Devil is in the details. No huztl is in this saw except bar and chain
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FarmerTec Huztl MS180/250 Complete Chainsaw Kit
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The airport closest to me gets 4.50 a gallon if you pump it. I figured with oil I had about 7-8$ in a gallon . I think they get 8$ a qt for motomix. Quite a savings and some good insurance.
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finally have this almost finished. The screws supplied were too long (thanks china) so i punctured the gas tank and the oil tank. Ive epoxied those holes up and have cut the screws shorter with bolt cutters. Now im just waiting on a rubber buffer to put the handle back on.
I haven't bought any of the China kits, I usually just get a trashed oem saw and fix it up. They're still plentiful in this area, especially the homeowner Stihl saws...
It's heart breaking to me to see this kind of post. Farmertec sux. They continue to put out kits with huge problems when they could simply do a better job. They told me when I asked them to sell the kits here they would improve. That was just not the truth. It looked promising for a while early on. That 025 kit was the worst thing I had ever bought. It still sits in a bucket in pieces and is no better today.
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Bedford T thanks for the videos on youtube they have helped put this together. This kit is around 2 years old so that might have something to do with it and i was aware that was an issue with these when it was relased but i hoped i had gotten a later casting since they had been out for a year + when i ordered. Im pretty good at fixing issues that i come across so i think this will be a working saw in a few days. I rely on my OEM Saws for most of the work and just enjoy tinkering
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They are Chinese Communists - lying is no problem to reach the party's goals.
Got it put together yesterday and flooded it on the initial startup and couldnt get but a sputter out of it. so i called it quits and waited till today. I closed both H, L needles because i think these chinese carbs arnt the standard 1 1/4, 1 1/2 turn out more like 1 max. It sputtered a few times and then i found the right setting on the carb to get it to stay running, adjusted to carb a little to get it to rev out like it should But the wiring muse be fubar because i cant get it to shut off even with both connectors hooked together.
so my next challenge is to fix that. Happy i have it running after all the trouble i have had. The epoxy in the screw holes that poked into the gas tank look to hold for right now. Ill consider that a small victory.
Also solved my Husky 55 issue after replacing a few parts to find out i had a faulty spark plug. So, 2 saws back to working in 2 days.
so my next challenge is to fix that. Happy i have it running after all the trouble i have had. The epoxy in the screw holes that poked into the gas tank look to hold for right now. Ill consider that a small victory.
Also solved my Husky 55 issue after replacing a few parts to find out i had a faulty spark plug. So, 2 saws back to working in 2 days.
It was a pain and i doubt it will last but ive had enough practice taking it apart it shouldnt take me 30 minutes from start to finish to fix anything
Idles good, starts easily 1-2 pulls on choke and then switch to run and it comes to life. Still need to verify if its oiling properly didnt see any spray when i was toying with it.
Idles good, starts easily 1-2 pulls on choke and then switch to run and it comes to life. Still need to verify if its oiling properly didnt see any spray when i was toying with it.
You can get an ms 180 for peanuts from stihl with genuine parts. Strip it and rebuild it. Chinese clone parts are just not worth any “saving” you think you’re getting.
have you built a kit saw?
I have used enough Chinese clone parts on my first every rebuild to know they are total junk and since then have seen countless frustrated people who have built kits, both here and on YouTube to know that kit saws are no better than the rubbish they sell individually. Two Chinese carbs were DOA, plastics didn’t fit, oil seals leaked and that’s just from memory and I built it a year ago. Since then I have used OEM or quality AM like meteor or quality AM bearings from Japan and Germany with no problems on the 4 other saws I built.
It might not mean much but the OEM Stihl oilers weren't all that good either, you usually don't get a spray off the end of the bar like you would on other saws. In this tug of war I wouldn't say Chinese parts are totally junk but I would say that they are hit and miss. I've had many good carburetors from China which are still in use today and not many, if any bad ones. By the way, I think the oem carburetors on some Stihls are made in China. I won't order anything right now from China because of the trouble they're having because of that virus but hope to order again some day when they get their factories and their delivery systems sorted out...
I have had the opposite experience with carbs. Everyone was trouble. I had one brand I had hope for and it quit working soon.
Most everything we use is made there. So it must be the quality control the american companies use there or we would be in real trouble.
My last two Stihl carbs had defects with needles. Do even that control system has its hiccups.
Stihl oilers don't put out enough oil for me unless you pay extra
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Ive had decent luck with what i have gotten from china but to be honest i have more saws now (4) than i really need so they get very light use.
All my yard tools are 10-30 years old and have either rebuilt carbs from me when i couldn't source a new carb or a chinese carb. statistically Ive had 2 issues out of 10 chinese carbs.
My wife just inherited 5 acres in North Alabama so that will be a true test of these chinese saws.
All my yard tools are 10-30 years old and have either rebuilt carbs from me when i couldn't source a new carb or a chinese carb. statistically Ive had 2 issues out of 10 chinese carbs.
My wife just inherited 5 acres in North Alabama so that will be a true test of these chinese saws.
I never went into carbs much. If a carb don't work it's time for a new carb. These newer ones have things like pumps on them and well, 50-100$ is better for me personally just so I not aggravated. A 30 year old saw is ok in my book.
I bet my Chinese saw kits go 30. They are 60% Chinese.
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A few of the Chinese carbs I've put on Stihl saws didn't even require an adjustment, ran great right out of the box. I said Stihl because that's about all I put carbs on, mostly the smaller ones but I remember putting a Chinese Bing carb on my 038 and the saw ran much better than when the Tillotson that was on it. Haven't replaced many of the bigger Stihl carbs like 039 and up..
