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Understood. Opened throttle cover everything ok in there. When machine starts and goes full throttle, when push the throttle lever with flat head screw driver the throttle goes down to idle. Same with the opposite side of the carb, the lever with the spring and where the cable pin attaches...

Hello @Tiger Small Engine I was wrong about youtube, could not find anything on this topic. You are spot on the throttle butterfly is staying open. Not sure why, I noticed the throttle lever P# 4147 121 3500 is not rotating back when release the trigger. Is this motion of throttle lever...

@Tiger Small Engine ok I see some tips on youtube how to check the throttle butterfly, will give this a go, thanks for the tips

Thank you for response @Tiger Small Engine, checked trigger mechanism, throttle cable, these are good. Need to read about throttle butterfly on carburetor. Any tips for checking this? It is the original carb, 8 years old, thousands of hours and I have not serviced it previously. Any other...

Hello Stihl Forum, FS 240 R we use has thousand of hours, we maintain it regularly. Recently the trimmer will start fine as normal, but the engine stays at 80-90% throttle and will not calm down to idle. Checked the carb adjustment, the throttle cables, choke, and throttle trigger, all appear...

Hello @StarTech thank you much for the link to the IPL's wow this is a game changer! Fortunately for now the clutch drum is spinning clean and smooth, will revisit this thread when time comes to change the drum. For now FS240 machine is back battling the grass 🤣 thank you

Thank you all for the tips really appreciate it. Glad to hear not alone with the adventure of removing the housing part 7. Not sure why the clutch was stuck in the drum. Guessing it could be from both clutch springs broken and seized the clutch in the drum. I used 5 flat head screw drivers...

Stihl FS240 trying to access the clutch to check the springs, after removing all screws the two parts will not separate, the clutch seems to be seized onto the drum. The seam around the bottom two screws can wiggle a 1/8” opening, just enough to get a narrow flat head screw driver tip into the...

@StarTech @Fish thank you and everyone else for the insight, finally have had some drier days to work on it. We ended going with advice and sourcing a new machine and hope to use this as a back up. I rebuilt the carb with the Proline OEM Stihl carb rebuild kit, used all the parts in the...

Anyone have the 4180 service manual for the instructions how to change the rubber insert bushing P# 4180 791 9303? Thank you.

Thank you much for the responses very helpful, really appreciate it. In reviewing our labor hours this FS131R machine has 5,283 hours on it. Yikes! No complaints, it has been a work horse and agree the brand makes reliable equipment. Up till now I’ve changed clutch 2x, few random parts and...

Hello, my wife and I use FS131R and FS240R heavily on the property we live on and work on. Wife uses FS131R more often and machine needs help. Machine purchased new few years ago and likely has couple thousand hours logged. Any advice or insight here great appreciated. Could a bent drive...