This has been by far the best channel I have found for small engine repair! Your explanations are clear and concise and you seem to have a genuine love/passion for the work you do! Thank you so very much!

Just a quick THANK YOU for sharing your expertise, time, and all of your efforts you and your husband do to bring these videos to us. You are a very good teacher, I like your style of teaching. Very calm, direct, explanatory. Meaning that your style of teaching gives me confidence that I can do my repair successfully. You and your husband are truly professional!!!!

No sunrise or coffee on this one, liked the slowmo with the cat. I would like to see a video on clearing and starting a flooded saw if possible. Thanks for the great content.

Cute tuxedo cat!

I was surprised to see that the spark plug wasn't wet, yet a new plug was the fix. Good call on that. I'm learning more about chainsaws every time I watch you work on one. Thanks.

I waited very patiently for another chainsaw video from our lovely Erica and this one was short and sweet. Earlier this week I worked on an old Homelite handheld blower that was so crusty and covered with dirt that I didn't give it much hope of ever working again. Replaced the brittle fuel lines, cleaned the carb and replaced the metering diaphragm and she fired up like nothing was wrong with it. Love your channel Erica and Tyler and needless to say, these chainsaw repair videos are a hit❤❤❤❤

That is odd. You said spark plug was dry yet put new one in and it starts. Nice work have a good day.

You definitely have a lot of Cub cadet mowers in your shop 👍✌️

I like your video style. Excellent for people like me that don't have a clue about small engine repair/maintenance. Thanks.

Love your tux. Looks like a good boy. 🐯

Good morning, i work at a small engine repair shop, and whenever i get a no start chainsaw in i make it a habit to check fuel, spark, and compression first. That usually leads me down the right path for repairs. Good video, thanks.

This has to be one of the easiest fixes in history. Thank you for the informative diagnostic session.

After watching most of these videos I noticed one big thing for customers. The biggest thing to keep your saw running top notch is when I use my saw or outdoor power equipment I always try and keep my power equipment clean. I use it then I clean it and put it away. After cleaning I take the bar off and have the chain sharpened grease the spline bearing with white lithium grease. Most of this equipment brought it not all is usually very dirty air filter dirty or something. When you clean your power equipment it gives you time to inspect it and if you see a worn sprocket or dirty air filter replace it. I always use stihl motomix. I know it gets pricy but in the long run it will keep your equip running at its best. A lot of problems I seen is bad fuel. Thank you for the post

Thank you for sharing your 261 video. Cheers and good summer to you.

I'd also check the spark arrestor for clogging. If clogged, I burn it out and she runs like a dream.

Again a very good teaching ! I noticed during the first pull on the video something like a light between the handle and the engine, like a spark outside, coul'd be somewhere around the coil instead of at the plug. Bad sparkplug is allways strange, often there is no sign of evidence. I allready got a sparkplug making well few sparks and after few seconds only one on two, result was a bad slow regime and no acceleration. Change it !

Great example of “time is money”. Those guys working in the woods probably have four of them on hand, and don’t have the time to tinker with them, as they go down. Knowing they may need a part, it is better to just drop them off as they break, as they would have to make the trip anyhow, to get parts, and spend time getting them going again.

Great video. I have put into storage one of my garden tractor. Drove it in. In the spring won’t start. Change plug and away it goes. Plugs can just go like a light bulb. Great sounding saw. Have a great weekend. Nice Big cat going there. 👍🏻

Years back I had a not running 1971 Scorpion Super Stinger. 793 Hirth 3 cylinder, three HD tillitson carburators, Three Expansion chambers. Arctic Cat full rubber track. It had three new Champion spark plugs. I installed three new NGK spark plugs. It started right up. I've found that GM vehicles don't like Champion plugs. Some engines get along fine with them.

I wish you tried putting back the old plug after starting it with the new one... just to be sure it was the sparkplug.

