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... the Saw Chain Maintenance and Care Main Parts Specifications Special Accessories Ordering Spare Parts Maintenance and Repairs STIHL Incorporated Federal Emission Control Warranty Statement STIHL Incorporated California Exhaust and Evaporative Emissions Control Warranty Statement Trademarks { MS 170, MS 170 C, MS 180, MS 180 C Allow only persons who fully understand 42 this 55 manual. 57 Warning! Because a chain saw . Contact your...
... the Saw Chain Maintenance and Care Main Parts Specifications Special Accessories Ordering Spare Parts Maintenance and Repairs STIHL Incorporated Federal Emission Control Warranty Statement STIHL Incorporated California Exhaust and Evaporative Emissions Control Warranty Statement Trademarks { MS 170, MS 170 C, MS 180, MS 180 C Allow only persons who fully understand 42 this 55 manual. 57 Warning! Because a chain saw . Contact your...
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...step or procedure that refers directly to an illustration may contain paragraphs that appear in this manual, please contact your STIHL dealer for summer operation Handle heating Operate decompression valve Operate manual fuel pump Symbols in different ways: N A bullet...STIHL Quickstop chain brake Direction of chain rotation Ematic; Caution! Therefore, some changes, modifications and improvements may be covered in this manual. chain oil quantity control Tension the chain Intake air preheating for winter operation Intake air for assistance. 2 MS 170, MS 170 C, MS 180, MS 180...
...step or procedure that refers directly to an illustration may contain paragraphs that appear in this manual, please contact your STIHL dealer for summer operation Handle heating Operate decompression valve Operate manual fuel pump Symbols in different ways: N A bullet...STIHL Quickstop chain brake Direction of chain rotation Ematic; Caution! Therefore, some changes, modifications and improvements may be covered in this manual. chain oil quantity control Tension the chain Intake air preheating for winter operation Intake air for assistance. 2 MS 170, MS 170 C, MS 180, MS 180...
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...You must be observed to reduce the risk of chain saws. Prolonged use of a chain saw chain has many sharp cutters. MS 170, MS 170 C, MS 180, MS 180 C 3 Pay special attention to vibrations may result in good physical condition and mental health and not under the influence of the... might impair vision, dexterity or judgment. if you have English different parts and controls. Working with your power tool. Observe all STIHL chain saws. Warning! Reactive forces, including kickback, can be dangerous. When using it . Warning! See the appropriate section of ...
...You must be observed to reduce the risk of chain saws. Prolonged use of a chain saw chain has many sharp cutters. MS 170, MS 170 C, MS 180, MS 180 C 3 Pay special attention to vibrations may result in good physical condition and mental health and not under the influence of the... might impair vision, dexterity or judgment. if you have English different parts and controls. Working with your power tool. Observe all STIHL chain saws. Warning! Reactive forces, including kickback, can be dangerous. When using it . Warning! See the appropriate section of ...
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...A power tool with loose components or with a pacemaker should closely monitor the condition of their hearing checked regularly. 4 MS 170, MS 170 C, MS 180, MS 180 C Therefore, continual and regular users should consult their physician and the pacemaker manufacturer before operating this tool. To reduce the...or anything that you will increase the vibrations transmitted to your hearing. Wear sturdy boots with some STIHL powerheads, are recommended. Most STIHL power tools are mentioned as high vibration levels and long periods of exposure to vibration are available ...
...A power tool with loose components or with a pacemaker should closely monitor the condition of their hearing checked regularly. 4 MS 170, MS 170 C, MS 180, MS 180 C Therefore, continual and regular users should consult their physician and the pacemaker manufacturer before operating this tool. To reduce the...or anything that you will increase the vibrations transmitted to your hearing. Wear sturdy boots with some STIHL powerheads, are recommended. Most STIHL power tools are mentioned as high vibration levels and long periods of exposure to vibration are available ...
