STIHL The Official Stihl Chainsaws Thread

[EFSM]

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I'm working on a 026 for a coworker. Interesting that the carb nuts were missing when I removed the airfilter?

I’ve seen my share of oddities, but never that. Was it exhibiting signs of an air leak?

 

[Gary Courtney]

Were they not any nuts on the air filter

 

[Maintenance Chief]

I’ve seen my share of oddities, but never that. Was it exhibiting signs of an air leak?

Shop told the owner "no spark" !

 

[Maintenance Chief]

Were they not any nuts on the air filter

None.

 

[Sloughfoot]

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I'm working on a 026 for a coworker. Interesting that the carb nuts were missing when I removed the airfilter?

The nuts on the air filter are the carb nuts on mine. Get an air filter and you'll have them.

 

[Maintenance Chief]

@ray benson , do you have an ipl for the 026?

 

[ray benson]

@ray benson , do you have an ipl for the 026?

Here are a couple.

 

[Gary Courtney]

The nuts on the air filter are the carb nuts on mine. Get an air filter and you'll have them.

My 024 is that way that is why I asked him.

 

[Gary Courtney]

 

[Sloughfoot]

Nuts on an 026 filter are also part of the cover attachment design. 260 filter will give it more air flow but the nuts don't work with the cover. You also will have to clearance the 026 cover to work with the 260 filter in addition to switching out the nuts.

 

[Sloughfoot]

This one's ineresting.

Pardon Our Interruption...

 

[Sloughfoot]

Here's another one fetching top dollar.

Pardon Our Interruption...

 

[Maintenance Chief]

Nuts on an 026 filter are also part of the cover attachment design. 260 filter will give it more air flow but the nuts don't work with the cover. You also will have to clearance the 026 cover to work with the 260 filter in addition to switching out the nuts.

It does appear that the air filter does have pockets for nuts?

 

[Sloughfoot]

It does appear that the air filter does have pockets for nuts?

Unfortunately, the nuts are proprietary. If you do end up getting a whole new filter, the metal screen type works better than the flocked.

 

[lehman live edge slab]

@ray benson , do you have an ipl for the 026?

Should be two of the normal 8mm nuts on the carb, the air filter has a resess to fit over the carb nuts on the inner half of the air filter which is held on by the two screws on carb studs. I’ve never seen an 024/026 or 260 that doesn’t have nuts holding the carb on and not the two on the filter.

 

[EFSM]

Should be two of the normal 8mm nuts on the carb, the air filter has a resess to fit over the carb nuts on the inner half of the air filter which is held on by the two screws on carb studs. I’ve never seen an 024/026 or 260 that doesn’t have nuts holding the carb on and not the two on the filter.

Me neither.

 

[SawAddictedFarmer]

Should be two of the normal 8mm nuts on the carb, the air filter has a resess to fit over the carb nuts on the inner half of the air filter which is held on by the two screws on carb studs. I’ve never seen an 024/026 or 260 that doesn’t have nuts holding the carb on and not the two on the filter.

Me neither.

The one I rebuilt just had two big fancy nuts on the air filter that also held the carb down.

 

[lehman live edge slab]

The one I rebuilt just had two big fancy nuts on the air filter that also held the carb down.

Should be regular nuts also I’m betting, Stihl wouldn’t rely on a plastic air filter housing to effectively hold pressure on the carb to boot. Way too much chance of an air leak and also every time you pulled the filter to clean the carb would come loose and have a chance of not seating properly again . If you look at the inside half of the filter it’s probably has room to fit over the standard 8 mm nuts. The one 026 I have is from 1991 with a red lever and it has nuts on it and is 100% the way it was built because I got it new.

 

[SawAddictedFarmer]

Should be regular nuts also I’m betting, Stihl wouldn’t rely on a plastic air filter housing to effectively hold pressure on the carb to boot. Way too much chance of an air leak and also every time you pulled the filter to clean the carb would come loose and have a chance of not seating properly again . If you look at the inside half of the filter it’s probably has room to fit over the standard 8 mm nuts.

I actually have the saw at our place right now so I'll check that.

 

[lehman live edge slab]

Nuts on an 026 filter are also part of the cover attachment design. 260 filter will give it more air flow but the nuts don't work with the cover. You also will have to clearance the 026 cover to work with the 260 filter in addition to switching out the nuts.

This is because the 260 filter has a tab on it for the cover vs using a spring loaded 1/4 tab that grabs a slot on the screws on the 024/026. They make a mesh 024 super/026 filter also that would work with the covers no trimming.