@mattjewett4473 screw backwards till it clicks, then screw it in.
👍👍
Agree and I think he did just that in this video! Great point anyway.
Is this the kind of thing you usually do? In hopes that it is, I am subscribing. Excellent video!
nice to know the throttle
linkage ... excellent VIDEO .. 👍
Thanks 👍
Excellent instructions with quality video and explanations of everything you did. Can’t wait to watch and learn more of your videos if they’re as great as this one. Only wish I had found this video sooner as it covers it all and one of my chainsaws is still in the shop.
Glad it was helpful!... you can do it next time
Good tips great rebuild straightforward if I may add a couple tips when cleaning small gas tanks use BB's and put one part lacquer thinner TO 5 or 7 Parts gas, fill all the way, leave several hours or longer too unsettle varnish, gunk. Purge ⅓ gas out, add BBs shake vigorously if one can, let set, repeat (should be clean), Purge. New gas, Stihl oil, or comparable. Obviously if the lines need cleaned or replaced then so be it.
Large motorcycle gas tanks one can use the same process or marbles instead of BB's. Add more lacquer thinner if needed. Be well everybody
Excellent tip!!!
99
Actually, that's not a good sharp chain, it really needs sharpening!!!. Good job in getting that saw running again. Crazy to just throw that in the garbage. Always someone looking to buy even dead saws.
My brother retired as a mechanic and recently just barely survived (and will never be the same) because of damage caused by his use of solvents at his job. Please, when you use carb cleaner, gas, acetone, etcetera, remember that your skin is porous and what your spraying is going into your blood stream. If my brother could go back and advise his younger self, it would be to buy and use protective gloves. Good job on the 025 those are great saws.
Very good advice.
I know, thanks for bringing this to everyone's attention, I'm good but I knew several mechanics that have problems on account of hrydoseal 1
ⁿ
for that money it cant be a walbro carb!
Traded my uncle, RIP a few years ago, took alot TLC, love it, couldn't part with it.
Screamer 026, first one was 028 all time favorite old one's.
Wow iv never seen a carb that was actually so visibly “dirty” that was alot of grot
The carburetor part that was fast forwarded was the most important part that was to be slowed down in this whole video
during that part I attached a link in the upper right corner for people who want to watch that
026 very good saw.
Real fine informative presentation; I worked in woods from Maine to Washington State, from handfelling and bucking to using horse and oxen dragging and loading; up until the new computer assisted feller bunchers.
From wooden spar trees and diesel engined yarders on sled of old growth logs to newer steel towers and very powerful diesel motors on down to triple drums and newer shovel loggers and very mobile cat tracked yarders.
As an aside tallest spartree I personally climbed and topped was an 9' diameter Dougfir at stumpand topped just under200 feet and still near 30 inches in diameter.
FROM TREE TO TAILHOLT WAS ALMOST 4000 FEET ON VERY STEP GROUND OF SKYLINE.
WATCHING YOUR REMINDS ME OF WHEN I FIXED AND REPAIRED MY OWN DISTONS AND A TWO MAN Mac used with14 foot at old growth cedar mill.Tree fellers and hand buckers started out being as " bushlers( paid by thousands board foot).
Your axe wedges, Jack's, tree plates for 18 inch long steel wedges and knowing how to sharpen saw teeth and chains teeth all important to make money so you learned how to keep maintained.
It was the importation of European built saws that changed logging as they were lighter, faster cut5ing than any andall American made.
It replaced two man feller bucket team as onemancould more than double number of trees felled by just 1 man.
Still was my best saws with Husquavarna second but damn near even choice.
With help of any young son we could teardown to piston removal andspl8t case; and then put back running as new inunder three (3) hours and was real money saver over new.
Thanks for the memories.
RESPECT!
Thanks for your visit!
I leave gas in some of my chainsaws all the time. However, I use nothing but premium, non ethanol gas and one ounce of a good stabilizer in each gallon of gas. I am protected for two years or longer. The longest I have left gas in a tank is 18 months and the saw cranked right up.
Don't leave ethanol more than 3 months.
You clean a bar from the sprocket nose towards the beginning of the bar to keep from putting dirt, sawdust out of the sprocket nose. You can then clean ot the oil holes with compressed air. I always use compressed air to blow out the slot on both sides of the bar.
not allot of hrs. on that saw good score . one of the best stihl ever made
Sharpen that chain you will be happy you did it
That's about as nasty a fuel tank as I have seen on a Stihl!
