Stihl MS340

[onetruth]

17 minutes ago, johnnyboy158 said:

It's the screw to take the cover off

I assumed he meant the thing above it.

[peatff]

The rubber grommet is just a blank for the version that did have a decomp valve

[Billhook]

5 hours ago, onetruth said:

I assumed he meant the thing above it.

No I did mean the other one below and I thought that it was the cover release but when I undid it the cover seemed to be locked solid so I did not wish to break anything.

It is probably just glued together with age.

 

I am quite strong but by hell that saw sometimes gives me an arm wrenching kickback!  I assume that it is nearly as new since I have never heard the neighbour using it.  The compression seems all right anyway and it runs well.

I gather that they were only made for a short time in the early 2000s so it must be about fifteen years old.

[peatff]

11 hours ago, Billhook said:

No I did mean the other one below and I thought that it was the cover release but when I undid it the cover seemed to be locked solid so I did not wish to break anything.

My 036 you need to remove the HT cap and undo the screw then lift the rear of the cover over the spark plug pulling it back at the same time. It's about the same saw as the 034 and MS340 and 360.