Stihl 020 AVP Repair, help?

[Chainsaw Collectors]

I recently acquired a Stihl 020 AVP from a member here. It doesn’t have spark so I want to try to bake the ignition coil. So I have to remove the recoil cover assembly to access the ignition coil. I got the 2 screws which were ridiculously tight and the 2 nuts off. But the assembly is still tight to the rest of the saw… I hear these saws are a nightmare to work on and such. Also the handle broke in a weird way. I have no experience with this type of handle so that confused me. Any tips would be greatly appreciate.

 

[atpchas]

Check your Inbox for link to IPL and shop manual.
Youtube has some helpful vids. Sounds like you still have several more bolts to remove.

 

[Chainsaw Collectors]

Found another better YouTube video. I only have 1 screw left and it WON’T come out… Super tight. Sprayed with PBlaster a couple times in the last 24 hours. Should I buy an expensive can of that Kroil stuff just for situations like these where it may actually be necessary? Any tips?

 

[Chainsaw Collectors]

After a week of soaking with PBlaster the screw finally came out. Now I have these ones for the handle. The one is currently soaking with PBlaster. The 2 smaller ones I circled in red I don’t know if they need to come out.

 

[Vintage Engine Repairs]

Once you’ve done it once, it’s a very simple saw to work on, you have to remove screws from the top and side as well as carb nuts and everything slides out.

 

[Chainsaw Collectors]

Once you’ve done it once, it’s a very simple saw to work on, you have to remove screws from the top and side as well as carb nuts and everything slides out.

Yeah, I’ve got all those out. It slid out a little, but I still have to get the 3 handle screws out.

 

[singinwoodwackr]

I have taken a flat bit and ground it to fit snug and used a 1/4 impact on low torque and had success with screws like this. The trick is getting the bit to fit tight, no movement.

 

[stihltech]

Don't forget the one beside the muffler.

 

[heimannm]

 

[Lightning Performance]

Hoping to see more pics.
Have one of these collecting dust.

 

[singinwoodwackr]

Hoping to see more pics.
Have one of these collecting dust.

 

[bulletpruf]

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Good piece of gear. One of those tools that you don't realize that you need, and then when you have one, you wonder how you lived without it. I have one this size and one a bit smaller.

To the OP - ditch the PB Blaster. I prefer Kroil, but it is expensive and you have to order it. When I run out of Kroil, I used 50/50 mix of acetone and ATF. Supposed to be just as good or better than Kroil, depending on what test you're looking at.

I've got a good-running 020AV Super top handle saw but these are my least favorite saws to work on.

 

[Lightning Performance]

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That is a clean T model. I got four of those somewhere. Two are beat to death with no paint left on them.

 

[Lightning Performance]

Good piece of gear. One of those tools that you don't realize that you need, and then when you have one, you wonder how you lived without it. I have one this size and one a bit smaller.

To the OP - ditch the PB Blaster. I prefer Kroil, but it is expensive and you have to order it. When I run out of Kroil, I used 50/50 mix of acetone and ATF. Supposed to be just as good or better than Kroil, depending on what test you're looking at.

I've got a good-running 020AV Super top handle saw but these are my least favorite saws to work on.

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They suck to work on. The flathead screws are frozen or it needs new threads there.

 

[Chainsaw Collectors]

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I just bought one today. Tool shop brand of $13. I could’ve gotten the Masterforce one with case for $30. Quality wise, will the cheap one I got suffice?

 

[ZeroJunk]

I buy 5MM .8 20 MM Allen screws from Automotive Fasteners 100 at a time. Had enough of flat head screws.

 

[heimannm]

I've had an expensive one and several cheap ones and could not say that the expensive one worked any better...

Mark

 

[Tony Mayhew]

I use a matco standard screwdriver that has the piece under the handle that you can attach a box end wrench to the shank of the screwdriver. I mount the saw or have someone hold it real tight! Lay my body weight down on the screwdriver and smack that wrench with impact! Those screwdrivers with that option have saved my bacon quite a few times.

 

[stihltech]

A little valve grinding compound on the end of a flat screwdriver works well on those screws. Torx really has cured a lot of those issues.

 

[Chainsaw Collectors]

I got that screw on the handle out with that new screwdriver. The manual impact screwdriver is one of the best purchases I’ve ever made! Everything is all loosely goosey, but won’t totally come apart…