Bought my stihl 361 exactly 18 years ago today. It has never let me down, not once. Now after 18 years Im starting to look into having the saw O/H'd with New carb membranes, oil/gas filters etc. It hasnt seen extreme heavy use - but "stihl" after 18 years, thats impressive.
Thanks for sharing your experience! I've heard from several people that a genuine Stihl MS361 is an absolute rock-solid workhorse. Unfortunately for these Farmertec knock-offs, sometimes you really do get what you pay for.
I have a Stihl MS361 and I agree with you about the cover design. It's a real pain to get to the spark plug. I've ripped up 2 spark plug boots already.
I bought a spark plug boot puller and it works great. A little silly to buy a specialty tool to work around this design, though, especially since it's the only thing you can't do with a scrench.
I put a thin film of 2-stroke oil on everything as I assembled, and I thought I gave the rings a decent helping. But I don't really know what I'm doing and I hear what you're hearing, so I guess I should have added more.
It's a balancing act. I do my best to get the shot, but sometimes I have to pull the camera back so I can actually get in there and do what I need to do.
The new piston broke, dropping a chunk of aluminum into the crank case. Here's the video of the ensuing bottom-end rebuild: ruclips.net/video/vzhyaR0nWMk/видео.html
Bought my stihl 361 exactly 18 years ago today.
It has never let me down, not once.
Now after 18 years Im starting to look into having the saw O/H'd with New carb membranes, oil/gas filters etc. It hasnt seen extreme heavy use - but "stihl" after 18 years, thats impressive.
Thanks for sharing your experience! I've heard from several people that a genuine Stihl MS361 is an absolute rock-solid workhorse. Unfortunately for these Farmertec knock-offs, sometimes you really do get what you pay for.
I have a Stihl MS361 and I agree with you about the cover design. It's a real pain to get to the spark plug. I've ripped up 2 spark plug boots already.
I bought a spark plug boot puller and it works great. A little silly to buy a specialty tool to work around this design, though, especially since it's the only thing you can't do with a scrench.
A little oil in the cylinder and piston goes long way. When you turn the flywheel it sounds awfully dry.😮
I put a thin film of 2-stroke oil on everything as I assembled, and I thought I gave the rings a decent helping. But I don't really know what I'm doing and I hear what you're hearing, so I guess I should have added more.
A little closer camera view would help tremendously
It's a balancing act. I do my best to get the shot, but sometimes I have to pull the camera back so I can actually get in there and do what I need to do.
Hiya, so what happened?
The new piston broke, dropping a chunk of aluminum into the crank case. Here's the video of the ensuing bottom-end rebuild: ruclips.net/video/vzhyaR0nWMk/видео.html