Kudos to the genius engineers who thought designing this without being able to just use a screwdriver was a good idea. I am in a bind now and my chainsaw tuning screws require some pac man looking type tool that I will probably spend way too much time try to figure out a diy for
Very nice, I just had the same problem, the dealer wants to take a few days to do a 30 second job and I needed it now, just bought the tool off Amazon, but this cured my headache, thanks bud.
Great tip. Another method if no electrical connector is I used tweezers pushed in then pliers to squash the tweezers. Once the nut moved I could just hold the tweezers tightly without the pliers
U r D Best! I'm on week 2 tried just about anything and absolutely nothing works. I went to 2 stores n they don't have such tools. Has to b special order. My Gardener Friend needs to make his bread n butter and you my friend Just made it possible with that piece of advice. Thank you I will defenetly subscribe to your channel Adam Carrillo (small engine apprentice)
@@valentin7054the ones with electrical repair kits should be a nice thing wall. Mine fits fine. There are other brands that make this tool as well. Handy to have a bunch of carb adjustment tools.
Here's a better way pull one adjust screw at a time, take your Dremel Tool with cutting wheel and cut a flat screwdriver slot in each Adjustment screw, simple, easy, and works every time !! :)
Please also add info on exactly how to tune the H and L on these presumably 4-Mix machines. I just tried an adjustment and I find it a bit different from ordinary 2-stroke chainsaws. L-adjustment is very easy. These 4-Mix engines have a different max RPM though and i find it more difficult to hear when they are just slightly on the rich side as they should be.
Just buy a little pack of red size 14 gauge wire Splicers. The barrel type that are made to put a 14 gauge wire in each end and then crimp down...just take a brand new one they fit right over the end of your adjustment screw.
THANK-YOU VERY MUCH MATE, I,LL GIVE IT A TRY, ( I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE STIHL CO. MORE THEN A FEW GUSS WORDS FOR PULLING THIS CUTE TRICK WITH THE ADJ. SCREWS ) .
Thank you very much that's greatly appreciated. There's no faster way for someone like stihl to lose business permanently like mine create additional difficulty for me to manager maintain my own equipment. Ridiculous like carburetor adjustment is proprietary or something.
These carb screws used need just tiny flathead screwdriver on the bg86 blowers but now they need the hex tool too I just found out... it had to be changed sometime in the past year or so.
@@SouthernStyleLawnCare sure, a 4mm is a 4mm. However, it would be nice, if while I were at my Stihl dealer buying a tuneup kit, I could also but the proper tool. I’m not a huge fan of making the Chinese and Bezos rich. Stihl is German, not American, but they have great quality stuff that my German heritage doesn’t mind paying for if it isn’t made in America.
I would like to buy the tool for my Stihl FS 70. I have the Double D, Hexagon, splined, Pac man, and single D. It is none of those. I don't have the 21 tooth spined. Can you tell me what one to buy?
This is what I bought. HOOAI Carburetor Adjustment Tool Kit for Common 2 Cycle Carburator Engine - Carburetor Adjustment Tool Set Carburetor Tune up Adjusting Tool (10pcs + www.amazon.com/dp/B079L4PKWQ/ref=cm_sw_r_apanp_rN8Ts7DweS1dm
how do you fix a stihl fs91r that won’t idle because i wasn’t working right and you messed with it and now it doesn’t work even start. just the idle screw
I ordered the whole kit off Amazon earlier today. Also carb cleaning kit and stihl tachometer. I used to have a kit bout lord knows what happened to it.
I bought a 10 piece tool kit,which was supposed to fit my BG86 blower,for which I asked about compatibility before I bought them,but ended up sending the whole kit back.Thought for sure the 4mm in the kit would fit...NOT!.My screws look like some sort of hex,so I will try a 4.5 mm or 5mm nut driver,which I have on order. My Hi speed needs some tweeking,as the rpm's keep going up and down at full throttle.
