Chainsaw Repair

Worked on the FS55R Ebay ratty weed trimmer today. Killed two birds with one stone. One of the nuts holding the carb on was missing and the throttle cable length compensator was not in its pivot hole. Got a 5mm X .8 nut at the Stihl dealer down the street and I ordered one screw for the starter housing and one screw for the gas tank. I also ordered a bare starter cover.

I attached the carburetor correctly and everything ran fine.

I scraped the heavy black marks from the top and bottom off-white covers and sanded them down with some 320 wet or dry paper except for the "Stihl" label and the serial number label. The weed whacker looks pretty good setting on the ground. Soon as I make up the new starter, it will be a very respectable, completely standard as from the factory, Stihl FS55R.