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Re: stihl flippy cap replacements
« Reply #10 on: May 29, 2011, 06:41:45 pm »
I personally would like flippy caps on every chainsaw. Best caps ever.

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Re: Video of the stihl flippy cap replacements
« Reply #11 on: May 29, 2011, 08:39:28 pm »
--and just how many have you broken or yet not got seated only to dump the oil or gas out of the tank ???One broke for me,several oily legs .
Worst idea they ever came up with .

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Re: Video of the stihl flippy cap replacements
« Reply #12 on: May 30, 2011, 07:34:34 am »
--and just how many have you broken or yet not got seated only to dump the oil or gas out of the tank ???One broke for me,several oily legs .
Worst idea they ever came up with .

Been running them since they came out and have had none break or none ever dump gas or oil from not locking. That is in pro use. Al, its a simple cap, try to figure it out, its not hard. But, we get the high quality German made cap, not the cheap US ones. Just kidding Al.

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Re: Video of the stihl flippy cap replacements
« Reply #13 on: May 30, 2011, 08:04:31 am »
I don't know if they are made in Germany or China . Many components are of Pacific rim origin .

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Re: Video of the stihl flippy cap replacements
« Reply #14 on: May 31, 2011, 01:13:36 pm »
Info for you Al.

Howdy,

We're waiting for them to dot the i's and cross the t's on the th patent before we start selling them. I really don't have any good due date yet.

Regards

Gregg

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Re: Video of the stihl flippy cap replacements
« Reply #15 on: June 01, 2011, 05:07:50 am »
That would make sense with all the legal beagles lurking to get a free lunch on someones elses idea .

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Re: stihl flippy cap replacements
« Reply #16 on: July 19, 2015, 11:32:51 am »
Gregg now that you are away from baileys. Did these screw in stihl flippy cap replacements ever make it to market?   Video and thread from 2011

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Re: stihl flippy cap replacements
« Reply #17 on: July 19, 2015, 05:29:16 pm »
Since this thread was started it came to my attention the failure of flippys was the fact the o-ring swelled up .

I had found the genaric size and put it on several sites .A bag of them sells for peanuts,cheap .I assume the ethanol in the gas causes the buna-n o-ring to loose elasticity  over time .

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Re: stihl flippy cap replacements
« Reply #18 on: July 24, 2015, 10:31:12 pm »
My 361 had some issues with the original gas cap, never dumped it but sometimes the thing would take 5 or more tries to get it. Then one day it just broke. Since replacing no issues at all. Got em on 3 Stihls.

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Re: stihl flippy cap replacements
« Reply #19 on: July 25, 2015, 07:25:22 am »
I have flippy caps on a couple Stihls. Never any problem.

Sure had trouble with a lightly used Sthil 025. It dumped fuel on me #*^*. I tighten the old caps with the scrench.
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