Stihl 038 Super

[epicklein22]

So this weekend I picked up a 038 super. It needed a little work and a cleaning but came out nice. A funny thing happened when I was cleaning out the mouse nest in the gas tank, the mouse was still inside! It fell out into my trash can. After a through cleaning and about 12 bucks of parts from the local dealer, I poured some gas in it and it fired away after the 4th pull. Sounds great. Cuts smooth and fast.

So now for a few questions, it didn't come with a bar and I don't know how big I should go. I stole the 16'' bar off of my 031 for some test cuts. So should I go for a 20'', 24'' or 28''. I will mainly use it for firewood but will take some trees down with it. I am leaning towards 20'' but I have a ms270 with a 18'' and the 031 with the 16'', so those bar sizes are similar.

Secondly, What is the function of the steel mesh on the air filter cover? It goes right above the spark plug and I have no idea what its for.

Lastly, on the side of the saw there is a circular rubber gromet that looks like where a kill switch could be. It has the I and O stamped near it but I have no clue why it would be there.

Thanks for the help, I have read that the 038 supers and magnums are one best saws Stihl has ever made, so I want to make it last.

:chainsawguy:

 

[Lakeside53]

The grommet is for the Arctic version - heated handles etc switch.

It will run a 28+ bar jusr fine in softwood, 25 in hardwoods.


Not sure about the mesh covering the plug.. Send a pic.. doesn't seem oem.


BTW... NONE Of your pics are showing up - clear your cache and you'll see what we see...

 

[epicklein22]

pics

Sorry about the pics, I switched the host to imageshack and I forgot to change the size. The forum says I can't edit after the post has been up for 1 hour. So, sorry to the dial up people for the large photos, it wouldn't happen again.

 

[Lakeside53]

Nice find on the 038 Super.

I thought that screen was a pre filter before the main filter.

Don't worry about the large images. You could fix them if our ability to edit our postings had not been monked up!

yep.. Mine now are riddled with spelling and grammatical errors!