Recent content by ZeroJunk

That is a scoop, damn it.

Good Lord, the world is coming to an end, and ya'll have a spat about this.

Unfortunately , I have used a shovel a bit. Like digging a septic tank line by hand, etc. The short handle shovels are for moving sand or gravel, etc. If you want to dig a hole you really need the pry length of the regular shovel. Reason they made them that way.

Does not strike me as an air leak, but it could be. Make sure the impulse line is intact and not stopped up with some excess Dirko or whatever you used to seal the pan. Usually with an air leak they will run, but just not idle down. IOW, if it is a fully adjustable carb , with an air leak you...

Well, I'm 71 years old and work as a mechanic for a Stihl dealer still. The easy starts are fine. The problem usually occurs when you loan it to your young friend or relative who yanks the insides out of it. I would also ask how you start your saw. I never drop start anything. I set the saw...

Makes my back hurt looking at them.

I bought a Stihl SR430 sprayer. I am going to kill early blight and late blight on my tomatoes if I can. Pump up sprayers just don't get the chemical where it needs to be.

Need to wait a while to make sure Stihl does not want it, but I may get a MS400 that is only a few days old. Train wreck inside. My suspicion is the people were running a little scam to get a job done and get their money back. But, whatever. I'll post some photos if it goes my way.

Well, the 1300 is a "dumb" coil with no advance. Seems to have ignored my post about dry cylinders being difficult to pull. I start saws that are "locked up" for old farts every day. Funny thing is that I am older than most .

I start so many different saws a week I won't even put a number on it because you would just think I am lying anyway. But, several times a week I will get a saw that you cannot pull the rope but a couple of feet to the point you think that is all the rope that is on it. Turns out they are just...

Stihl concrete or cut off saws like a TS-420 have some type of rubber/ neoprene or whatever flat seals that fit in two grooves in the bearing. If they are not perfectly in line it can catch the rubber seal and deform it . And, I am not sure about freezing the bearing with the rubber or putting...

Had a MS170 Friday that had the fuel tank full of bar oil and bar oil tank full of fuel. Don't see why they can't make them run either way.

wow

I was talking about using used burnt motor oil for bar oil 50 years ago, little longer ago than that actually. Not sure how it morphed. Internet thing.

Yeah, a Homelite 7-19C was likely more anemic.