roostersgt
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Okay, I got a Stihl MS170 from a guy on Craigslist today for a 30 pk of Miller (MGD). The guy told me his neighbor used gas only in it and it won't start anymore. Checked fuel resevoir and yup, smelled like regular old gas to me. Checked bar oil resevoir and it looked and smelled like ATF.
i got this beauty home, pulled the muffler and found much verticle scoring on piston. Pulled carb and that side of piston looked shiny. Well into tear-down as I write this and am looking forward to seeing the cylinder walls sometime tonight. Got most of it apart and was hoping I didn't have to pull the flywheel or clutch just to release the cylinder. Guessed wrong? Are both flywheel and clutch "reverse" threaded? The rope trick isn't working out well for me. Seems both are on exceptionally tight. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Pics to follow later. Too freaking greasy to handle camera. Keyboards now a mess. Thanks.
Steve
i got this beauty home, pulled the muffler and found much verticle scoring on piston. Pulled carb and that side of piston looked shiny. Well into tear-down as I write this and am looking forward to seeing the cylinder walls sometime tonight. Got most of it apart and was hoping I didn't have to pull the flywheel or clutch just to release the cylinder. Guessed wrong? Are both flywheel and clutch "reverse" threaded? The rope trick isn't working out well for me. Seems both are on exceptionally tight. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Pics to follow later. Too freaking greasy to handle camera. Keyboards now a mess. Thanks.
Steve