Found on craigslist Santa FE, where it languished more than a week until I gave in and bought it. It didn't run, a cracked fuel line, ethanol. Needs some work on the oiler too.
it still has the original 17 inch bar that came with this model.
It had been to the local Stihl dealer for a new piston but ran poorly afterwards. Idle speed had been lowered by adjusting the idle mixture, the tech apparently unable to locate the idle speed screw. The screw faces aft rather than port or starboard and is adjusted thru an aperture in the air filter. I adjusted the idle mixture, then the idle speed, idle mixture again and finally set the high speed mixture to rev up to 9300. now it has good power and four strokes contentedly when lifted from the cut.
it still has the original 17 inch bar that came with this model.
It had been to the local Stihl dealer for a new piston but ran poorly afterwards. Idle speed had been lowered by adjusting the idle mixture, the tech apparently unable to locate the idle speed screw. The screw faces aft rather than port or starboard and is adjusted thru an aperture in the air filter. I adjusted the idle mixture, then the idle speed, idle mixture again and finally set the high speed mixture to rev up to 9300. now it has good power and four strokes contentedly when lifted from the cut.