Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

Hi  I  hope that somebody can give me an answer   I have a stihl chainsaw model 017 my problem is I can;t get the linkage of the trigger I got the choke linkage off  it looks real easy but i  can;t figure it out help would be greatly  appreciated      dannyc

You have to manually open the butterfly on the carb while pushing the linkage out according to this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUyOpYa25cM

Skip to 2:05 if you don't want to watch the whole thing.
It is part 1 of 3 if you want to watch the whole series.

I hope that someone can help me I took my walbro carb apart on my stihl 017 chainsaw to rebuild it 3 weeks ago but the wife got sick and i didn;t get to it until now  there is a little black o ring and a brass washer and for the life of me i cant rember where they go on the carb I hope that somebody  can tell me where they go  Thanks   Dannyc

Go watch those 3 videos above.