I picked up a nice looking MS 180 C. I successfully replace the end on the spark plug wire. Yay me! However, I cannot get the recoil off. There does not seem to be clearance. I thought about taking the handle off to do it, but that looks pretty difficult too! Any suggestions? Has anyone else run into this? There just does not seem to be clearance when I try to lift the recoil out ,It hits the handle and hits the fly wheel.
Can’t remove recoil on ms180C!
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I picked up a nice looking MS 180 C. I successfully replace the end on the spark plug wire. Yay me! However, I cannot get the recoil off. There does not seem to be clearance. I thought about taking the handle off to do it, but that looks pretty difficult too! Any suggestions? Has anyone else run into this? There just does not seem to be clearance when I try to lift the recoil out ,It hits the handle and hits the fly wheel.Never mind. Just had to use a crow bar and a come along
possibly, although next time I see one of these I might just RUN!
And the harder you try, the worse it gets. Definitely a bit of a Chinese puzzle. Dump fluids first. Both caps and screws removed. Don't forget the hand guard screw.
Pull hand guard up over peg and move it out of the way. You may find a screwdriver handle wedged between the bottom of the case and handle bar gives clearance.
Then pull up and wiggle past the tank openings.
The first five to ten will get it figured out.
Pull hand guard up over peg and move it out of the way. You may find a screwdriver handle wedged between the bottom of the case and handle bar gives clearance.
Then pull up and wiggle past the tank openings.
The first five to ten will get it figured out.
Thanks, hopefully that will help when I’m ready to get it back on
You can toss that easy start recoil if wanted to on these. I swap them over for guys that cant stop breaking them.
Straight up swap for normal recoil on these.
Straight up swap for normal recoil on these.
thanks, good to know
If you will stop pulling when you run out of rope starter issues pretty much disappear.
glenintenn
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OTP: did you ever get the cover pulled off? In your picture, you've either missed the screw at the front of the cover or you've not taken the oil cap off/out of the way so it's not coming off until you do that. Couldn't tell if you figured that out via your "never mind" post or... if you had set it aside for the day of the crowbar.
glenintenn
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Any particular US-based supplier you like to get replacements (are you buying used or new?)
Usually have parts saws laying around to pull from on some models. New parts I order online or get from a stihl dealer as needed for stihl stuff.
Google is great for searching.
I did, and yes . all the screws wee removed first. although some of the screws had apparently been lost and replaced with random screws. I found an old beat up cover on ebay, and hope to use the guts out of it and still use the decent looking original cover
