Stihl Flippy-Cap lids

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midwestcoast

Minister of Fire
Oct 9, 2009
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NW Indiana
So my dad has an MS260 with the dreaded flippy caps. He can't work them for the life of him. Seems like he tries to put them in when not lined-up, flips the flip, cap goes all crooked & now it won't work even when in the correct slot until he twists the mechanism around to "reset" it or something.
Is it normal for that to happen if you activate the cam when mis-aligned? Should he get new lids?
Is there an easy way to replace them with the quaint, old-school threaded caps that seem to have worked just fine on every other container lid in existance for the last hundred years?
 
Its happen to me once!
 
New to me.. never had a problem.. Cant imagine they cant be fixed
 
I recall one time filling with gas and didn't have the cap right. Thought I did, but it didn't run long before needing more gas. Then I noticed that my pant leg was pretty wet....
 
There's arrows on the cap and surround that line up.
 
People who say this has never happened to them are . . . . Salesmen!!

Dayum liars :shut:
 
They suck and you are stuck with them unless an old 026 tank assembly would fit.
 
HittinSteel said:
They suck and you are stuck with them unless an old 026 tank assembly would fit.

Oil cap is in the crankcase, so that wouldn't work.

Easiest fix is to get a different saw.
 
If you cant figure out a flippy cap you might just question your ability to run as saw...............
 
I took one totally apart a few weeks to figure it out..... I now know exactly how they work and they still suck!
 
I think they're great and I have NEVER had one leak. I'm thinking the owner's manual might be of value to those who can't figure out the flippy caps. You've got to do it right instead of just shoving the cap on. What's the big rush?
 
HittinSteel said:
I took one totally apart a few weeks to figure it out..... I now know exactly how they work and they still suck!

lol I prefer them!
 
The only bad points of Stihls are the flippy-caps, and their pricing.

I'm not gonna go back into which ones better, cause everone knows Stihl's are better. . . 'specially Husq owners :lol:
 
Thanks all. I figured this topic had been covered, but couldn't find it. Thx for the link. He'll just have to live with it. Or give the saw to me!


smokinjay
If you cant figure out a flippy cap you might just question your ability to run as saw…............
Easy, that's my daddy yer talkin about :mad:
Seriously, he has been able to heat his house (which he built himself) for 30-some years without killing, or even cutting himself yet (sometimes I wonder how..). He also cut all the Oak for the floors of the house & hauled it to the local mill. That was with an ancient McCullough. He is a farmboy, now with 45 years of plumbing/pipefitting experience & verges on genius when it comes to mechanical work, just has no patience for fiddly stuff, aesthetics or "working safe", and he's starting to show his years.

Highbeam
I’m thinking the owner’s manual might be of value to those who can’t figure out the flippy caps. You’ve got to do it right instead of just shoving the cap on. What’s the big rush?
I agree, though he's not one to read owners manuals. "What's the big rush?" Good question!! I have been wondering that for many years :lol: He works like an Ox & is stuborn as a Mule. I think he may take it as a personal afront that he's even forced to stop working for 3 mins to fuel-up in the first place, so wants to git back at'er fast!
 
The real problem is the husky owner's nothing to do with your dad or this thread...Its the only thing they can hang on to...Really pretty easy stuff though!
 
I like 'em. Especially when that's the only thing people can find to complain about Stihl--while trying to get their Huskys started. Real situation with my bro!

S
 
Yeah, I'll admit it, I basically like the flippy caps... I can find other things to gripe about with Stihl, but the overall experience isn't too bad. Comparing saws in the same class (size / pro vs consumer / etc.) really seems to come down to preference and what kind of price you can get.

I bought the MS660 that is heading my way (slowly) based on a lot of factors, but think I would also have been pretty happy with a Dolmar 7900 or Husky 390xp.

However, I could get my hands on a friend's Stihl 066 to use for a day, AND could get a good price on a new MS660 from another family friend. I decided that I liked the 066 enough and (edit: the new MS660) was a good price relative to used saws that I could find, or especially the other two new saws that I was considering. Plus it had wonderful flippy caps! (edit: my incorrect assumption!!!)

I have slowly been selling off my Huskies, but mostly because I can get what I think are reasonable prices on Stihls and have to pay retail for new Husky pro saws. In something like 7 years of owning new/used consumer level Huskies, I never had one fail to start after a few pulls, usually one, if warm. However, they did not have flippy caps, so I could not keep them! I might forget to oil my chaps if I did not have a flippy cap on the bar oil tank...
 
I thought the 660 was one of the only saws that still doesn't have flip caps? I just picked one up a few months ago and standard caps.
Option?
Chad
 
Beowulf said:
chad3 said:
I thought the 660 was one of the only saws that still doesn't have flip caps? I just picked one up a few months ago and standard caps.
Option?
Chad

However, since my new 660 doesn't have flippy caps, so I can not keep it! I might forget to oil my chaps if I don't have a flippy cap on the bar oil tank...

Damn, Wolfie! Hate to see ya in a bind like that! I'll help ya out and take that 660 of yer hands so your chaps don't dry up :cheese:
 
"However, I could get my hands on a friend’s Stihl 066 to use for a day, AND could get a good price on a new MS660 from another family friend. I decided that I liked the 066 enough and it was a good price relative to used saws that I could find, or especially the other two new saws that I was considering. Plus it had wonderful flippy caps!"


I should have said the 066 had flip caps, not the 660.
Chad
 
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