I hate Stihl...ohh wait, nevermind

[sea2summit]

Work moved me a while back to an area where my power tools don't get much use so I've been religiously starting everything and moving it around every Saturday of the month. This weekend was no exception. Got to my trusty Stihl 391, gave it a light pull to make sure everything was moving, put the choke to her and gave her a tug. Fired right up then died. Weird Gave another pull and she fired up and died. Dang, not good

I tried every trick in the book and couldn't get her to fire again. Spent about 10 minutes pulling on it off, on, choke, throttle. Nothing. Getting really frustrated I wondered if all those husky people had been right all along. Wondered how much a non running stihl would be worth on craigslist Gave up and moved on to other tools.

Came back about 30 minutes later and decided maybe the gas was bad because I couldn't remember if it got stabilizer, even though that's the first thing I do when I bring gas home. So I pop open the gas cap to drain the tank and start flushing. To my surprise the tank is bone dry:ashamed: Hmmmm, I see where this is going. Put gas in the tank, fired on the first pull

So the moral to the story, even if you're not using it a lot check the fuel before you put it out on the curb:2cents:

 

[Gary Fowler]

HAHAAH. I did the same thing with my Husky but out in the field WITH A GAS CAN with me. I was sure I had filled it at the shop (CRS syndrome has been with me a while). I pulled and pulled without it firing at all. Finally got another saw and cut the tree. After all was finished, I then thought to check the gas and put in some fresh gas from a different container and that is when I found it empty. Brother in law and I got a good laugh on me for that one.

 

[k0ua]

"It ain't got no gas in it"


With apologies to "Karl" - Billy Bob Thornton in Sling Blade " Mmm-hum."

 

[PMA]

I pulled out the husky 351 chainsaw I bought in 1989 when hurricane Hugo came. I use to use it all the time, since I use my pole saw now since I am getting older. I hadn't cranked it up in about 5 to 6 years. Pull the choke out and gave it about 5 pulls and it fired right up. Since the ice storm, I have cut about a 1000 live oak limbs up. The pole saw is in the shop with broken flywheel. As far as I can remember the only thing that ever broke on that old chainsaw was the pull rope.

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[deerseeker001]

I just seen that Movie preview, that's a excellent Movie.

"It ain't got no gas in it"
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With apologies to "Karl" - Billy Bob Thornton in Sling Blade " Mmm-hum."

 

[LJH]

Gawd, I've done it more than once, with both chainsaw and splitter. Duh, duh, duh. I claim 'senior moment' for and excuse.

 

[LJH]

And anybody else notice the dumb things won't cut chit with the chain on backwards?

 

[MotorSeven]

I just love those flippy caps...the dang things work perfect like 10 times in a row. Then the 11th time it's a Rubik's Cube, then when you think you have it and pick up the saw, nope, it dumps oil/fuel onto your thigh. I'd like to give a running "beech" slap to the guy that came up with those things......

 

[xring100]

Work moved me a while back to an area where my power tools don't get much use so I've been religiously starting everything and moving it around every Saturday of the month. This weekend was no exception. Got to my trusty Stihl 391, gave it a light pull to make sure everything was moving, put the choke to her and gave her a tug. Fired right up then died. Weird Gave another pull and she fired up and died. Dang, not good

I tried every trick in the book and couldn't get her to fire again. Spent about 10 minutes pulling on it off, on, choke, throttle. Nothing. Getting really frustrated I wondered if all those husky people had been right all along. Wondered how much a non running stihl would be worth on craigslist Gave up and moved on to other tools.

Came back about 30 minutes later and decided maybe the gas was bad because I couldn't remember if it got stabilizer, even though that's the first thing I do when I bring gas home. So I pop open the gas cap to drain the tank and start flushing. To my surprise the tank is bone dry:ashamed: Hmmmm, I see where this is going. Put gas in the tank, fired on the first pull

So the moral to the story, even if you're not using it a lot check the fuel before you put it out on the curb:2cents:

Lol Buy a stihl pro saw they have a translucent fuel tank you can see if they have fuel without removing the cap.

Oh and I hate the stupid caps on my ms361

 

[xring100]

I just love those flippy caps...the dang things work perfect like 10 times in a row. Then the 11th time it's a Rubik's Cube, then when you think you have it and pick up the saw, nope, it dumps oil/fuel onto your thigh. I'd like to give a running "beech" slap to the guy that came up with those things......

I've had my saw running and cutting wood before for 2-3 minutes before the saw stopped then look down and cap is popped off.