When I worked at a dealership in Louisville several years ago, the local Haunted House bought
20 MS170 chainsaws for use in their House, they brought them all back in for servicing in Nov.
as most of them would not start, it turned out that the Stihl dist. authorized over half of them replaced under warranty, the rest had authorized a bunch of warranty dollars.
Putting them into service, the chain, sprocket and clutch/oil drivers were removed.
The other Stihl tech got the job for all of the saws, as there was no hurry. He first did a quick
onceover and then ordered 15 carbs, as the choke and throttle rods had worn through the
throttle and choke arms and were not working properly, not choking fully, and not revving fully.
All of the bar tips were ground flat from constant dragging on the floor. Starter assys. were badly
worn, horrible shape all around.
I tried to talk him out of ordering the carbs, but he did anyway. So when they came in, he started repairing the saws, fixing starters, etc...
The first several saws had the bearing death rattle/roar, so he finally went and talked to the boss, and he called the dist rep.
When the rep came in and spent most of the day there, on the phone with Stihl, etc..
After lunch I heard that they were sending 12 new saws and authorizing repairs on the rest. I
pulled the rep aside and asked if he knew what these saws were put through.
There is nothing on the pto side, the saws are started and revved at screaming rpms until each group passes by, then shut off and waiting for the next group, all day long for a month or so, hundred or so times a day, they held up pretty well, considering the abuse.
The MS170 has no carb adjustments to richen up, to try to slow the rpms.
I didn't work there long enough to find out what the next Halloween brought....
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