The bg86 blowers used to just use a tiny flat head screwdriver to adjust a carburetor I just found out today that now they use these things too. the BG 86 I have from a year-and-a-half ago still just has the tiny screwdrivers but ones that were bought 6 months ago seem to be this type now.
@@SouthernStyleLawnCare Thanks...but I don't see any octagonal heads in that set,only the 4MM hex that I thought was the right one...not the case! I bought two different kits and ended up sending both back.
The electrical connector and needle nose pliers worked like a charm. Thanks for posting!
No problem
Kudos to the genius engineers who thought designing this without being able to just use a screwdriver was a good idea. I am in a bind now and my chainsaw tuning screws require some pac man looking type tool that I will probably spend way too much time try to figure out a diy for
Very nice, I just had the same problem, the dealer wants to take a few days to do a 30 second job and I needed it now, just bought the tool off Amazon, but this cured my headache, thanks bud.
Thank you so much got me out of a pinch!!!!
Great tip. Another method if no electrical connector is I used tweezers pushed in then pliers to squash the tweezers. Once the nut moved I could just hold the tweezers tightly without the pliers
Brilliant and hilarious at the same time. Thanks for the tip, great fix.
U r D Best!
I'm on week 2 tried just about anything and absolutely nothing works. I went to 2 stores n they don't have such tools. Has to b special order. My Gardener Friend needs to make his bread n butter and you my friend Just made it possible with that piece of advice.
Thank you
I will defenetly subscribe to your channel
Adam Carrillo
(small engine apprentice)
Turns out the "special tool" is a 4mm socket. Comes in most small-tool kits, like "electronics repair" kits.
I tried, had to grind down the socket but stihl no luck
yea is a special thin walled socket, my two 4mm sockets dont fit
@@valentin7054the ones with electrical repair kits should be a nice thing wall. Mine fits fine. There are other brands that make this tool as well. Handy to have a bunch of carb adjustment tools.
Here's a better way pull one adjust screw at a time, take your Dremel Tool with cutting wheel and cut a flat screwdriver slot in each Adjustment screw, simple, easy, and works every time !! :)
Nice looking out man. Ive gotta get the "carburetor adjustment tool" real soon. Thx.
Please also add info on exactly how to tune the H and L on these presumably 4-Mix machines. I just tried an adjustment and I find it a bit different from ordinary 2-stroke chainsaws. L-adjustment is very easy. These 4-Mix engines have a different max RPM though and i find it more difficult to hear when they are just slightly on the rich side as they should be.
Excellent boss !!!! Your simply a genius !!!!!! Thank you!!!!
Just buy a little pack of red size 14 gauge wire Splicers. The barrel type that are made to put a 14 gauge wire in each end and then crimp down...just take a brand new one they fit right over the end of your adjustment screw.
THANK-YOU VERY MUCH MATE, I,LL GIVE IT A TRY, ( I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE STIHL CO. MORE THEN A FEW GUSS WORDS FOR PULLING THIS CUTE TRICK WITH THE ADJ. SCREWS ) .
this hack saved my whole day. thank you.
Thank you very much that's greatly appreciated. There's no faster way for someone like stihl to lose business permanently like mine create additional difficulty for me to manager maintain my own equipment. Ridiculous like carburetor adjustment is proprietary or something.
Nice hack. Amazing what ya can do in a pinch.
You just need a 4mm hex bit for a screwdriver.
Nice needle nose pliers I broke mine and it cost me $48 to get the exact same pair again go figure gotta love Klein pliers pricing
These carb screws used need just tiny flathead screwdriver on the bg86 blowers but now they need the hex tool too I just found out... it had to be changed sometime in the past year or so.
I just used the needle nose pliers to fit turn the adjustment screw. It works fine, nothing else is needed.
Thanks for sharing this!
Just saved me $30 thanks
Great tip, Thanks!!
Good deal thanks iam going to do that and fix my Christmas tree stand thanks freak n sweet
It worked! Thanks.
A piece of 1/4" copper tubing works too.
Mine had the carb replaced and the idle is too slow and it stalls when the throttle is released. LA needs adjustment. Thanks.
