Removing And Installing The Tank Housing - Stihl MS 240 Instruction Manual

: Use hook 5910 893 8800 to pull
the fuel hose (1) out of the fuel
tank.
Do not overstretch the fuel hose.
– Fit the pickup body, b 14.8.1
– Close the tank cap.
14.8.3 Removing and Installing
the Tank Housing
If a mounting thread for plastic
tapping screws is damaged, the
tank housing can be repaired by
fitting a thread insert.
– Drain the fuel tank, b 1
– Remove the handlebar, b 11.5
or b 11.6
– Remove the carburetor,
b 14.2
Use only unleaded fuel in machines
with a catalytic converter.
– Take out the annular buffer/tank
housing mounting screws.
Annular buffer at ignition side,
b 11.3.
Annular buffer at clutch side,
b 11.2
Annular buffer/chain catcher,
b 11.1
MS 240, MS 260, MS 260 C
– Push the manifold flange out of
the tank housing and pull the
impulse hose off the connector,
b 14.6.2
1
– Remove the control levers,
b 12
– Remove the short circuit wire,
b 9.6.2
Versions with handle heating
– Remove the wiring harness,
b 15.8
– Remove the handle heating
system, b 15.3
1
: Pull out the tank housing (1).
– Inspect the tank housing and
replace if necessary
Only transfer those parts from the
old tank housing that are not
included with the replacement – see
parts list.
1
2
: Fit the front end (2) of the tank
housing (1) between the two
halves of the crankcase and line
it up with annular buffer bores.
– Insert the annular buffer/chain
catcher mounting screw.
– Reassemble all other parts in the
reverse sequence.
– Tightening torques, b 3.5
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