Nice trouble shooting vid!
Dang carb looked like someone poured black pepper in the intake while the saw was running
That fuel line probably dissolved because that gas that was left in there was Ethanol spiked. Ethanol eats plastic like that fuel line.
You can leave gas in your equipment if you use Sta-Bil fuel stabilizer in it. I do it with no issues.
Use ethanol free gas in all small engines. For the extra $ you spend its well worth it. 2-strokes love octane and with premium dirt bike or snowmobile oil you save the money you spent on better gas. Anyone that has 2-stroke tools should have a Ratio-Rite. There $6-$12 and great for mixing up anything.
Looks like someone mixed motor oil with fuel
VERY GOOD Video, I own 7 STHIL SAWS, Different Sizes, TIP Always use """PURE GAS,""" When you let them Sit for a few Months Ethanol Gas will DESTROY CARBURETORS and MELT OLD LINES, On Chain Saws Lawn Mowers This, and Weed Eaters etc ETHANOL will MELT STRAINERS in Gas Tanks on Older Vehicles,
Try not to use ethanol gas because it eats natural rubber over the short period of time
Don’t use ethanol gas because it eats natural rubber up
Lucky dog that's a nice find and great instructional thank you
Fuel line: I purchased 2 feet of line with grommets for a Husky, I also bought Husky filters. Much less expensive (5 bucks for line and grommets), and easier to put together than Stihl fuel lines. it also has a larger ID than stihl, but it fits on the carburetor just perfectly. Thanks for the video.
Do you have a link for those parts?
But Husky's aren't as good as they were. Also the parts can be hard to find in the UK.
Just seen this video. It helped me get a Stihl 025 back in running condition after it sat in someones basement for almost 20 years. Luckily it didn't have gas in it
Way to go!
Put new gaskets,ect in the carb. Rebuild it basically!! Its worth it. The old Stihl saws were the best!👍👍👍
This was a fun video to watch. It’s cool to see that get fixed.
Thanks for watching
I don't own a chain saw but you taught me something about the engine
Most 2 cycle engines are very similar so this will help with your trimmer, blower, etc...
I would have used Acetone or the tank
Be careful usin a non oem air filter on an 026, because the full choke position may not work correctly. I also use oem fuel lines and gas filters in my saws.
If i had your money I would too.
Excellent video, very complete and accurate instructions! I noticed the rim sprocket looked a little worn. Since you had the carb and muffler removed, I would have done a vacuum/pressure test to see if there were any leaks in the bottom end. I also noticed the chain sagged a little but then tightened up as it turned. Could be related to the wear on the sprocket and wear on the chain drive links due to the worn sprocket. 026 is a great little saw!
026 is underpowered and way to weak for anything besides back yard weekend warriors. If it's not a 311 or better you're just wasting your time.
@@shelbie9500 Weekend warriors' money is just as good as knuckle dragging wood apes'.
@@shelbie9500 You may wish to spend less time looking down your nose. If someone says something is great for them, it is great for their purposes. We aren't going to the Canadian Rockies to fell 4' diameter trees.
But what you got off ebaY were Farmertec/Huztl MS250 components. Made in China for a MS250 exact clone version of the Stihl. Servicable, but maybe not so hot. If they don't come bagged with a Stihl item number they're not OEM Stihl. Personally, I wouldn't trust the fuel line or the air filter (the air filters sometimes don't seal well and allow dust in around the flanges - like your carburetor showed originally).
Great package...for $12.99...say £10 quid! If I needed that in the UK...postage would be about £35...??!!
It's like a brand new second hand one !!
Nice work.
Yes, thanks
Excellent refurbishment tutorial. Thanks !
Glad you enjoyed it!
Good work. Like you, I would never "try to start" any old machine which has an unknown history ... like soooo many dumbarse youtubers do with barn-find cars. "Will it run after 40 years?" Best way to more destroy a motor which only needed a day's worth of partial checking for dangerous problems and the basic service kit.. I saw one dumbarse run an old motor which got going 10 seconds before a full seize up due to a completely blocked sump strainer.
Personally, I would have done a full reconditioning, all rings, seals, bearings, carbie kit, etc, so then you KNOW you've got a reliable machine long in the future.
