BREAKING NEWS! STIHL MS 170 & 171 SERIES WILL BE DISCONTINUED!

[user 188535]

If the new version has adjustable carb screws and maintains the screw down caps, I welcome the change. Though it will be more expensive, more restrictive and probably built to lower standards.

Edit: filtration looks better and has spring AV. I wonder how much more they will be compared to the current 170 - 180 models. The reason they were so good was notably the price.

It definitely looks like a better saw. Standard side access is another cool feature. I also like the new Light 04 bar for it. I also think it is one damn good-looking saw. If I have the money when it comes out, I am buying one for sure. and maybe an MS 170 to sell on ebay.

 

[Vintage Engine Repairs]

It definitely looks like a better saw. Standard side access is another cool feature. I also like the new Light 04 bar for it. I also think it is one damn good-looking saw. If I have the money when it comes out, I am buying one for sure. and maybe an MS 170 to sell on ebay.
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Doesn’t look like there is an adjustable carburetor, maybe the wt215 modification works for it still!

Interesting that the 162 and 172 have screw caps but the 182 has flippy.


Just noticed the single bar nut too. Hmm

 

[cuttinstihl]

Just another cheap clamshell Stihl, nothing worth talking about IMO

 

[stihltech]

I've probably sold over 200 in this area alone. They don;t get any care and still get 5 years out of them.
Great saws for their INTENDED use
But what do I know after 40+ years of repair. And I still run an 009. Ain't right.

 

[cuttinstihl]

I've probably sold over 200 in this area alone. They don;t get any care and still get 5 years out of them.
Great saws for their INTENDED use
But what do I know after 40+ years of repair. And I still run an 009. Ain't right.

I did have a 170 for 5 years and ran it hard before I sent it down the road. No doubting it was a very reliable saw, there’s simply far better options for the price

 

[Franny K]

Did anyone else watch enough of the video to think that isn't cutting like 1.6kw. I have 1.5kw and 1.7kw. That must be the 9 tooth nose bar so 63 class picco chain.

 

[user 188535]

I've probably sold over 200 in this area alone. They don;t get any care and still get 5 years out of them.
Great saws for their INTENDED use
But what do I know after 40+ years of repair. And I still run an 009. Ain't right.

I want to get an 009 one of these days.

 

[Gratewhitehuntr]

single bar nut?
ew!

 

[JRM]

One bar stud has been a thing going back to some 02x models.
I'd take that over the stupid quick tensioners. That was a one and done affair for me.

 

[cuttinstihl]

1 stud doesn't concern me at all, the 200T and 201T are 1 stud, so is my 151T.

 

[user 188535]

single bar nut?
ew!

How is one stud bad? My MS 194 has one as well as my Makita XCU06 and MSA 60.

 

[cuttinstihl]

How is one stud bad? My MS 194 has one as well as my Makita XCU06 and MSA 60.

Probably paranoia over there not being as much support for the bar/more stress on the studs and case, but with these small, light bars it's no concern to me

 

[user 188535]

Probably paranoia over there not being as much support for the bar/more stress on the studs and case, but with these small, light bars it's no concern to me

Yep. As long as it is not the stupid easy tensioner on a gas saw.

 

[user 188535]

One bar stud has been a thing going back to some 02x models.
I'd take that over the stupid quick tensioners. That was a one and done affair for me.

Yep. More redundant features is all that I see with them things

 

[a. palmer jr.]

Breaking News.

Most people already knew this.

They know it but many people keep the same fuel in them forever, it seems.

 

[user 188535]

They know it but many people keep the same fuel in them forever, it seems.

What do you mean?

 

[SteveSr]

Do you have any idea how much construction the MS170 has done in the Amish community?

Any knowledge about why there are replacing the MS171? It is already a low-emission strato saw.

 

[jhellwig]

Doesn't the 170 already have only one bar stud? I thought that was one of the few differences between it and the 180 20 years ago when I was assembling them at a farm and home store.

 

[user 188535]

Any knowledge about why there are replacing the MS171? It is already a low-emission strato saw.

I have no idea. Maybe other regulations or the fact that some of the models from the 170-211 kinda suck even for what they are. I guess Stihl is kinda focused on improving gas instead of obsessing over the battery bull****.

 

[user 188535]

Doesn't the 170 already have only one bar stud? I thought that was one of the few differences between it and the 180 20 years ago when I was assembling them at a farm and home store.

Nope. Maybe the one with the dumb easy-tensioner did. Wasnt it the 017 and 018 back then?