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What's the best way to clean a spark plug that is fairly new and looks mechanically ok but is black? White spirits? I believe that caustic soda removes soot from stove windows, so that might work for spark plugs too?

Hi guys, I own a 064 that constantly has had problems starting. I have been fiddling with it for a long time and I believe that I have been pulling the rope to try to start it a couple of hundred times. It does not have a decompression valve:( and I wonder whether it is the biggest Stihl...

Var köper man carb cleaner? Hej grabbar, var köper man "carb cleaner" i Sverige och vad heter det på svenska? Biltema har vist inget. Hälsningar från en dansk i Sverige Tom

Hi Guys, I'm sorry if this post is a little long but I am really frustrated over my 064:(. I bought the saw off ebay a couple of years ago. Contrary to some of you that have bought saws on ebay, this saw was in quite good condition. However, it was somewhat difficult to start. It had a Bing...

We had (again) a power outage in Sweden after a storm. This time it lasted a full week, so I went out and bought a (Chinese) 3-phase electric power generator. I know that many of you people live in rural areas and have the same problem. My question is: How often do you test-start your generators...

Will it damage the ignition coil to pull the start cord when the spark plug cable is not fixed to the spark plug, or when the spark plug cable is on a sparkplug that is not mounted in the saw and not grounded? I assume that when you pull the cord you generate a high voltage. When it becomes...

For wide logs it may be best to use 3 or 5 skip ripping chains. Can you buy them off the shelf?

I'm looking for an ignition coil for my 064. The one that I took out of the saw is marked "CDIC 106/1a". I believe that it has part no 11224001303.

Hi Guys, Thanks to Lakeside and other good advice here, I have now (finally) overhauled my 084. The piston was scored, so I installed a new. The cylinder was also damaged. First, I used 30% muriatic acid to remove the aluminum on the coating of the cylinder. It seemed to work ok but it was...

Hi guys, I have been offered this cherry log and stump. Can I use it for any good woodworking projects and how do I mill it to profit the most from the stump? Or, is it a waste of time? Thanks Tom PS: It's 25 inches in diameter

Anybody has a new and original Stihl 084 piston for sale?

Guys, I have some scoring under the exhaust port of my Stihl 084. I checked with one of the e-Bay sellers of piston kits whether he would also have an aftermarket cylinder, but he didn't. Instead, he gave me the following advice which makes a lot of sense to me. Anyway, before going ahead, I...

Guys, Assume that you have a fine log and, using a metal detector, you find something suspicious inside that could be a nail, but you don't know because you can't see it. Then what do you do? Do you dump the log, do you cut away the part of the log that has the steel part embedded, or do you...

Guys, I am milling a few logs each winter with an Alaskan for my hobby woodshop. I find that manipulating the logs is the largest part of the job, so I wonder whether one couldn't make that much easier using a "log scaffolding" with two large logs on the side of a sloped hill? That way I...

Anybody has a new 084 shroud lying around?

Guys, I am milling wood for my small woodshop. I attach a photo of some oak that I milled last winter. I consistently have a problem and most of my neighbors also have it. Because of too little weight on the top of the pile, the upper third of the wood tends to warp during the summer to the...

Where can I buy a carb kit for a 084? The official Stihl dealers here in Sweden are very expensive, so I would prefer to buy it off the Internet.

Guys, I am looking at the Stihl parts lists and I see that some parts are marked with asterix's (asterices I guess) and an arrow pointing to an X-number. I understand that it has to do with modifications from Stihl but what is the exact meaning?

Hi Guys, Assuming that you have Stihl saw that is scratched. How do you paint the plastic and the cast parts? Which paint? How do you make the paint stay? How do you arrive at the very same color?:help: Thanks Tom

Hi Guys, I just bought a 41" Stihl bar for my 084. I paid 201 US dollars for it, expensive stuff here in Sweden. To my grief I now see that it does not have a sprocket tip. I will use this for milling and my opinion is that for milling one should definitely use a bar with a sprocket tip. It's...