Lakeside53
Stihl Wrenching
Bought a Stihl 075 a couple of days ago. Cleaned it up (20 years of dirt and resin), fixed the clutch (some idiot has put a stihl bearing on the oregon drum - not!) , replaced the missing (!) impulse line, about 8 missing fasteners and a new metal bottom handle bracket (old one cracked in two), replaced the missing support under the airfilter plate so the igntion shut-off switch could ground and ... started perfectly first pull. Runs really strong.
Just one small problem: it's actually an 051AV electronic... Mutter, mutter...
The guy that sold it to me didn't know - someone had swapped the air-filter cover at some point and that's where the name tag is (someone is probably running an 075 that is labeled 051..). It's real hard to tell them apart - the only real difference I can see is the 58mm bore of the 075 verses the 52mm bore of the 051, but you'd have to get inside to see that. One tiny diff you can see : the cylinder on the 075 has STUDS all the way from the crankcase to the top - the 051 has the usual allen fasteners at the base.
Hmmm, now I have an 051 to sell....
Just one small problem: it's actually an 051AV electronic... Mutter, mutter...
The guy that sold it to me didn't know - someone had swapped the air-filter cover at some point and that's where the name tag is (someone is probably running an 075 that is labeled 051..). It's real hard to tell them apart - the only real difference I can see is the 58mm bore of the 075 verses the 52mm bore of the 051, but you'd have to get inside to see that. One tiny diff you can see : the cylinder on the 075 has STUDS all the way from the crankcase to the top - the 051 has the usual allen fasteners at the base.
Hmmm, now I have an 051 to sell....
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and still made in Brazil (as the MS051). And if the bottom end is made to handle the 075 jug - 111c, it's got to be rock solid for a 051! Interestingly the two jugs use the identical carb. Maybe I'll look around for a 75/76 jug.
