So, I know Stihl flippy caps have issues sometimes. Are the non flippy and flippies interchangeable? I fired up my measly Masterminded 460 today and got a fuel bath (not masterminds fault AT ALL) and need to fix it ASAP. Who has the BEST replacements at a good price? I have a 36" plus diameter oak that blew over and I have an itch to make it my....
No, they are not interchangeable, flippy caps are funny, people either love or hate them, then there are those who love to hate them. There was a stint a few years back that they had a bad batch of them and the dealers replaced them. PM me your address and I'll send you one.
Pretty much what he said. They had issues that were fixed. Any of the newer ones have supposedly been upgraded. Hope you get it figured out!
Both of the ones on my hybrid leak. I'll probably go down to my local dealer and pick up some new ones.
The cap recall never applied to any chainsaws. Trimmers and blowers only. crzybowhntr , have you a damaged cap or does it just need a new o-ring? And the price on a new cap wasn't all that bad last time I checked. Well under $10 at the dealership. But it's been a couple years.
Apparently there are ,or will shortly be , after market Stihl flippy caps . I was reading about them on Chain Saw Repair . I believe they will be sold by Left Coast Supplies . The thread was in the Stihl sub forums over there .
What Nixon is referring to isn't the standard oem AM flippy cap design, it's a redesigned cap that operates and locks in different compared to the oem style that everyone is familiar with at the moment.
Seems like Probably Both! I originally had it on and it leaked so it took it off and tried to "tighten" it and it would lock back down so I gorilla twisted it into place and it snapped off the top.
Yeah, it's not possible to torque down a flippy cap a little harder, the way you can with screw caps. You can make sure the O-ring is in good condition, and you can make sure there isn't any debris where it seats, preventing a good seal, but the degree of tightness is determined by the design and condition of the mechanism rather than physical effort.
