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thanks everyone so very much for your valued advice,,,,,what is involved with checking the keyway? i did remove the rope starter and didnt see a keyway in the flywheel,,,,guess i should have removed the nut and washer,,,,,if the timing was off,or,the piston scared,would the saw still run so...

no,the saw is in exceptionally nice shape,this is a compression related problem,at least i think so,when its running,it runs just great,i once took it to a guy to have some work done on it,and he called me,telling me the saw was seized up,,,turns out that its just due to its extremely high...

I have a 026 stihl which has the screw caps for oil and gas,it was made in virginia beach,its kinda confusing,because it was made in virginia beach,and not in germany,one would assume its a newer saw,but,on the other hand,it DOES have the screw oil and gas caps,,,,can anyone give me some...