Mastermind
Work Saw Specialist
The Stihl dealer here in Jamestown had no idea Stihl had brought the 440 back.
Cool. Since I'm sitting in the barbershop waiting on a haircut, ill ask do the flippy caps start to leak about after a year?
Anyone who doesn't have enough sense to moderate how they tighten a fuel cap has ABSOLUTELY no business running a tool as complicated and dangerous as a chainsaw!!!
JMHO
Mike
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I doubt that either tank cap really needed to be tighted with the scrench. A typical saw operater could have tightened the tank caps by hand and then used the scrench, if need be, to loosen them. That's MHO.
Yes, men, there was a problem with ordinary tank caps, created by Stihl. Stihl stuck a label on the housing showing that the caps should be tightened by the Stihl scrench. Many strong men tightened the caps so tight that they could hardly untighten them with the same scrench to add more fuel or chain oil.
The caps then got all buggered up and eventually wore out and nothing could tighten or untighten them (except maybe a Vice Grip), and even really large screwdrivers failed. So, new caps had to be bought from the dealer, and they weren't cheap.
I doubt that either tank cap really needed to be tighted with the scrench. A typical saw operater could have tightened the tank caps by hand and then used the scrench, if need be, to loosen them. That's MHO.
Even with the mighty 2101, and mighty 660 in my lineup. I will never part with my 044, and still use it alot.
The Stihl dealer here in Jamestown had no idea Stihl had brought the 440 back.
So, whada ya think Nik, gonna add a 2nd Stihl to the ole stable?Dealers often are the last to know, unless they actively "hunt" for info, like Spike60......
where are you guys finding these things? Id buy two right now if i could get them. b/c we all know the 460 is too heavy and the 441 has too much emission junk, plus its as heavy as the 460.
Pm me if you can know where one is, or can get one, or two, or three
Pick up the phone and call some dealers yourself? :monkey:
where are you guys finding these things? Id buy two right now if i could get them. b/c we all know the 460 is too heavy and the 441 has too much emission junk, plus its as heavy as the 460.
Pm me if you can know where one is, or can get one, or two, or three
No, I never said that. I think Stihl just plain blew it when they stuck a label on thousands of saws and told the operator to tighten the caps with a scrench. I have now repaired or tuned up about a dozen of these saws and most of the time it takes Vice Grips to remove the caps.Wait. Are you trying to say that Stihl felt their average user was not smart enough to work a screw-on cap, and so came out with flippy caps? Uh...
So, whada ya think Nik, gonna add a 2nd Stihl to the ole stable?
Right O Sawtroll! The fact that my 372, and 44 get used with owning the 2101, and 660, say's alot. I do get a laugh when guy's claim there 70cc saw's will cut like my 2101, and 660. I think the 372, and 044 are two of the best all around saw's ever built. In the best of the best class:msp_thumbup:
I have one, a FS200....
We talkin saws here not vac cleaners or blenders.
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