stihl 075av ??s

[pete23]

cheers chaps, very helpful, love this forum and every ones knowledge.

[agg221]

Worth checking L&S Engineers for parts - cheap, online and good service.

 

As to the previous question on why not drop-start - because this saw has no chainbrake and every now and again you will catch it wrong on the start relative to the magnet and it may kick, and whip round. Nasty enough when not running, but if it starts at the same time it will get you, either in the leg or the face. No point risking it so far as I'm concerned.

 

Alec

 

Alec

[Eddy_t]

Worth checking L&S Engineers for parts - cheap, online and good service.

 

As to the previous question on why not drop-start - because this saw has no chainbrake and every now and again you will catch it wrong on the start relative to the magnet and it may kick, and whip round. Nasty enough when not running, but if it starts at the same time it will get you, either in the leg or the face. No point risking it so far as I'm concerned.

 

Alec

 

Alec

 

Legs are for wimps! I know it can lock up with the compression, but unfortunately I'm tall, starting the 090 and holding that damn button in does my back in! Drop starting is not an option on that (well it is if I have a stock of starter rings)

 

To the OP, what starter assembly do you have on your saw, as the rings are NLA for the saws, only the newer starter

 

 

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[pete23]

well, I got the fuel pipes ordered, hopefully pic them up on Friday, then have a play over the weekend.

 

as its a older saw, is the oil/petrol mix different to the modern day stihls??

[agg221]

as its a older saw, is the oil/petrol mix different to the modern day stihls??

 

Nope - exactly the same as the oil has been improved. They also run really nicely on Aspen

 

Alec

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Nope - exactly the same as the oil has been improved. They also run really nicely on Aspen

 

Alec

 

Alec, have you found any need to retune the older saws for Aspen??

 

edit - any other issues with changing over to Aspen

[wisecobandit]

Eddy what do you mean by the starter rings? Do you mean the cup the bolts to the flywheel? I've never tried aspen but I would imagine it wouldn't be much of a problem on these age saws. Like older cats they aren't fussy what they swallow like the newer stuff. The only thing would be to change the diaphragms for new I believe gardenkit advises.

[agg221]

Alec, have you found any need to retune the older saws for Aspen??

 

edit - any other issues with changing over to Aspen

 

Haven't had any problems. All my older saws (1960s - 1980s) have been big Stihls for milling. I've bought them secondhand, sometimes running sometimes not. I never assume they are tuned and usually they get a carb kit and a new spark plug regardless, following which I set them to factory settings and tune the low, then set the idle so the chain just doesn't run. I leave the high alone. If this works, they get left alone, if not they go to Spud who has also set the high on a few of them using his tachometer.

 

I find that they are smokey for about half a tank, then burn very clean with no visible exhaust.

 

Alec

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Haven't had any problems. All my older saws (1960s - 1980s) have been big Stihls for milling. I've bought them secondhand, sometimes running sometimes not. I never assume they are tuned and usually they get a carb kit and a new spark plug regardless, following which I set them to factory settings and tune the low, then set the idle so the chain just doesn't run. I leave the high alone. If this works, they get left alone, if not they go to Spud who has also set the high on a few of them using his tachometer.

 

I find that they are smokey for about half a tank, then burn very clean with no visible exhaust.

 

Alec

 

Thanks Alec.

Sounds like a good staring point for our 076av.

[Eddy_t]

Eddy what do you mean by the starter rings? Do you mean the cup the bolts to the flywheel? I've never tried aspen but I would imagine it wouldn't be much of a problem on these age saws. Like older cats they aren't fussy what they swallow like the newer stuff. The only thing would be to change the diaphragms for new I believe gardenkit advises.

 

Yes, that's the ring type starter with the friction shoes, as for aspen, I run my 090, 051, 150t, 200t, hs45, ht75, weedeater blower, and every husky on it, the huskys were designed for aspen, and the A/T carbs run perfect on it

 

 

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