Go Iris go! Give em both extended middle digits..... I can see it now. Shuffle shuffle shuffle. Two canes hit the floor as she quick draws and implements the two middle digits!! Haaaaaaaa..
These evil dealers all share the same desire, that is, to make a living.
Wow you just described my local dealers perfectly, even the rental/dealer and location of businesses.No, that's the good dealers. The evil dealers are either incompetent or can't be bothered earning their living with honest service. Let's not confuse the two.
I have some experience with 4 different Stihl dealers. The local one in my current community is a rental shop that sells, services and rents all sorts of equipment. They are knowledgeable, courteous, and honest. I'm happy to support them and will spend a few extra bucks in their shop over what I would pay for parts over the internet.
The dealer in the community I used to live in was a farm equipment dealer. Same deal, happy to support them when I lived in that area. The one my brother deals with is a landscaping equipment dealer who is also excellent according to my brother.
That leaves the 4th. He's positioned in an affluent bedroom community and sells lawnmowers to homeowners. I personally am aware of 4 instances where he or his mechanic told people that their equipment was worn out and not economically repairable, yet the real problem was a relatively simple fix (1 impulse line disconnected, 1 fuel line disconnected, 1 needed new carb, 1 needed new seals). He or his mechanic also butchered one attempted repair that I know of (installed Chinese P&C without cleaning anything first or properly adjusting the carb afterwards) and when called out on the shoddy work, refused to warranty his work, claiming the owner -- a professional arborist -- must have run the saw on straight gas. Pros won't deal with him anymore, but the homeowner's don't know any better.
That is one of the main reasons I don't work on antique **** like that anymore, I have better things to do rather than waste hours on trying to fix stuff that should have been retired 20 years ago.
These evil dealers all share the same desire, that is, to make a living.
I got conned here lately into looking at an old 031 with ignition troubles, I am doing it out of curiosity, to see if there is an easy fix, and to share it here, but otherwise I would refuse.
This. I can service 3 D/E100 series deere mowers and make 100 bucks each profit in the time it takes me to diagnose an electrical short on a lx deere from the 90s that inevitably needs a part they dont want to buy...That is one of the main reasons I don't work on antique **** like that anymore, I have better things to do rather than waste hours on trying to fix stuff that should have been retired 20 years ago.
These evil dealers all share the same desire, that is, to make a living.
I got conned here lately into looking at an old 031 with ignition troubles, I am doing it out of curiosity, to see if there is an easy fix, and to share it here, but otherwise I would refuse.
Not on this forum as far as i know but still active elsewhere.Is mastermind still around ?
I will chime in, A few months ago I took a 2017 441 from a place I was working at (not my own saw) into a dealership to het it serviced, wasn't running properly. Hard starting, slow to rev & frequently died in a cut.
First dealer did a few things and said essentially "can't be fixed" didn't charge us & gave the saw back.
took it to another dealership, same response, again didn't charge us.
I brought it home, went through the thing and found the fuel filter was plugged.
Replaced fuel filter & boom working flawlessly again...
Second incident, involving a different dealership than the first 2 was for the same people.
new helper for a few weeks who had the stihl service tech card & had another card saying he'd been to a pretty decent arborists school .. long story short he comes back with a low hour 026 that a supposedly was straight gassed. It was "not his fault" he just didn't check which can he filled from... saw goes to dealership, comes back as "scored piston, junk it".
I normally take the scrap metal as a bonus, so I get the saw intending to tear parts off and ebay them... Most of the covers removed, cleaned and ready to post, I pull themuffler, and find zero scoring & a beautiful piston, cylinder and excellent compression.
Back together it goes, and I pull 2x it pops, runs on high idle, but bogs and dies on run without even budging the chain.
it was tuned 2 turns too far out on high speed screw, that was the only issue with it I could find...
Sounds a lot like what the township I worked for was going through, spark plug replacement experts. Wouldnt even think about a fuel filter. Ended up fixing everything my self. Sad state at some of the dealershipsThird incident was a stihl 700 series concrete saw from a masonry company, I got as a scrap metal bonus when I stopped to get some pallets... They had it to a dealership (I don't know wicj one) because it wouldn't start or even pop, and it was returned with a tag that said "needs carb, coil, plug, filter assembly, fuel filter- too expensive".
I tore into it, and replaced the air filter & re attached the kill wire to the Selector lever & have ran it regularly cutting rebar without incident for the last 7 years.
Is mastermind still around ?
Not on this forum as far as i know but still active elsewhere.
Randy is still a member here. His screen name is Mastermind Worksaws.Glad to hear that. Was wondering if something happened to him.
Yeah I know what his screen name is, just havent seen him post in a wile.Randy is still a member here. His screen name is Mastermind Worksaws.
I think most understood what you meant except those whose comprehension is their strong suit. Lmao!Yeah I know what his screen name is, just havent seen him post in a wile.
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