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[StarTech]

Stihl equipment is very good but it sound you are having one of my days where everything go wrong at the same time. What pisses me off as a shop is the fact the Stihl is making it impossible to repair the carburetors by making it nearly impossible to get the repair kits. I currently having to replace a $100 carburetor simply because Stihl refuses to sell the $15-$25 repair kit. Matter of fact this makes the 10th carburetor so far this year that I had to replace for customers because of this attitude from Stihl. I missing the days where I could get the kits thru my Zama distributor for these Stihl carburetors.

I have to disagree that the Echo SRM 225 are good units especially when used commercially. They make it only a couple years before the cylinder plating wears thru. Home owner use usually last a lot longer; unless, me where I have 14 acres to trimmer every few weeks.

It is also to be noted that new equipment simply don't last like the older equipment. Cheaper designs.

 

[Hammermechanicman]

I like stihl products and i like working on them but i hate trying to get parts. So far i have not had to buy a carb for one this year. I think aftermarket is coming out with more zama type stuff
like G&D kits since stihl put the screws to us.

 

[StarTech]

I like stihl products and i like working on them but i hate trying to get parts. So far i have not had to buy a carb for one this year. I think aftermarket is coming out with more zama type stuff
like G&D kits since stihl put the screws to us.

I really hope they do as Stihl is just ripping off their customers. But finding them is harder as Stihl changing over to a new system of labeling the carburetors. The new ones has model numbers like 4147/25B instead the familiar Zama C1Q numbers.