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I’ve seen it here as well. Last year their E free was yellow and the last couple times I bought it it was clear

There’s a guy in the Facebook groups looking for a MDG1 to try and reverse engineer it. Seems stupid that it’s not available to the public anyway. I guess breaking a law that isn’t enforced isn’t breaking the law

I don’t think so. It’s computer code *s-word I believe. Had a 572 that would start and idle like it was in the choke position on at3. Pull the throttle and it would not rev up at all, could hear the air being sucked through the carburetor, but no change in RPMs. Put a new coil on it and it ran fine

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I didn’t really. Don’t actually know if it can be diagnosed without the SDS software. The brain is in the coil. Many of the issues we associate with fuel problems are actually issues with the coil communicating to the carburetor. My main gig is port work, not repair. Rather than spend hours or...

All I know is I’ve seen a half dozen mtron and autotune coils go bad but never a carb itself other than diaphragms. After buying a few new carburetors because that’s what it sounded like, and then actually fixing it with a new coil, it leaves a sore spot

An update kit came out several years into production because they were chewing up bearings. It uses an 044 clutch drum and a larger bearing

I would test them for continuity with a multimeter. Try bending and twisting them to see if there is a break. Also check from red to yellow to confirm they aren’t touching each other

Clean/rebuild the carburetor and put a new fuel solenoid on it like mentioned. If that doesn’t do it, it’s more likely that it’s electrical. Either the harness, plug wire or a coil. There’s less precision jetting inside these mtronic carburetors than there is in one with needles. Aluminum holes...

Never been scammed but I’m particular about where I send money. I can smell a pile of shíț a mile away

Grab any stihl with a removable front cover and make a few cuts straight down, dogging in, and dogging in harder. Remove the cover and do the same thing in those 3 cuts and see what the difference is

It’s definitely something, all right

A 572 and 462 are nearly 50% more than what they were 5 years ago. Same as nearly every saw available today

Well, I guess I was talking to everyone offering half of what it was worth.