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My buddy has an old West German Stihl 024AV that he gave me (and a bunch of other random weed eaters) to fix up for him. According to my friend, the saw ran fine until he started messing with the carb, and then it sat for a while.
Since he indicated carb troubles, I first adjusted all the carb settings back to stock but couldn't get it started. I then cleaned the carb but it was obvious someone had already been in the carb since the head on the needle screw was rounded slightly. I bought a replacement carb off of eBay and used that but still couldn't get the saw started.
I've verified that I've got spark, I've cleaned the spark arrestor on the muffler, replaced the impulse line, replaced a worn fuel cap gasket, and replaced the fuel line. I inspected the flywheel but couldn't verify that the flywheel key was good since I don't have a flywheel puller and I couldn't persuade the flywheel off by tapping with a hammer.
I finally got a hold of a compression tester today and compression was ~90psi which is low. I wanted to ask what my next step should be. I feel like it's a piston and rings but wanted to ask the experts first. Haven't had a two-stroke be this stubborn before...
Since he indicated carb troubles, I first adjusted all the carb settings back to stock but couldn't get it started. I then cleaned the carb but it was obvious someone had already been in the carb since the head on the needle screw was rounded slightly. I bought a replacement carb off of eBay and used that but still couldn't get the saw started.
I've verified that I've got spark, I've cleaned the spark arrestor on the muffler, replaced the impulse line, replaced a worn fuel cap gasket, and replaced the fuel line. I inspected the flywheel but couldn't verify that the flywheel key was good since I don't have a flywheel puller and I couldn't persuade the flywheel off by tapping with a hammer.
I finally got a hold of a compression tester today and compression was ~90psi which is low. I wanted to ask what my next step should be. I feel like it's a piston and rings but wanted to ask the experts first. Haven't had a two-stroke be this stubborn before...