lonelyowl7
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Pull the recoil and re gap the coil with a business card. Could def cause your symptons.
Just tried regaping the coil, thought it helped, but sadly didnt once i put the spark plug back in
maybe a clogged pulse line...or the fuel filter had a clog in it that worked its way into the fuel line when it started before and completely clogged it and or the carb,,
even if the piston is completely dry, without the plug in it, it should still spin fairly freely..there will be some friction of course..but if its as hard as your saying to pull on the starter theres something else wrong. and that should be the first hurdle to jump.
once thats done troubleshoot the fuel problem
It does spin freely, with a little friction, with the spark plug out, which i would think is a good sign.
Meteor may have discontinued 50mm 038 pistons, stihl has? Try ebay, but don't go chi-com. Italian tecomec is as good as oem.
You can covert to a 52mm magnum. Do a search. Several of us have done that route and oem parts are still available.
One more on pistons. I've heard good things about Espian. The greek guy on ebay has them.
Thanks for the info, ill check it out. I dont know if stihl still has them or not, i was just saying i guess stihl doesnt have an online parts finder, you have to go to the dealer.
Ive gotten it so i can pull the cord all the way, rapidly, still not as smooth as it was, but i can do it. Sadly it still doesnt start, which makes me think its a fuel problem. Either there is somehow still a large amount of fuel in the cylinder, which is impossible cause ive had the airfilter, spark plug and exhaust off for more than a few days now, or fuel is not getting to the engine.
The other day i went to just dump the fuel out just to see if i could start it, if there were fumes in the cylinder and make sure it wasnt just dumping gas into the cylinder. While i was doing that i noticed it was at like 1/3 of a tank, which is wierd because when i first had this starting problem, i dumped the old fuel out and filled it up with fresh stuff, so i dont know where all that fuel went...
I took the carb off, didnt seem like there is much to clean there, but i did spray some carb cleaner through it and such. How can i check if gas is getting to the engine/carb, im used to float bowls.