Kensie1988
Vintage Saw Maniac
I’ve also only been doing this for a year, no prior small engine experience before I started playing with chainsaws, it’s all new to me so I am still learning.
Should be no difference wide open or not. My understanding is some say you get to full compression quicker (i.e. less strokes) when wide open. Don't know.
Ron
Our stihl dealer in town told me of the business card trick.I've never seen in any manual that's states to use a business card to set clearances.
Manufacturers set specifications for a reason and should be followed if you want the
most out of your equipment or to even run.
Mark is correct on his clearances. Although I set new points at .021 cuz they will close
a thou or two in the first tank of fuel.
Your Stihl dealer isn't very well educated.
Yes! The points in my experience need to be dead nuts on.Mine is. And he uses a piece of micro-fiche film folded in half to set the coil to flywheel air gap. I use a business card myself. Never had a detectable performance problem as a result.
Points are obviously a bit more critical.
With CAT leading the pack-----So is this going to become a Cummins vs power stroke debate now? [emoji23]
Rather me cummin than strokin
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