That sounds like what I have, looks like very limited adjustment of the plastic caps is allowed. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300
On December 2, 2017 1:04:00 PM EST, Mitch Haley via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >Your plastic caps are probably the first generation of invasiveness, >limiting how far you can turn the carb mixture screws. They'd set the >mixture at the factory then pop the cap on. > >Some people (including some Stihl dealer mechanics prepping new chain >saws for sale) used to just turn the screws as rich as they'd go and >call it good. >Stihl actually had a tool, not for public sale, for removing their >plastic limiter caps from the screws so that dealer mechanics could >adjust the carbs. Timber cutters used to run a drywall screw into the >cap to force it off the adjusting screw. > >> On December 2, 2017 at 12:12 PM Max Dillon via Mercedes ><mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> >> Idle speed screw is "normal", and it looks as if there are two >plastic adjustments on the carb that take a flat blade screw driver. >Rest of the screws are torx, which I have. > >_______________________________________ >http://www.okiebenz.com > >To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
