Hi everybody, First post here.
I borrowed a Stihl MS460 Magnum chainsaw from a friend and it won't start. I dumped the old gas, put fresh gas 50:1 in and no life. I pulled the plug, put a new plug on and no spark. I went on Amazon and ordered a new coil for it. I installed the new coil, set air gap with a business card, and still no spark. I pulled the cutoff switch out and hosed it down with elec parts cleaner and disconnected both wires and still no spark.
I checked the wires with a meter and didn't have any grounded out wires.
The coil kit came with new wires, but one of them doesn't have the correct end on it. I could cut it off and put a crimp on connector, but the original wires look to be in good shape, so I didn't do that.
I'm not quite sure what to do next.
Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I'm in central Arkansas and during a recent storm, we had a very large red oak tree get blown down across the back fence and into the neighbors horse pasture. I sort of needed the big saw to cut the root ball off of the tree and to get the main trunk cut into manageable sections so we can get it loaded onto a trailer and out of the neighbors pasture.
I borrowed a Stihl MS460 Magnum chainsaw from a friend and it won't start. I dumped the old gas, put fresh gas 50:1 in and no life. I pulled the plug, put a new plug on and no spark. I went on Amazon and ordered a new coil for it. I installed the new coil, set air gap with a business card, and still no spark. I pulled the cutoff switch out and hosed it down with elec parts cleaner and disconnected both wires and still no spark.
I checked the wires with a meter and didn't have any grounded out wires.
The coil kit came with new wires, but one of them doesn't have the correct end on it. I could cut it off and put a crimp on connector, but the original wires look to be in good shape, so I didn't do that.
I'm not quite sure what to do next.
Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I'm in central Arkansas and during a recent storm, we had a very large red oak tree get blown down across the back fence and into the neighbors horse pasture. I sort of needed the big saw to cut the root ball off of the tree and to get the main trunk cut into manageable sections so we can get it loaded onto a trailer and out of the neighbors pasture.