Hey AS!
Love this community and all the helpful individuals here. I'm up against the ropes with this one. I acquired a few used Stihl saws from fellow who was offloading them, and they are WELL used (price was right). the topic of this post is a old-model MS391. It has served me very well for...
So I posted a little while back about a stihl ms391 that wasn't getting spark. Well it turned out to be the ignition coil cause I managed to get the thing to finally fire up.
Now my newest problem is that I can get the thing to idle but it doesn't have a very consistent and confident startup...
(I hope this will let me post some pics. I'm a new poster, so maybe not.)
I used this model (MS-391) for years when I worked in maintenance at a local college. I grew to love it. I just bought a new one for myself. I had to travel out of town to get this model because my local dealer had it on...
Hello everyone,
New to the site. Homeowner from central MA with a decent size property, cutting my own firewood.
I'm facing some weird issues with my 391.
Was running poorly, not holding idle after warming up and a few 20" cuts; I took apart the manifold, carb etc., discovered some pinholes on...
Has anybody successfully removed the port covers on the stihl MS391/311 cylinder? I’m not sure how stihl seals these things on but they’re on there. There’s gotta be a way but I haven’t found it. I appreciate any input. Thanks
Seems the 391 gets the cold shoulder a lot since it’s just a home owner saw. But I did a muffler mod, my way and did not like it, so I was looking for a replacement.
Found one one ebay for about $45, nah....
So I started to dig through IPL’s on the 311 and 362 but I stopped short and thought I...