Last year, I decided I wanted a new saw (Stihl only, that's what I grew up with). I have a 009, a MS180C and a MS290. The 009 is a great little limbing top handle, but it's old, and as they tend to do, it runs rich and it's to the point it floods out while running. It's a...
From STIHL. MS 300 MS 461/462 & 500 (attached) Ah fu (k, I read the chart wrong, in Freedom Units it's: MS 300 C-M: 4.5 HP, 10.6 lbs MS 462 C-M: 6.0 HP, 13.2 lbs and up MS 500i: 6.7 HP, 13.9 lbs and up The lightbulb units got me again. I was wondering how that little creamsickle made so much power. I go back and read the page in German and the units don't make sense, it says 3kW, and that's ...
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I saw a couple of you tube videos (from different people) who had bad comments about the Stihl HP Ultra 2 cycle oil. One of them concerned an insufficient amount of oil film in the crankcase. (That person fixes chainsaws). I have had a Stihl chainsaw go bad on me that had minimal hours on it...
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My MS290 had develop a condition where at times it is impossible to pull the recoil; as if the saw is locked up. This is when I try to pull fast to start the saw; you can pull the recoil slowly through each compression stage. Taking the plug out the saw pulls normally. I have been given a...