Case Closed It Was a Case Of Over Choking or His Original Air Cleaner Was So Plugged It Was The Choke 😀 Nice Job

Excellent ! In my saw stable the MS261 is the go to. Simple cleaning and maintenance including rim socket after 12 years ! With age the bars ( now 16" ) and cc's (50 ) get lower and the comp release is a must now. Your suggestions about intense cleaning ( will do ) are right on...THX. Great product with the PFERD CS-X sharpening tool ( it's blue ). Now to replace at long last the fuel filter per your demo. You are an MBA of saws.

That easy.i am often overthinking when trying to find the problem on my saws. 😊. Good morning to you all 😊

You have such a great way to approach the troubleshooting, consistent and really professional. A joy to watch, I’m learning so much ! Thank you!

Sometimes you just get lucky, I let one of my Echo saws sit for 4 years and it started on the forth pull. Runs like a champ I bought it in 2010 . Erica you do great work.

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When I was a kid, we had the same black cat, and we called him "Boots" for obvious reasons, :)

G’day greetings from Tasmania Australia 🇦🇺 love your channel you have a no nonsense approach to your work, it was a surprise to find out that it appeared to be the plug I have had the same thing happen to me. Kind regards John

Enjoy the content. Enjoying the views. Nice!

Good video so many mechanics don’t try to start them first and diagnose properly good job keep up the good work 🪵👍

Your cat is a unit!

Smart! checking the basics first instead of going down the rabbit hole...

Sehr einfacher Fehler,da hätte er auch selbst drauf kommen können da er schon den Luftfilter selbst gewechselt hatte.

I have one of those. Never failed, always starts and saws like new after being in use for years. Feel pity for those who have Husqs.😊

👍👍👍. Thank you Erica

I got the Stihl 029 farm boss...24 yrs old, same plug and bar...still runs like new

Top work yet again. I had a spark plug issue with my Ms390 a while back. Brand new Bosch plug. All OK for one tank of fuel then there was a small pop and it stopped. After running down many rabbit holes finally had a good look at the plug and the top electrode had worked its way through and plug and was hard up against the ground/earth terminal inside the engine. Lesson being just because a plug is new there still might be a problem.

That was one large mouser that slipped in! Does it earn its keep? 😊

TY for Sharing

Hence why I buy Stihl products. I have an echo chainsaw at work. It is trouble to start & everytime I try to start it, it floods. I have to gun it to clear. (Honest opinion...Echo tools are consumer grade. Not commercial. I only buy commercial equipment. No cheap shit anything for me). I had an Echo saw before the one I have. That was difficult to start & was in & out of the shop seemingly every time I used it. The last time I needed it to cut it stalled & failed to start after 25 pulls. I threw it into a revine with my boss watching. He said I guess you need a new saw? I said yep. I thought it was because it was a homeowner saw? He got me a better Echo. Same garbage just bigger.

5:18 Inspector General reporting for duty

Too bad there all not like that....good job

That was fast. Sometimes it is just one little thing

The upside down bar is upsetting my OCD terribly!!!!

Good video - good knowledge thanks.

The plug is always the first thing I change out in any small engine

Great videos. I have echo chainsaws though.

Hello from New Zealand. ☘Do you have a 'Forester' brand chainsaw in North America? I have that brand saw that has sat unused for nearly 10 years, and has that same starting problem.🌻 I checked the ignition side by spraying some fuel into the carb intake and it started for a few seconds. I am leaning towards a carb rebuild (it has a Walbro carb), but since viewing this video I will check the plug first. Got lots of overgrown trees, branches to clear on our section. Thank you for these helpfull videos.🌹

Nice video 💯

Great video, thank you

It funny you say its just a fouled spark plug. Every single Stihl 2stroke I have ever worked that wound not start, I changed the spark plug before anything else & they always start. Ok they may run rough but its the rough running that fouled the spark plug to start with. Once its running finding the root of the problem is so much easier.

Hi, I'm watching the video and the bar on the chainsaw is upside down 😂😅, please don't be offended, your video's are really grate, dedicated fan,Verne.

April 12th. So just over a month ago. And there's still snow on the ground. I spent the first 18 years of my life in weather like that. That's why I'm in the middle of Arizona. And now I wear a hoodie and long sleeves when it gets below 75F (24C) and even that's situationally dependent.

