not running

Hi, just got a 026 from a friend a he told me that he can not start (hard to start) it he needs to pull it 12 to star. our local Stihl dealer look at it and told us that is a model defect. do you know something that I can do for that This was only use for 10 contracts and stored is like new...

Hi, I bought a Sachs Dolmar 116 online, it started and ran. I stripped it down cleaned it and reassembled and now I can't get a spark. I checked and the spark plug is fine, I've checked the gap on the coil and that's set but still nothing. i didn't clean the ignition coil with any harsh...

Got this chainsaw but won't run. Was running but can't get it to run now.

I'm posting to share the problem I found causing my saw not to work and no other help post I've read had this as a likely cause. As its happened to me,its real world. I run a stihl MS170 to cut firework and bought and further cheap damaged one on fleabay to fix up and take apart to learn, so as...