timmy2013

The sprocket cog, thingy that drives the chain. Almost certain that had nothing to do with the ignition problem though.

Got it back from the shop today and it runs fine. Unfortunately had to get mother to pick it up but I asked her to find out what they did. They said they swapped the sprocket ring, not sure that was the route cause of the ignition problem thogh Got a bill for £60 and to be fair it seems they cleaned it all up and gave it a good going over but not sure what they did to the electrics so I think this will remain a mystery. As long as it works I am happy.

Haven't forgotten about this, called them at the beggining of the week, said it would be ready at the end of the week, called yesterday and they said it would be a couple more days, "Great" I said, "so you know what is wrong with it then?" "no" she said THEN HOW DO YOU KNOW IT WILL ONLY BE A COUPLE OF DAYS!!!!!! I really need to find a new shop, particularly as my whacker plate is now being an idiot and I don't want to take it there. Rant over

Anyone had any experience with these? Wolf Creek Apache & Cherokee Electric / Hydraulic Wood Log Splitters Am looking for an electric splitter for home use. Doesnt need to be the dogs preverbials as long as it can do a couple of landrover loads of softwood (spruce/larch with few knots) every now and again. p.s. I did search for wolf creek first but couldn't find a thread, apologies if i am repeating another post

Have given up trying to figure out this one. I went back to the old HT lead in the new coil, working on the principle that the connection to the plug worked before so should work now. That is assuming that the old HT lead wasnt the problem in the first place. Either way I have dropped it off with the rude people (another story) at my local shop, guess we will find out what that Stihl Authorised Service Agent sign is worth.

Have tried removing the kill wires, but made no difference. I will take another look at the HT lead as the way the spark plug spring is just hooked through the lead is a bit fiddly and its entirely possible that I have not made a good connection. Cheers all

The saw is about 2 years old, but has done a fair bit of work. Tried the hill billy test and the magnets still seem pretty strong, certainly comparable to my other saw which produces a good spark. Looked at it again today and realised the body is metal with a plastic coat not plastic and given that the bolts and holes they go into are clean I think that rules out the chances of me finding a grounding issue. Will try the HT lead from the old coil just in case, if not will probably need the shop to take a look. Will let you know what I find out.

Cheers all, was wondering if it could be an issue with the flywheel but wanted to check for any other ideas before splashing out on a new flywheel. The new coil came with a new HT lead, having said that though the way the spark plug adapter attaches to it is not exactly robust, hence the endless fiddling mentioned above. Will try and figure out how the mounting bolts connect to the engine, must be metal moulded into the plastic body. If I can't find anything wrong there, flywheel it is. Does anyone no what might cause the magnets to weaken?

Hi All Been reading this site alot but this is my first post, mainly because every problem I have hit has normally been covered by the helpful people on here, however this one has me stumped. A couple of weeks back my saw (Stihl MS341) wouldn't start, assumed it was a fuel issue so stripped and cleaned carb, checked filters, hoses etc. all seemed fine. So checked spark plug (took out turned over whilst holding it against the engine) and had no spark. So changed the plug and still no spark, checked the new plug in another saw and had a good spark. I did notice that I would get a tiny spark between the case of the plug and the engine if I moved the plug back and forth (on the broken saw) but nothing on the electrode. Checked all the wiring, seemed fine no breaks or wear on them or any of the connectors. Checked the coil, seemed fine, gave it a clean and readjusted it. Not an expert on adjusting it made it about 2 sheets of paper gap, but also tried adjusting further out and closer in. No Joy So replaced the coil assuming it must be the problem, however after fiddling with the new one endlessly I'm still not getting anything but a tiny spark as before. The one question I still can't answer is how the coil is grounded to the engine, the two cables coming off it seem to be just the two sides of the kill circuit, neither connect to the engine or anything even metal. The coil is screwed into metal bolts moulded into the plastic body, so can't tell if it is connected to the engine that way. Apologies for the length of the post, am self taught with all this so wanted to include all the steps I have done in case I am missing something obvious. Any help at all would be really appreciated