Stihl isn’t supposed to sell the tool. The EPA forbids it in the USA, but you can find the tool on eBay, despite that. Big brother knows best….
I bought the tool on Amazon no issues.
@@SouthernStyleLawnCare sure, a 4mm is a 4mm. However, it would be nice, if while I were at my Stihl dealer buying a tuneup kit, I could also but the proper tool. I’m not a huge fan of making the Chinese and Bezos rich. Stihl is German, not American, but they have great quality stuff that my German heritage doesn’t mind paying for if it isn’t made in America.
I would like to buy the tool for my Stihl FS 70. I have the Double D, Hexagon, splined, Pac man, and single D. It is none of those. I don't have the 21 tooth spined. Can you tell me what one to buy?
This is what I bought. HOOAI Carburetor Adjustment Tool Kit for Common 2 Cycle Carburator Engine - Carburetor Adjustment Tool Set Carburetor Tune up Adjusting Tool (10pcs + www.amazon.com/dp/B079L4PKWQ/ref=cm_sw_r_apanp_rN8Ts7DweS1dm
how do you fix a stihl fs91r that won’t idle because i wasn’t working right and you messed with it and now it doesn’t work even start. just the idle screw
Better to unscrew them. Pad the needlenose and remove them and notch them for a flat screwdriver.
If you don’t mind me asking, what’s the low for ? Do I have to mess with that one?
The low is going to be how it runs at idle to about 40ish percent. High speed is when its running full out. Hope this helps.
@@SouthernStyleLawnCare thanks bud.
Go to eBay and get the whole set for like $12. Great video.
I ordered the whole kit off Amazon earlier today. Also carb cleaning kit and stihl tachometer. I used to have a kit bout lord knows what happened to it.
I bought a 10 piece tool kit,which was supposed to fit my BG86 blower,for which I asked about compatibility before I bought them,but ended up sending the whole kit back.Thought for sure the 4mm in the kit would fit...NOT!.My screws look like some sort of hex,so I will try a 4.5 mm or 5mm nut driver,which I have on order.
My Hi speed needs some tweeking,as the rpm's keep going up and down at full throttle.
I ordered this kit and it had it in there. www.amazon.com/dp/B079L4PKWQ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apap_K8cALtESynrJ1
The bg86 blowers used to just use a tiny flat head screwdriver to adjust a carburetor I just found out today that now they use these things too. the BG 86 I have from a year-and-a-half ago still just has the tiny screwdrivers but ones that were bought 6 months ago seem to be this type now.
@@SouthernStyleLawnCare Thanks...but I don't see any octagonal heads in that set,only the 4MM hex that I thought was the right one...not the case! I bought two different kits and ended up sending both back.
@@eluminaryxarrais7735 Yeah,my 20102 model definitely uses a octagonal head for the H and L mix screws.Thanks
I made a mistake on the year 2010 NOT 20102! Thanks.
Thanks man
Good morning sir, i have an FS91R weed eater, carb adjustment
Do you still own the stihl fs111rx and do you reccomend it?
I own a fs 111 RX I don't recommend it's a piece of Sh*t go with FS94
Any links to the tool you can order for this?
I think it's just a pac man screw driver could be wrong on this exact machine
Why didn't you show us the electrical connector that you said you bent and used?
I print one in 3d. Maybe for 1-2 dollar
whats the toolkit to buy for this?
They sell them on Amazon. Just Google carburetor tools
You can ruin that needle n seat that way
Thanks Stihl. I bet that generated a ton of money selling your stupid little tool. It had to be worth doing even if you pissed off your customers.
Just another reason not to buy a Stihl. Never have to adjust the carbs on my echos.
First one I ever had do that. It happened to my friends echo so it does happen.
Southern Style Lawn Care ....yeah it's man made so sooner or later it will need a wrench on it 😂😂😂
@@wayneslawncare9241 happened to a redmax too
Fuck echo.
Yeah,....bet your Echo doesn’t run as good as a Stilh either! I love me some Stilh products! Just sayin’