New...... to me anyhows.

[Bob Hedgecutter]

Indeed- I can almost poke my head out the front door, spit and hit the middle reaches of the famed Mataura River, one of the best (some say the best) sight fishing for big Brown Trout in the World.

 

[Bob Hedgecutter]

Okay, question for all you 200T buffs out there- is there meant to be some kind of small foam block in the "box" shown beneath the air filter cover attachment point in the photo above?

 

[DND 9000]

Yes there is normally a small foam element in there.

 

[Bob Hedgecutter]

Yes there is normally a small foam element in there.

Thanks- another bit to add to the shopping list!

 

[stilh036prohog]

Thanks- another bit to add to the shopping list!

The handles are not to bad but will try your patience. When you get running you be in love.

 

[Bob Hedgecutter]

So...... to all those "in the know" - are the Chinese 200T manifolds really that bad?

Only asking because I just checked out the Farmertec site and could have bought roughly 80 manifolds for what it cost for one genuine Stihl OEM manifold over here!

 

[Bob Hedgecutter]

Well it is all together, Meteor cylinder & piston kit- rest was pretty much there, new OEM rubbers....... and it starts and runs....... for a bit.
Guessing it is the famous accelerator pump issues. I mean it passed pressure & vac testing all new OEM rubbers, fuel/vent, impulse and manifold (which all cost a bloody fortune over here), starts well, run up to full throttle and release, then at idle the revs start to climb like it is running on the last vapours of an empty tank and dies- accelerator pump most likely candidate? lone wolf?