Crappy Stihl Cylinder - Looks like ChiCom Garbage!!!

[THALL10326]

I would tend to disagree. Just because it says it in the warranty doesn't mean it's enforcable in a court of law. Stihl's warranty can say you have to bring it in to the dealer while wearing a bear suit, but only Virginia would enforce that.

Probably something that varies by state.


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Haha, Woodie even though you never would think of doing this. Buy a Stihl weed trimmer, take it home and take the string gaurd off, go use it and the motor burns up in less than 2 hours. You bring to me, I see the string guard is gone, guess what, your screwed, no warranty, you altered the machine. I'm firm about that too, I never give warranty to anyone who removes the string guard, why, because I can, read the warranty. However I also tell every person that buys one if you remove that guard no warranty, they still remove the guard, oh well.

Brad may well get a new cylinder, lets hope he gets one, no money out of my pocket, won't bother me, but is he entittled to one with the story behind that saw, no way. Don't beleive it, bring it Va to Leesburg and I'll show ya. I'll say man thats a crappy looking cylinder, wanna buy a new one or what, don't have all day, you want a free one, ok, where is the saw, who's is it and why is it apart, to mod, ha. Have a nice day.

 

[indiansprings]

Brad, you answered my question and I believe you as I stated I believe you have the integrity to call a spade a spade, some people could have used it that way. I'll give you credit for answering the question! I respect and accept your reply, but I don't think the average, and for the most part people who are on AS is a enthusiast, not your average occasional wood cutter, most of the guys I know is just give a tool that'll get the job done, and that meets their criteria, now if you set them down give them a class on old vs new what the difference was, it would probably create some doubt, but of the millions of saw owners in this country only a couple thousand if that will ever hear of the issue, and with this countries short memory they would forget it in two weeks, some people have forgotten we were attacked on 9/11 and bad guys are still out there to harm Americans on their home soil.

 

[edisto]

Haha, Woodie even though you never would think of doing this. Buy a Stihl weed trimmer, take it home and take the string gaurd off, go use it and the motor burns up in less than 2 hours. You bring to me, I see the string guard is gone, guess what, your screwed, no warranty, you altered the machine. I'm firm about that too, I never give warranty to anyone who removes the string guard, why, because I can, read the warranty. However I also tell every person that buys one if you remove that guard no warranty, they still remove the guard, oh well.

Brad may well get a new cylinder, lets hope he gets one, no money out of my pocket, won't bother me, but is he entittled to one with the story behind that saw, no way. Don't beleive it, bring it Va to Leesburg and I'll show ya. I'll say man thats a crappy looking cylinder, wanna buy a new one or what, don't have all day, you want a free one, ok, where is the saw, who's is it and why is it apart, to mod, ha. Have a nice day.

Two different things. One is someone doing something that caused damage. Clearly they are not entitled to repairs.

Brad's case is something entirely different...it is a manufacturing issue. And no, it shouldn't have to fail to be a identifiable as a manufacturing problem.

Is that why you keep asking how long it will run for? As long as it doesn't fail before the warranty expires it's "good enough"?

 

[THALL10326]

Funny thing today...I finally got around to taking care of the lawn for the first time this season.

I hadn't run either of my 1.6 hp Kawasaki tools since November of last year. Put in fresh mix, and you're not going to believe how frickin' badly they had deteriorated over just six months.

Both pieces took TWO PULLS APIECE to start!! TWO!! That's TWICE AS MANY AS USUAL!! I tells ya...when a Kawi won't start on the first pull...what is the world coming to??!!!

On a secondary note, I did finally get the blower started again.

And it Stihl wouldn't accelerate.


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Two pulls, sounds like a quality issue with the cylinder, take it apart and go to your dealer with the cylinder, let me know what he tells you!!

Pull the limit cap off the high screw on the blower, turn the screw a 1/4-1/2 turn out, it will blow almost as hard as you do.....

KAWA says 1.6ci, not 1.6HP Sammy,hehe

 

[edisto]

most of the guys I know is just give a tool that'll get the job done, and that meets their criteria,

That's why we have Lowe's and Walmart.

 

[Woodie]

Pull the limit cap off the high screw on the blower...

Let me get this straight...you want me to DISASSEMBLE a part of the carburetor??

Under warranty?????

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[indiansprings]

THall, might as well be talkin to a that yankee has a comprehension problem, he doesn't get what you have stated over and over

That if the original owner brought the saw in stated it had serious performance issues, that a tech would tear down the saw and if nothing else stood out as being wrong, but the cylinder looked like this pos, he would more than likely walk out with a new cylinder that was without flaws or a new saw, Stihl would catch the bill.