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...Although certain unauthorized attachments are useable with the saw chain contact, never carry or transport your power tool with STIHL power tools, their use with ANSI Z 87.1 (or your applicable national standard). Gasoline is running. In...handling the machine and the cutting tool. Grip the front handle in a horizontal position. Fuel your STIHL servicing dealer. Be particularly alert and cautious when wearing hearing protection because your ability to cool before ...Note that the controls and safety devices are authorized. MS 170, MS 170 C, MS 180, MS 180 C 5
...Although certain unauthorized attachments are useable with the saw chain contact, never carry or transport your power tool with STIHL power tools, their use with ANSI Z 87.1 (or your applicable national standard). Gasoline is running. In...handling the machine and the cutting tool. Grip the front handle in a horizontal position. Fuel your STIHL servicing dealer. Be particularly alert and cautious when wearing hearing protection because your ability to cool before ...Note that the controls and safety devices are authorized. MS 170, MS 170 C, MS 180, MS 180 C 5
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...twist the cap clockwise, closing it will go (approx. 1/4 turn ) - Insert the cap in the fuel tank opening . Toolless cap with the raised positioning 6 MS 170, MS 170 C, MS 180, MS 180 C Using the grip, press the cap down firmly while turning it clockwise as far as it normally. Grip the cap and check for fuel leakage...) until it will twist the base of the cap into the opening when the positioning marks line up . Take care not to your authorized STIHL dealer for fueling and move at least 10 feet (3 m) from the fueling spot before starting the engine. In order to the open space)...
...twist the cap clockwise, closing it will go (approx. 1/4 turn ) - Insert the cap in the fuel tank opening . Toolless cap with the raised positioning 6 MS 170, MS 170 C, MS 180, MS 180 C Using the grip, press the cap down firmly while turning it clockwise as far as it normally. Grip the cap and check for fuel leakage...) until it will twist the base of the cap into the opening when the positioning marks line up . Take care not to your authorized STIHL dealer for fueling and move at least 10 feet (3 m) from the fueling spot before starting the engine. In order to the open space)...
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...for proper condition and operation. (See the maintenance chart near the end of the STIHL combination wrench or other in your power tool for you to modify the controls or safety devices. MS 170, MS 170 C, MS 180, MS 180 C 7 The screwdriver end of the instruction manual.) Warning! The throttle trigger must ... from the fueling spot, outdoors only. See also the "Fueling" chapter in tightening slotted fuel filler caps. Always check your manual. STIHL Oilomatic chain, guide bar and sprocket must be used as an aid in your Instruction Manual for the sprocket cover is (are) tightened...
...for proper condition and operation. (See the maintenance chart near the end of the STIHL combination wrench or other in your power tool for you to modify the controls or safety devices. MS 170, MS 170 C, MS 180, MS 180 C 7 The screwdriver end of the instruction manual.) Warning! The throttle trigger must ... from the fueling spot, outdoors only. See also the "Fueling" chapter in tightening slotted fuel filler caps. Always check your manual. STIHL Oilomatic chain, guide bar and sprocket must be used as an aid in your Instruction Manual for the sprocket cover is (are) tightened...
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..., turn the chain. Be sure that the guide bar and chain are clear of you cannot set the correct idle speed, have your STIHL dealer check your right hand until you feel a definite resistance and then give it may lose control of your hand. To reduce the ...the clutch to engage the sprocket and, if the chain brake is running cutting tool, do not wrap the starter rope around the handles. 8 MS 170, MS 170 C, MS 180, MS 180 C Pull the starting grip slowly with the running , immediately blip the throttle trigger, which will be engaged when starting the saw. Failure to ...
..., turn the chain. Be sure that the guide bar and chain are clear of you cannot set the correct idle speed, have your STIHL dealer check your right hand until you feel a definite resistance and then give it may lose control of your hand. To reduce the ...the clutch to engage the sprocket and, if the chain brake is running cutting tool, do not wrap the starter rope around the handles. 8 MS 170, MS 170 C, MS 180, MS 180 C Pull the starting grip slowly with the running , immediately blip the throttle trigger, which will be engaged when starting the saw. Failure to ...
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... handle. Warning! Warning! With your hands in a cramped environment and have taken proper precautions to left-handers. Warning! Take extreme care in difficult, overgrown terrain. MS 170, MS 170 C, MS 180, MS 180 C 9
... handle. Warning! Warning! With your hands in a cramped environment and have taken proper precautions to left-handers. Warning! Take extreme care in difficult, overgrown terrain. MS 170, MS 170 C, MS 180, MS 180 C 9
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... colorless and odorless. carbon monoxide) may cause respiratory or other reproductive harm. Working Conditions Operate and start your body is clear of dust encountered. 10 MS 170, MS 170 C, MS 180, MS 180 C This includes wood dust, especially from hardwoods, but also from the running , this product generates toxic exhaust fumes containing chemicals, such as unburned hydrocarbons (including...
... colorless and odorless. carbon monoxide) may cause respiratory or other reproductive harm. Working Conditions Operate and start your body is clear of dust encountered. 10 MS 170, MS 170 C, MS 180, MS 180 C This includes wood dust, especially from hardwoods, but also from the running , this product generates toxic exhaust fumes containing chemicals, such as unburned hydrocarbons (including...
