older adjustable carb for an 026

[treeclimber165]

Who here might have access to older parts lists and tell me the part number for an older carb I can bolt on my 026 that has pre-EPA adjustments? I almost bought a new 026 today because I'm so sick of messing with my old one but ALL the new Stihls have the fixed high speed jet. I may have to find a Husky dealer with saws in stock nearby (HAHAHAHA!!!!) to look at a 346XP or something if I can't get a Stihl with an adjustable carb.

 

[Fish]

I will look in the morning. Is it a ms260, or the 026? They put
out a different IPL. The carb can be obtained cheaper at a
regular distributer other than Stihl.

 

[treeclimber165]

Mine is an 026Pro, the last year before they changed the designations I think. They should all mount the same though. Same studs, same throttle linkage, same size fuel line inlet. Mine has that goofy breather port that seals into the back of the air filter with an o-ring, but I can buy the air filter that fits the carb.

 

[ccicora]

When you get the full ajustable carb just switch the top plates and you will have a fully ajustable intelecarb. And If you can't find a carb let me know, I might know where one is.....

Later,
Chris

 

[Fish]

I checked with my Walbro Dist. about getting the carb from them,
but nothing came up, so Stihl has locked in the rights to the
model number. Looking at the Stihl IPL, part #1121-120-0650
is the carb you want to order for around $60.
It should interchange with the "USA" carbs listed, as the "USA"
carbs have the same part # on both the 026 and the 260.
If it could be ordered from Walbro it would only cost @$30 or
so.

 

[bwalker]

Fish, is a $30 fully adjustable carb available for the 044?

 

[treeclimber165]

Well, a fellow AS member came through for me with an almost new semi-adjustable carb and also a replacement oiler for my 026Pro. Hopefully I will have them within a week and can fix my saw once and for all next weekend. I hate it when my saws aren't perfect!

Stihltech- I've had the saw checked for an airleak and was given the 'all clear' by my local Stihl dealer. I'm at only about 100' above sea level and the saw had a .53 jet in it. I'm using a .58 now and it runs strong but not as crisp as I think it should. With a real carb I will be able to dial it in and leave it be. I HATE $5 carb adjustments that take 2 weeks and two trips to the dealer, then 30 minutes working on the saw only to HOPE you got it right. 30 seconds with a tiny screwdriver CAN'T be as smart of a setup, can it? If Stihl made cars, do you think they would put locking, non-removable caps on the tire valves to keep owners from putting the wrong air pressure in their tires?

 

[glens]

<b>Brian</b>:&nbsp; Regarding your auto analogy (which I agree with):&nbsp; I wonder if you're running your computer on MS crap which is like owning a car with it's hood welded shut...

<b>Ben</b>:&nbsp; Are you saying the 440 has a fixed jet or are you referring to non-limited adjustments?

Glen

 

[rahtreelimbs]

I changed out the fixed jet carb on my Shindaiwa 488. The dealer wanted somewhere around $80. The same dealer located one from a parts distributor for $51. The saw ran OK with the fixed jet carb, but only revved out to 12,500 rpm. After the carb change it runs at 13,500 rpm and has a lot more snot!

 

[bwalker]

Glens, the 44 has a semi adjustable LS and HS jet. The range of adjustmant is limited. Its easily defeated, but I like the old style spring loaded adjusters way better as they are easier to adjust while the saw is running.

 

[Fish]

Ben,
are you talking about the slotted plastic plugs, if so they can
be bored out to reveal the real screws. Is your carb a
Tillotson or Zama? If it has the caps, it is likely a Tillotson.
I can send you a blowup if you would like.

 

[stihltech]

adjust

They are called number drills.
I just have not had all this trouble with the jet thing. I have had enough experience with them to know that inlet lever height is critical ( but that is nothing new), and I have had a jet or two that were crudded by old gas.
I have no rash of bad running 026 pro saws. But then again, I was trained to repair, not just replace parts.

 

[bwalker]

They are called number drills

Stihl tech, wouldnt you agree that a simple adjustment screw would be better than resorting to drilling out a fixed jets and trial/error to try and get the thing to run right?

 

[treeclimber165]

Originally posted by bwalker
Stihl tech, wouldnt you agree that a simple adjustment screw would be better than resorting to drilling out a fixed jets and trial/error to try and get the thing to run right?

He's drilling the jets because it is faster than waiting on backordered replacement jets from the distributor. But you gotta admit, purchasing special drill bits and tearing down carbs is MUCH better than turning a screw 1/16".

I've spoken with two separate saw mechanics in the last 24 hours trying to solve my issues with my 026Pro. BOTH of them said they have swapped carbs on other 026Pros for customers who were sick of the fixed jets. Dealers were no help, they simply said "It's set properly, that's all you get". All clients mentioned by the two independent mechanics were very pleased with their saws after mounting adjustable jet carbs.

I've usually agreed with you in the past, stihltech, but you are way off with this one. But I guess you gotta back the Stihl line, even at the expense of the saw owners.

 

[bwalker]

Brian, In case you didnt know. You can still use the intellicarb feature on your new adjustable carb by bolting the non adjust card top cover on your new adjustable carb.

 

[JimL]

I had a guy bring me by a echo blower, and string trimmer a few minutes ago. Plastic carb, No screws on it at all, no idle, no H, no L.

a good cleaning fixed those 2.


Guess stihl isn't the only ones with these terrible carbs...

 

[tree monkey]

i did the carb swap thing about 6 months ago, and it helped but did not cure the problem. adjusting the new carb was touchy, and had to be adjusted constanly. once i found the real problem, the fixed jet carb worked fine. find the problem and fix it. i don't think it's the carb. i've had to adjust a few levers but very few other problems. raise the lever to make it richer.

later scott