Stihl 090 restoration

[MattyB070]

Hi guys i am currently trying to restore a old Stihl 090 av i have a couple of questions does any one know if stihl do a complete recoil starter without the fan housing as i have that bit. I would buy a whole new unit inc fan housing if it wasn't £80.

Second Question is there a insert for the starter cup that would allow me to use the modern day pawl starter system. The only reason i ask is because i foolishly bought a complete recoil starter from ebay £20 and it has a pawl system so wont grip the starter cup.

Thanks Matt

[agg221]

There are two different starter units, depending on age. I'm not aware of Stihl selling the bits separately, but you can buy a pattern version of either on ebay.de and then rob it for the bits you need.

 

The problem with switching from old to new is that the starter cup is mounted in the flywheel differently. Unfortunately the inserts are not interchangeable. This means that to change from old to new you need a new recoil starter, a new cup and a new flywheel, which mounts up! The old starter cup is nla, but the old insert can sometimes be had on ebay.com.

 

Alec

[abercarver]

Try lsengineers.co.uk they sell everything, click on the correct saw and you can order from specific part number

 

 

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[Eddy_t]

Hi guys i am currently trying to restore a old Stihl 090 av i have a couple of questions does any one know if stihl do a complete recoil starter without the fan housing as i have that bit. I would buy a whole new unit inc fan housing if it wasn't £80.

 

Second Question is there a insert for the starter cup that would allow me to use the modern day pawl starter system. The only reason i ask is because i foolishly bought a complete recoil starter from ebay £20 and it has a pawl system so wont grip the starter cup.

 

Thanks Matt

 

 

Why don't you just buy the Fairbanks starter parts and fit it to the housing? The pawl type starter won't last 5 minutes on an 090 with decent compression and correct timing advancement!

 

And it's a damn site cheaper, works out at about £10-20 for all the parts. Anything you can't get in the uk, you'll have to get from Germany

 

 

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