The absolute best step by step diy rebuild/repair I have ever watched! Much Thanks
Wow, thanks!
@@helpinguonline Well deserved!
Great video, but nowhere in Your sped up cleaning of the carb did I see poking of wire into fuel passages to clear trash.....I have found that one "Bunch" of wires from a standard industrial Stainless Steel wire brush supplies a great number of "Pokers" to clear small carb passages, and are a great fit and strength for that purpose....just sayin'....I am envious of Your price of repair kits, in Canada We pay 3-4 times that price for such kits....
So wonderful...not that we now have to deal w/ ethanol added to our gas. Thank you, Jesus. What's next. Oh, the masks and the shots. Hey, I'm just tryna live over here. Can you cut me a break?
I have to edit in that the hemostats are essential. Especially the curved ones. They give you some leverage. And cheap! $4 bucks?
$13 and labor you’ve got a nice chainsaw.
Not need change repair fix old chainsaw things not economy. Stihl carburetor and gums and engine cylinder valves…etc very expensive not economy. Need buy new Stihl chainsaw. I have Stihl 880 and Stihl 171 I will buy new if They very old and noz work because repair change carburator…etc very expensive
This never happens to me. I can't pull start any Stihl chainsaw. I won't buy it. I bought a Husqvarna 460 Ranch 24" instead.
Great* Job*.. Sounded Beautiful*, once you tune adjusted the carb..💯👍👌👨🔧🥰⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🎥🎬
I would argue that depending on the price of the saw it is worth replacing the piston and cylinder.
35.00 US for aftermarket head/piston/rings kit for ms290 I'm doing right now. Plenty of RUclips videos to help with the rebuild. Would be a shame to scrap a saw for that reason.
Piston and cylinder are not maintenance items. Run them until there's a loss of compression.
$12.99, WTFLIP! Sounds like that stuff may have fell off the back of a truck and just happened to land at my cousin Vinny's feet. LOL
Almost looks like someone put bar oil in the gas tank.
I don't think that I'm going to clean those carburetors anymore. I went to the dealership a couple years ago for a carburetor gasket kit. It would have been $15. They sold me a complete brand new carburetor for $20.
Ethanol- the issue with many an engine that wasn’t made to run polluted fuel. Sometimes melts rubber, sometimes hardens to the point of rigid. Saw many times in radio control gas engines. I always find no ethanol fuel and use good 2stroke oil. Fresh mix only. With $2500-$5000 invested in my plane the last thing you want is a stall or damaged power source.
I have a Stihl chainsaw myself that I inherited. I‘be taken it to a couple repair shops that’s had it for months and never fixed it at either place. They supposedly replaced everything that can be replaced on the chainsaw but still won’t start. Got good compression and spark. Not sure why it won’t run? But not willing to give up on it yet?
Too much oil in the mix.I have a fleet of tools. All Stihl.my R90 is 7 years old the best machine I own.I use it for trimming and long pole hedging and brush saw.paying attention and knowing your equipment is key.I disagree about running full speed.whenever possible I run half to three quarter throttle.I have a two cycle Fs 55.it’s a nice little rig for around the houses.The key is clean air and clean fuel and do your maintenance.you won’t have any problems.The reason you see these machines in her shop is because the owner doesn’t know how to maintain them and they can’t repair them when they are not running.
Listening to the narration, I thought this was Jeremy Hotz.
Best advice for 'regular guy' who owns a saw: don't leave fuel in your saw. My method is to always run it dry but I would dump fuel out if I had too much to run it all through.
The ethanol in the old fuel ate up the fuel line. When ethanol degrades it turns into hydrocarbons that will melt rubber in fuel lines, carburetor diaphragms, etc. - anything rubber. Soak rusty chains in old two cycle gas for several days and then wire wheel it. According to how rusty it is I may then soak it in old motor oil after cleaning it on a wire wheel. I want oil to permeate every part of the chain and get it where the links are all loose. I had a chain on my Stihl 024 that was pretty rusty. I cleaned it up, oiled it good and then put it on my chain grinder and sharpened it. It is still on my 024 and cuts well. Not all chains can be saved or worth saving. A new 18” .325 chain from Stihl cost around $30. I use white lithium grease on sprocket bearings. It does not take a lot of grease on the bearing.