Dead Stihl ms180

[Robin Rowley]

I've been thinking about doing that too. My only concern with that plan is noise. I'm lazy about wearing ear protection and have tinnitus pretty bad as a result. How much louder do you feel like the saw is now with the "modded" muffler?

 

[LarJea]

Old post resurrected. I finally got around to installing amazon carburetor referred to in post #60. The saw runs better than when it was new! The excessive smoking has gone away and plug fouling hasn't happened in 4-5 tanks of gas. Apparently something wasn't right in the oem carburetor. If anyone else with this saw has similar problems with their stihl ms180 this $14 carb might be the fix
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00VTAD818/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I had the same problem with my 180 and replaced the OEM carb with a Chinese one from either Amazon or EBAY which solved the overly rich plug fouling but every now and then it will get hard to start when hot.

 

[EchovsStihl63]

I've been thinking about doing that too. My only concern with that plan is noise. I'm lazy about wearing ear protection and have tinnitus pretty bad as a result. How much louder do you feel like the saw is now with the "modded" muffler?

I did not fully open it up like most people do for the same reason. I put the two holes you see here, removed the screen and pried the louvers open on the deflector. Its not that loud IMO.