Stihl 017 help please

[mike68]

My neighbor gave me a 1998 017 this morning.

I dumped the fuel which was in it and put in fresh fuel.

Pulled the cord and it popped a couple of times.

then nothing, I have taken it apart cleaned the carb. Adjusted the carb to 1 turn out. Still nothing.

There is a good spark and fuel is getting through.

When I took it apart there was damage to the grey wire casing, but the wire seemed to be intact.

All connections clean.

Crank it and crank it nothing!

Any advice would be good .

A service manual would be good.

Thanks

Mike

[spudulike]

My neighbor gave me a 1998 017 this morning.

I dumped the fuel which was in it and put in fresh fuel.

Pulled the cord and it popped a couple of times.

then nothing, I have taken it apart cleaned the carb. Adjusted the carb to 1 turn out. Still nothing.

There is a good spark and fuel is getting through.

When I took it apart there was damage to the grey wire casing, but the wire seemed to be intact.

All connections clean.

Crank it and crank it nothing!

Any advice would be good .

A service manual would be good.

Thanks

Mike

 

The old school diagnostic is fuel, spark, compression. It sounds like you have the first two, have you checked the condition of the piston or measured the compression?

[mike68]

Thanks for quick reply.

The only way I have of testing compression is the drop test thing .

Its certainly slower than with the pug out!

Its annoying as it did pop and run for a couple of secs.

New carb?

Fuel lines?

Cant get the exhaust off as one of the nuts has rounded off!

any more ideas??

[JB ToolHire]

Long time since ive had my hands on a 017, is the carb a single screw adjustment? If memory serves me correct the screw is left hand thread and factory set its 2 1/2 turns out.

[mike68]

Tried new spark plug

Taped wire (was casing damaged).

Cant get muffler off as one of the nuts has rounded off!

There may have been what looks like a very small one way (green Rubber) valve left over when I put it back together!!!

cant think where it may have come from though.

I did take the fuel filter off and blow it out .

No new carb kit Thats next I think.

[JB ToolHire]

The one way tapered valve has come out of either the fuel tank or the oil tank, its the breather. I would also try and get the exhaust off to have a look at the piston, get some mole grips on the nuts, if they are tight use a bit of heat.

[mike68]

Stripped it down ,

took fuel tank out refitted valve

took carb apart made a gasket out of thin cardboard

cleaned it , blew it with air line.

eventually got muffler off ....cleaned it

put fuel in pulled the cord .. vroom vroom vroom..........then nothing again. lots of swearing.... will have to try and source a carb kit.

Are the ebay ones any good?

[felixthelogchopper]

Try Rowena Motors.

[spudulike]

Was the piston clean of scoring when the exhaust came off?

[mike68]

Piston had no real marks on it,

 

Cant do the Rowena motors thing as have moved from UK to Aus. Any thing chainsaw related here commands huge prices!