Stihl 088 Owner's Manual page 25

• Remove the piston - see 4.5.1.
• Pull impulse hose off the nipple.
• Take out the screws.
STIHL 088
• Pry the plug out of the annular
buffer at the starter side.
• Take the screw out of the
annular buffer.
• Pry the plugs out of the annular
buffers at the clutch side.
• Take the screws out of the annular
buffers.
- Lift the crankcase away from the
tank housing.
• Unscrew the mounting screws
which join the two halves of the
crankcase.
• At chain tensioner side of crank-
case. use a 5 mm (3/16") drift (2)
to drive the dowel pin (1) out of the
two halves of the crankcase.
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