He doesn't get when a third party that has no ties to Stihl or the warranty process tears down the saw, and determines the cylinder to be a pos, it voids the warranty. He doesn't think like a company owner, or if he was writing the check. He would just replace everything that came in the door and be bankrupt very quickly. It's just like when I worked retail, people would go out and buy yard sale and flea market crap leaving the sale stickers on and bring it in throw it on the counter and say I want my money back, it doesn't work. I'd send them down the road, they sometimes raise hell, not going to shop here anymore, which I'd reply great someone else can lose money on you.

He dosen't understand you have an obligation to the company you represent to adhere and follow their policies or you don't get reimbursed for the claim. Once in a while if it a good customer, you take one for the team but not in this instance.

 

[indiansprings]

Edisto, your right on that one, include Sears in that one. That's why you see more MTD, Murray, Sears by MTD, Yardman by MTD, Troy Built by MTD
pos mowers being used than Grasshopper, John Deere, Kubota,Walker and Bad Boy mowers combined, they want the cheapest thing they can get to mow the grass, don't care the deck will go in two or three years or the cost of repair will exceed what they saved.

 

[edisto]

Let me get this straight...you want me to DISASSEMBLE a part of the carburetor??

Under warranty?????

Of course he does...then it is no longer the companies problem.

 

[Woodie]

THall, might as well be talkin to a that yankee has a comprehension problem, he doesn't get what you have stated over and over

Indian...the above sentence was taken directly from your post, with no alterations in the process.

I'm gonna need you to go over that one with me.

Seriously, I don't believe you're the brightest light in the harbor, but I do believe that, if you're going to insult someone's comprehension of an idea, you should be able to express that thought in a complete sentence.


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[FATGUY]

Two different things. One is someone doing something that caused damage. Clearly they are not entitled to repairs.

Brad's case is something entirely different...it is a manufacturing issue. And no, it shouldn't have to fail to be a identifiable as a manufacturing problem.

Is that why you keep asking how long it will run for? As long as it doesn't fail before the warranty expires it's "good enough"?

amongst journeyman, there's no such thing as "good enough." It's either good, or it isn't. And it isn't.

 

[THALL10326]

Let me get this straight...you want me to DISASSEMBLE a part of the carburetor??

Under warranty?????

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Woodie the cap is on the outside of the carb, don't disassemble the carb, pull that little cap off, adjust the carb and put it back on. Like changing a chain, or air filter, very simple. The machine is running too lean. You have my blessing

Is it under warranty, let your dealer adjust it, its free if you don't wanna fool with it. Up to you..

 

[2000ssm6]

Is it under warranty, let your dealer adjust it, its free if you don't wanna fool with it. Up to you..

I'd pay his dealer to charge him for that adjustment.:hmm3grin2orange:

 

[THALL10326]

Of course he does...then it is no longer the companies problem.

We would do anything to get rid of Woodie but removing that cap isn't one of them,LOL

 

[indiansprings]

Woodie, my error, you got me, trying to do two things at once, It was meant to say, Thall, you might as well give up, your addressing a yankee who has a comprehension problem. There that clears that up. Hell, you couldn't even carry my resume and professional accolades, you just never know what hillbillies from the south can accomplish, it would amaze you what a few of us illiterates are capable of.

 

[THALL10326]

I'd pay his dealer to charge him for that adjustment.:hmm3grin2orange:

2K you have been to my little hole in the wall, you seen how I operate. I'm very good with people that are good with me aren't I? Those that come looking or harping get what? If Brad brought that cylinder to me and told me the story on it what would I tell Brad in two shakes of a lamb tail? How long would Woodie last around me, I say 5 minutes, how long you say?

 

[Woodie]

Woodie, my error, you got me, trying to do two things at once, It was meant to say, Thall, you might as well give up, your addressing a yankee who has a comprehension problem. There that clears that up. Hell, you couldn't even carry my resume and professional accolades, you just never know what hillbillies from the south can accomplish, it would amaze you what a few of us illiterates are capable of.

Just so that you know...I was born in the south, raised in the south, and have lived the majority of my life in the south.

I consider myself Southern.

I do not, however, carry the same inferiority complex that lineage seems to have given you.

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[THALL10326]

Woodie, my error, you got me, trying to do two things at once, It was meant to say, Thall, you might as well give up, your addressing a yankee who has a comprehension problem. There that clears that up. Hell, you couldn't even carry my resume and professional accolades, you just never know what hillbillies from the south can accomplish, it would amaze you what a few of us illiterates are capable of.

Funny, I saw that line and knew what you meant by it even though it wasn't finnished, Woodie is just picky as hell, thats all..

 

[Woodie]

How long would Woodie last around me, I say 5 minutes, how long you say?

Surely the gas would drive me away in three.

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[THALL10326]

Surely the gas would drive me away in three.

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Thought you just said you was from the south, woose,LOL