Stihl 038 magnum

[Lowhog]

That's a lot of money for a 30 year old saw, unless in like new condition, especially since it's not a Mag.

Its a magnum.

 

[a. palmer jr.]

Mine's a magnum, 52mm P/C but it might be hard to prove unless it says somewhere on the serial number. This thing has been recently rebuilt with a new P/C, intake boot, pulse line okay, but it still takes a lot of pulls to get it started cold. It runs good once started but I'm gonna try a new carburetor to replace that 30 year old Tillotson. The problem around here is that everybody uses that ethanol stuff except me.
I haven't messed with the crank seals yet either..

 

[rocketnorton]

kit in the tilly? my m w/bing was like that, cheap ***** kit fixed it, just changed diaphragms. 2 pulls cold now. was [and is] one pull warm.

That's a lot of money for a 30 year old saw, unless in like new condition, especially since it's not a Mag.

havin run a s & m side by side, can say the s is close. have never run the smaller ones.

 

[a. palmer jr.]

The Tilly has been cleaned and kitted but no change in starting. If new carb doesn't fix it then I'll have to pressure test it. Mine starts okay after you warm it up.