Thats a great idea. I'd like to know myself what your 30 year repairman did to fix the oiler problem on that saw. Though I've sold tons of 361's, own two myself, and never once had a complaint about lack of oil I may one day run into the same problem. I'd like to know exactly what your man did that the Stihl dealer couldn't or missed.
Being alittle handy with a Stihl saw myself and knowing there is only a filter or strainer as some call it in the oil tank-part # 11176403800, a feed hose to the pump-part #11226479400, a oil pump-part #11356403200, a oil pump drive-part #11286407112, a seal ring-part #1122649500, and a tank vent or valve as Stihl calls it-part #11286409100 So in all there are only 6 parts that make up the entire oil system on that saw. So when you talk to your man ask him if he replaced any parts of the oil system and which one of the 6 did he replace or fix.
What a sad story - We went through something similar with a new Chevy van gas gauge, under warrenty, but for 3 months, the dealer had the van more than we did. Finally out of absolute disgust, we went to another dealer, their mechanic fixed it in an hour. Bad ground connection - By then, the warrenty was expired, but GM did finally pay us back. Guess which dealer we bought our next car from?
Hey Champ, what happens if the clutch drum doesn't engage the pump drive spring correctly? Could this cause the problem or will the spring automatically catch in the drum as it revolves? Or maybe it got bent out of the way so it didn't engage at all?
I have always ask what was wrong with something i had in the shop. I want to know if it could have been avoided on my part. Also kinda nosey i guess, But i would think anybody would be curious as to what was wrong with it and what did they do to fix it. Not that i could fix it next time just want to know.
But it seems there is no patients in the world today, so here you go with out a picture.
Jim the 30+ year small engine repair man in his 60 now said there was only 1 problem causing the issue but in his opinion other menacing issues.
The strainer, sieve he called it,, was clogged on the inside with a piece of plastic.
And in his words the GD tubing is too short to pull out of the tank so he cut the tube inserted a small adapter added a short piece of tubing and a new sieve and said it should suck just fine now but this is one of those cases where import was a good thing and Stihl is not as good as they used to be
What used to be a fine machine is just another chainsaw.
When my dad had problems with a car, he'd go one step further. If the mechanic replaced something, he wanted the broken part back when he picked the car up.
Ian
When my dad had problems with a car, he'd go one step further. If the mechanic replaced something, he wanted the broken part back when he picked the car up.
Ian
Careful - I knew mechanics who kept a stash of worn parts for just such occasions. That's one of the reasons I got out of it - tired of seeing people ripped off.
Careful - I knew mechanics who kept a stash of worn parts for just such occasions. That's one of the reasons I got out of it - tired of seeing people ripped off.
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