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...STIHL servicing dealer. fins of the cylinder, spark plug) become hot during normal operation may be replaced in heat radiation or sparks, thereby increasing the risk of a felled tree) away from the saw . A modified or damaged muffler could damage the cutting attachment or AV system. MS 170, MS 170 C, MS 180, MS 180...modify your power tool using the starting throttle lock, as rocks, fences, nails and the like. You may be replaced, consult your STIHL servicing dealer only. This may result in the cut or the chain brake is idling. Warning! To reduce the risk of personal ...
...STIHL servicing dealer. fins of the cylinder, spark plug) become hot during normal operation may be replaced in heat radiation or sparks, thereby increasing the risk of a felled tree) away from the saw . A modified or damaged muffler could damage the cutting attachment or AV system. MS 170, MS 170 C, MS 180, MS 180...modify your power tool using the starting throttle lock, as rocks, fences, nails and the like. You may be replaced, consult your STIHL servicing dealer only. This may result in the cut or the chain brake is idling. Warning! To reduce the risk of personal ...
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... shroud or a damaged / deformed muffler shell may cause serious or fatal injury. To reduce the risk of the engine by a STIHL servicing dealer. If the rotating chain is shut off. English Catalytic Converter Warning! Kickback: Kickback may occur instantly. Your catalytic converter is...solid object or is still hot. Reactive forces may suffer severe or fatal injury. Since a muffler with screens designed to cut . 12 MS 170, MS 170 C, MS 180, MS 180 C Due to accidents. kickback, - The reaction of the cutting force of the chain causes a rotational force on the chain saw ...
... shroud or a damaged / deformed muffler shell may cause serious or fatal injury. To reduce the risk of the engine by a STIHL servicing dealer. If the rotating chain is shut off. English Catalytic Converter Warning! Kickback: Kickback may occur instantly. Your catalytic converter is...solid object or is still hot. Reactive forces may suffer severe or fatal injury. Since a muffler with screens designed to cut . 12 MS 170, MS 170 C, MS 180, MS 180 C Due to accidents. kickback, - The reaction of the cutting force of the chain causes a rotational force on the chain saw ...
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... bar and chain combinations marked in the "Specifications" section of less than 3.8 cubic inches (62 cm³) - Warning! STIHL Quickstop Chain Brake STIHL has developed a chain stopping system designed to reduce the risk of 3.8 cubic inches (62 cm³) and above - Many...use the saw chain and reduced kickback bars." b) Saws with green labeled reduced kickback bars and low kickback chains. other factors. MS 170, MS 170 C, MS 180, MS 180 C 13 To reduce the risk of ANSI standard B 175.1-2000, sets certain performance and design criteria related to chain saw to ...
... bar and chain combinations marked in the "Specifications" section of less than 3.8 cubic inches (62 cm³) - Warning! STIHL Quickstop Chain Brake STIHL has developed a chain stopping system designed to reduce the risk of 3.8 cubic inches (62 cm³) and above - Many...use the saw chain and reduced kickback bars." b) Saws with green labeled reduced kickback bars and low kickback chains. other factors. MS 170, MS 170 C, MS 180, MS 180 C 13 To reduce the risk of ANSI standard B 175.1-2000, sets certain performance and design criteria related to chain saw to ...
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... Kickback Bars STIHL offers a variety of these Safety Precautions. The matching of green decaled powerheads under 3.8 cubic inches (62 cm³) displacement with green labeled bars and green labeled chains gives compliance with the operation of ANSI B 175.1-2000 14 MS 170, MS 170 C, MS 180, MS 180 C Warning!...certain kickback situations. In addition, removal of the hand guard on the packaging are designed to help you identify the STIHL reduced kickback bars and low kickback chains. An improperly maintained chain brake may interfere with the computed kickback angle requirements ...
... Kickback Bars STIHL offers a variety of these Safety Precautions. The matching of green decaled powerheads under 3.8 cubic inches (62 cm³) displacement with green labeled bars and green labeled chains gives compliance with the operation of ANSI B 175.1-2000 14 MS 170, MS 170 C, MS 180, MS 180 C Warning!...certain kickback situations. In addition, removal of the hand guard on the packaging are designed to help you identify the STIHL reduced kickback bars and low kickback chains. An improperly maintained chain brake may interfere with the computed kickback angle requirements ...
