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DRP
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# Posted: 11 Sep 2025 08:28am
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I've been resurrecting my old 034 Stihl. It sat in a corner for a dozen years and recently I was watching some youtube or another and realized that it probably had lost seal at the crank seals. Blocking all the holes and using an old vet syringe to inject air in the impulse tube with soapy water on the seals confirmed a leaking seal. I ordered 2 sets of seals and eventually went through several versions of puller, hook, screw to remove the old seals, and I did mess up the first large seal when trying to replace it... get 2 sets  .
It would bark to life but wouldn't run. I looked online and ordered a cheap carb... I thought it looked like a US distributor but was mistaken. It took 2 days to arrive from China. It has now bounced from Indianapolis to FL back to Indy, out to the mountain hub and after a week in country it has finally arrived at the local PO.
Meanwhile I stripped and cleaned the old carb. It runs and works fine now. I'd much rather stay OEM if its working so the new one will go in a drawer... to be searched for later .
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Aklogcabin
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# Posted: 11 Sep 2025 09:11am
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I've got a few cheap carbs around. Small engines not to overly complicated. We have some suzuki 4 wheelers. A new carburetor diagram is near 200 bucks. I took the one from a 20 buck knoc off. Works great and I couldn't tell the difference when comparing them. Probably a bit of factory mark up. For me, I don't mind spending the 20 bucks and taking the chance for the small engines
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Grizzlyman
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# Posted: 11 Sep 2025 09:16am - Edited by: Grizzlyman
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For what it’s worth I bought one of those Amazon carb kits for my older 028. It was the “right” kit… but all the components were trash. I couldn’t get it to work with the new diagram. I repaired the old one with electrical tape and that worked better than the new one. I’ve bought a few carb kits from Amazon for a small 6hp old outboard and a cheap gas blower, and a cheap weed whip as well. They’ve been hit or miss at best.
I’ve bought similar items for larger boat motors as well and those have all been ok.
For chainsaw specifically and the frustration of pulling and pulling-The OEM ones are more expensive, but from now on I’ll be buying it from the stihl distributor.
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paulz
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# Posted: 11 Sep 2025 11:06am
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Congrats getting it going. Stick one of those old seals in some car ‘seal swell’ or the like and see if it does anything. No personal experience, just curious.
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gcrank1
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# Posted: 11 Sep 2025 05:14pm
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Or coat/soak in some ATF?
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FishHog
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# Posted: 12 Sep 2025 06:10am
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A few years ago those cheap carbs seemed OK, now it seems like you could buy 10 and 5 might work. Still you could buy 10 for the price of an OEM replacement, so hard to say what the better plan is.
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DRP
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# Posted: 12 Sep 2025 08:09am
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All I can say at this point is it is visually the same. That was the hurdle I thought they would trip on. The early 034's ran a different carb than later ones and I'm guessing they didn't run this style too long, it is harder to find. I couldn't find it on Amazon but it did pop up on ebay. Parts in general have become really hit or miss the last few years. At times it can make it hard to know whether your diagnosis was wrong or if the new part is junk.
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Nobadays
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# Posted: 12 Sep 2025 09:28am
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My wife's Stihl M170 would never idle for very long from new. It sat for a couple of yearscafter I got her a Makita electric saw. I put a cheap Amazon Chinese carburetor on it and surprise, surprise it now will set and idle no problem... runs well too. Crazy!
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DaveBell
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# Posted: 12 Sep 2025 09:53am
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Quoting: Nobadays My wife's Stihl M170
Quoting: Nobadays I got her a Makita electric saw.
I bought my wife a Stihl rechargeable weed eater. She loves it. All I have to do is reload the string. I wonder if I could teach her to change the oil in the truck?
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Nobadays
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# Posted: 12 Sep 2025 05:30pm
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Quoting: DaveBell I wonder if I could teach her to change the oil in the truck?
Ha ha! Good luck on that one!
When we are cutting firewood I usually fall a couple trees then move enough to not have to worry about the tips hitting the downed trees,(of course do my best to aim them a different direction anyway) then fall two or three more. My wife will get to limbing the first ones as I get the others on the ground. We work well together and can get a truck load in just two or three hours.
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Nobadays
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# Posted: 12 Sep 2025 05:32pm
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Quoting: DaveBell All I have to do is reload the string.
Funny! We are the opposite, I do most of the weedeating but she reloads the string... being a one armed guy that string winding is an exercise in frustration!
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FishHog
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# Posted: 13 Sep 2025 07:26am
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Quoting: Nobadays Funny! We are the opposite, I do most of the weedeating but she reloads the string... being a one armed guy that string winding is an exercise in frustration!
Its an exercise in frustration with two arms. Good to work as a team when needed.
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Brettny
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# Posted: 14 Sep 2025 05:36am
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Everyone of these cheap chinese carbs I have ever owned never ran right a short time later. Mean while I have factory stihl and kawasaki carbs that are over a decade old and never even been off the machine.
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