I have a Stihl 028 that I bought new but haven't used it in years. Trees are down in my yard and I need it running. It ran well as far as I remember but has been sitting in its case in the shop for 13 years or so.
I changed the gas, installed a new fuel filter and line then went to start it. There was a horrible recoil when pulling the starter and I would say timing is off. I thought perhaps carbon build up causing too much compression. It turns fine without a plug.
It did run yesterday but not well and mostly wouldn't start because the recoil was so bad it jerked the cord out of my hand. I removed the flywheel and the points are nice and clean but 2 of 3 wires coming from the points are cut. 1 wire goes to the condenser. A black wire and a yellow wire run through a grommet toward the coil and end. There are no terminals on the wire except for where they connect to the points.
I don't use this much and would just like to get it running. Most discussions I've read say to just swap to a modual. I'd prefer to forst hook the wires up and see if it will run. Unfortunately, I don't see information of where the wires connect and shops I've talked to can't remember how points are installed.
There is also a wire on the coil that goes to the kill switch.
So, long way to say...Wire 1 goes from the points to the condenser. Where do wires 2 & 3 connect? I don't see how it would start at all with those wires cut - but it did.
Any help is much appreciated.
I changed the gas, installed a new fuel filter and line then went to start it. There was a horrible recoil when pulling the starter and I would say timing is off. I thought perhaps carbon build up causing too much compression. It turns fine without a plug.
It did run yesterday but not well and mostly wouldn't start because the recoil was so bad it jerked the cord out of my hand. I removed the flywheel and the points are nice and clean but 2 of 3 wires coming from the points are cut. 1 wire goes to the condenser. A black wire and a yellow wire run through a grommet toward the coil and end. There are no terminals on the wire except for where they connect to the points.
I don't use this much and would just like to get it running. Most discussions I've read say to just swap to a modual. I'd prefer to forst hook the wires up and see if it will run. Unfortunately, I don't see information of where the wires connect and shops I've talked to can't remember how points are installed.
There is also a wire on the coil that goes to the kill switch.
So, long way to say...Wire 1 goes from the points to the condenser. Where do wires 2 & 3 connect? I don't see how it would start at all with those wires cut - but it did.
Any help is much appreciated.