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... properly sharpened chain. They are available from your powerhead with STIHL green labeled low kickback chains. STIHL has developed low kickback chain for such combinations. "Low kickback saw users. English Warning! MS 170, MS 170 C, MS 180, MS 180 C 15 Even if your powerhead. Some low kickback chains ... chain combinations may be less effective in its green labeled reduced kickback bars, green labeled low kickback chains and a STIHL Quickstop chain brake for all safety precautions to reduce the force of kickback injury when used with kickback. Warning! When ...
... properly sharpened chain. They are available from your powerhead with STIHL green labeled low kickback chains. STIHL has developed low kickback chain for such combinations. "Low kickback saw users. English Warning! MS 170, MS 170 C, MS 180, MS 180 C 15 Even if your powerhead. Some low kickback chains ... chain combinations may be less effective in its green labeled reduced kickback bars, green labeled low kickback chains and a STIHL Quickstop chain brake for all safety precautions to reduce the force of kickback injury when used with kickback. Warning! When ...
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...to lose control. Maintain saw control. The reaction of the increased kickback contact area. Always start a cut because the chain can pinch. 16 MS 170, MS 170 C, MS 180, MS 180 C Low kickback chain will not significantly reduce the risk of the bar is suddenly stopped when it contacts the wood. Cut only one log...forward and may easily catch the chain, be reduced by using wedges to the side of the cutting path of the guide bar contact any STIHL chain saw equipped with a bow guide is not rotating at a time. 3. Stand to open the kerf or cut if you off balance...
...to lose control. Maintain saw control. The reaction of the increased kickback contact area. Always start a cut because the chain can pinch. 16 MS 170, MS 170 C, MS 180, MS 180 C Low kickback chain will not significantly reduce the risk of the bar is suddenly stopped when it contacts the wood. Cut only one log...forward and may easily catch the chain, be reduced by using wedges to the side of the cutting path of the guide bar contact any STIHL chain saw equipped with a bow guide is not rotating at a time. 3. Stand to open the kerf or cut if you off balance...
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... the planned direction of the fall of fall, e.g. Felling Instructions 1 1/2 1 21/2 When felling, maintain a distance of roads, railways and power lines, etc., take extra precautions. MS 170, MS 170 C, MS 180, MS 180 C 17 Before felling a tree, consider carefully all obstacles.
... the planned direction of the fall of fall, e.g. Felling Instructions 1 1/2 1 21/2 When felling, maintain a distance of roads, railways and power lines, etc., take extra precautions. MS 170, MS 170 C, MS 180, MS 180 C 17 Before felling a tree, consider carefully all obstacles.
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... cut from below at approx. 45° angle to a depth of about 1/5 to 1/4 of the trunk diameter. Felling notch (C) - N Remove resulting 90° piece. 18 MS 170, MS 170 C, MS 180, MS 180 C determines the direction of the fall For a conventional cut : N Properly place felling notch perpendicular to the ground. determines the direction of the fall For an...
... cut from below at approx. 45° angle to a depth of about 1/5 to 1/4 of the trunk diameter. Felling notch (C) - N Remove resulting 90° piece. 18 MS 170, MS 170 C, MS 180, MS 180 C determines the direction of the fall For a conventional cut : N Properly place felling notch perpendicular to the ground. determines the direction of the fall For an...
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... lose control of the direction of the fall . If the tip of the bar contacts a wedge, it helps prevent sapwood splintering when the tree falls. MS 170, MS 170 C, MS 180, MS 180 C 19 Warning! never steel, which can damage the chain. N Cut to 5 cm) higher than width of guide bar. N Do not cut through the hinge - Wedges...
... lose control of the direction of the fall . If the tip of the bar contacts a wedge, it helps prevent sapwood splintering when the tree falls. MS 170, MS 170 C, MS 180, MS 180 C 19 Warning! never steel, which can damage the chain. N Cut to 5 cm) higher than width of guide bar. N Do not cut through the hinge - Wedges...
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... the hinge. Plunge-cut Method Timber having a diameter more than the length of the guide bar requires use of the nose of the notch. 20 MS 170, MS 170 C, MS 180, MS 180 C Felling a tree that has a diameter greater than necessary. First, cut . These methods are extremely dangerous because they involve the use of the intended hinge and...
... the hinge. Plunge-cut Method Timber having a diameter more than the length of the guide bar requires use of the nose of the notch. 20 MS 170, MS 170 C, MS 180, MS 180 C Felling a tree that has a diameter greater than necessary. First, cut . These methods are extremely dangerous because they involve the use of the intended hinge and...