@5:20 shop helper cat ! not too fat not too lazy, she better make sure she already clocked in.

Your video is the highlight of my day. Keep it coming! 🤩

Just subscribed to your channel, loving the content. Can I put in a request for the 028 for the next video? I inherited a 028 AV Super last year and brought it back to life, such an amazing saw that disguises its 37-year-old age so well.

big black cat helped

Great video, I have worked on lots of these critters over the years. Some times a whiff of Quick Start helps. Also if you have a touch of the Witch Doctor, that also helps. Kind regards, and greetings from Africa.

I love watching your videos and I love you so much

Nice find. Video did not show if you used the decomp, I bet not. I see no reason for decomp on 50cc class saw. They can eventually leak air into the saw.

I buy spark plugs by bulk. I love to keep plenty on hand.

Gotta like the easy ones. Do you have a minimum charge like 1/2 hour shop time or?

just had to take the plug oooooouuuutttt

Where’s your location in Ontario

I’m actually looking for a new saw. I’m a framing contractor who does a lot of timber work and need a new saw for Timbers and camping. Is the MTronic worth it? Is it a good system? And what saw should I buy. Something smallish but it too small. I have a 311 and love it for firewood. Also. You make me feel guilty for the way I treat my saw. 😂

Same as our streamer recently, no start - new plug - boom good as new

Do you request customers to drop off the saws ready to run, with gas bar oil and the chain adjusted for cutting? That would make the most sense, I guess. I never took a saw to a shop before. Don't have a Stihl saw, but I do have a Cub XT2 42" Kohler 7000.😁

Your channel is growing but will your husband ever be back on doing lawnmower vids? I would love if both of y’all were in the vids🙂 I miss the mower vids☹️

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Hmm, we have a similar Stihl chainsaw and you have to pull the start cord really slow, then it will start. Yank it like you did, and it will not start. This is due to the starting system of these chains saws

There's always something solidly reassuring about a Canadian accent. No idea why this was recommended - my back yard is about 25m2!

Wow, seemed like all it took was a new spark plug. Who would've thought it was that simple.

Easy money!!!

Bravo, well done! Good to se a woman in men-dominated work....hope I will find more videos when you fix more complicated jobs..... would be nice to see. Keep up the good work 💪💪💪💪💪

yeah, that is like taking your car into the shop cause it is 2 psi below 36. I would be scared working alongside someone who is using this chainsaw, cause they have no right owning one.

Ok pretty lady are you able to have a laugh in you job !

I think the customer will say " son of a bitch "

It's nice to see a chick know how to work on things cool!

I would have looked for spark before screwing the new plug in.

Its alive...its alive.....damn plugs...

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i wonder if every human being dreams of an lawn mower u can sit on.

12 year old 261 ( no C ) starts easy BUTT not when warm. Gas cap vented, new fuel, filter clean, plug gaped and dry, still no start. Help. Thx.

no..i think you were lucky here - the plug isnt the issue,i bet if you put the old one in it woud start - a dead plug WILL get wet, my guess is dirt eighter in the membrane or the vacuum-line..and a new plug with more powefull spark managed to ignite the fumes,and then it cleaned itself out

A small engine mechanic showed me how to start a badly flooded Stihl chainsaw, by pointing the bar down at the ground and pulling it until it started

Easy to flood! less gas is more!....

The person who brought that saw in should not be allowed to own one!.......that is ridiculous!

It can be flooded without the spark plug be whet .

I think old spark plug has wrong heat rate for this saw. 🤔

Good argument for synth fuel. Don’t know if you have increasing ethanol content in your pump gas, but it goes off for fun, and once it wets the plug it blows their candle right out!

I would never do that without gloves.

Customer cant figure out a faulty sparkplug. Customer probably should not be using chainsaw

A proper pair of ballistic work trousers while less fashionable are infinitely safer in terms of of H&S@Work and would present a slightly more professional show!!!

Behaves a bit like my 231C, temperamental starting and sometimes flood too easy, I have had it served by the local Stihl dealer. His recommendation is make do for now, but have a new card next service. Seems far to me.