New sthil reviews

[swinny]

21 minutes ago, Rough Hewn said:

An 80cc saw running a 25" bar????
Where's the bang head into wall emoji?

Whats wrong with that

[oldwoodcutter]

My 462 has so far not coughed its guts up all over the forest floor.
But I’m keeping a close eye on it.

[steve collins]

23 minutes ago, oldwoodcutter said:

My 462 has so far not coughed its guts up all over the forest floor.
But I’m keeping a close eye on it.

spoke to a stihl rep last week regarding a idle problem, asked what the most common problems were

back handle, anti vibe and fuel solenoid 

[wyk]

Stihl has come out with two new models of fuel solenoids. They appear to be universal for the Mtronic carbs. I'll see about replacing the one on a 241 shortly here and let ya know how it goes.

[steve collins]

1 hour ago, wyk said:

Stihl has come out with two new models of fuel solenoids. They appear to be universal for the Mtronic carbs. I'll see about replacing the one on a 241 shortly here and let ya know how it goes.

yep the black , white and a green i think

[arbormonkey]

ive been eagerly awaiting the release date for a while but from what I've read I will be getting the 572 and waiting till the 500i gets a bit older  a common mistake I've made in the past is buying straight away and finding faults and having to by the upgrade kits or they were recalled etc 

[Steve Bullman]

1 minute ago, arbormonkey said:

ive been eagerly awaiting the release date for a while but from what I've read I will be getting the 572 and waiting till the 500i gets a bit older  a common mistake I've made in the past is buying straight away and finding faults and having to by the upgrade kits or they were recalled etc 

The 500i has been in action for a while in the guise of a cut off saw.  I expect the teething problems are already out of the way

[Rough Hewn]

Whats wrong with that

So much...
However,
A close inspection of the new stihl catalogue revealed the 500i will actually run a 30" bar.
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[Rough Hewn]

Just like my 461
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[swinny]

11 minutes ago, Rough Hewn said:

So much...
However,
A close inspection of the new stihl catalogue revealed the 500i will actually run a 30" bar.

Nothing wrong with an 80cc on a 25" even a 75cc will pull it. An 85cc will piss a 30" bar

 

Don't know owt about 500i

 

Plenty of people have run a 25" bar on an 044 and it pulls it fine... 

Edited February 10, 2019 by swinny