r/stihl

Working on a grimy 012. Pulled carb and butterfly is discolored. Is this age? Oxidation? Overheating? Not sure myself.

I’ve been over analyzed a mower that will work best for my particular lawn for several weeks now, and I’ve bounced all over the placed, from different styles, to new vs used, and beyond. Stihl recently dropped their price on the RZ152, and the specs and Ferris suspension caught my eye. I’ve never owned a zero turn, but my lawn is far from smooth. Am I over exaggerating the significance of a zero turn suspension system?

Anyway, this guy on Facebook was offering a 100 hour RZ152 for over the current new price of $4.5k. I messaged him tonight and made an offer at $2.8k. He at least made it seem like he’s entering it…At 100 hours, no warranty, and taking the sellers word for maintenance, how much is too much for this unit? He’s about 90 minutes away, and I’d have to rent a trailer for pickup.

There is shockingly little owner content on the RZ152, at least from what I could find. I know Stihl is relatively new to the zero turn market, but from my limited knowledge, again, it would seem to spec out well against similarly priced models.

Can anyone here tell me about their experiences with a RZ152?

FS 76 was new around 1995 and remains operational, felt like time to give it a break. FS 251 has noticeably more power, the few areas I had to notch into it rips apart. Double shoulder harness is nice coming off the single shoulder version and negates any weight increase but it sure is a hassle to get on sometimes. Figured someone would enjoy the nostalgia. Recommended upgrayedd.

Can this new bar run on this old chainsaw?

I'm a huge fan of Stihl products and I've owned 5 or 6 in my lifetime but I'm super bummed out about my most recent purchase of a Stihl leaf blower. The model is the BR350 and as the images show the engine pan simply snapped in half. To add to my misery when I removed the spark plug cable, the ignition coil wire also snapped in half. I've treated this machine with complete care and have never abused it. I'm a residential user who's always stored his machine inside. If I were to guess, it would have under 30 hours of use total.

Both parts are available but when I factor in the cost of the parts and the labor that would be required to repair it, the machine becomes disposable. Super frustrating because this is simply a manufacturing defect.

I’ve never been a guy into small engine stuff as I’m just a homeowner not in a business. But I’ve heard good things about Stihl and I got tired of replacing cheap Weed wackers so I picked this up at Ace today.

Anyone got any idea why this lawnmower won’t start. I’ve had it a long while and it’s had a lot of use to be fair, but this is the first time I’ve ran into this problem with any of my battery tools.

This is a Stihl RMA 448VC. I’ve tried using multiple batteries that definitely work in my other tools. I’ve used multiple of those little activation keys that definitely work in my other tools. I’ve checked to make sure nothing is clogging or blocking the blades. The cables all seem fine from my unprofessional eye. The little side button you press as part of the start up process feels normal when I press it. The self propel doesn’t even work anymore either.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, if not I will have to take it to a local shop to be repaired. Thanks in advance

Some hot rod goodies for this 261C-M. West coast saws dogs and filter, and a precision saws billet muffler. Really phenomenal machining on this muffler. Fit and finish is great, and the sound is incredible.

So I recently posted about my Stihl RMA 448VC not starting. I will post the link here for reference

https://www.reddit.com/r/UKGardening/s/d1AA8vaZZs

It’s still not working but just to give more context, I have now realised it makes this clicking sound as I pull the control lever. This is the lever that you pull on after pressing the side button to make the lawnmower start. Hopefully this helps diagnose what the problem is. Thanks!

I recently found an ad for a second hand stihl brushcutter that works perfectly fine for $400

But the type cover on the recoil is gone.

So is it possible to know what model this could be?

Thanks in advance