{ Instruction Manual STIHL FS 55 Manual de instrucciones Warning! Read and follow all safety precautions in Instruction Manual – improper use can cause serious or fatal injury. Advertencia! Lea y siga todas las precauciones de seguridad dadas en el manual de instrucciones – el uso incorrecto puede causar lesiones graves o mortales. Instruction Manual 1 - 47 Manual de instrucciones 49 - 99 English Contents Guide to Using this Manual 2 Maintenance and Repairs 42 Allow only persons who fully understand this manual to operate your trimmer / Safety Precautions and Working STIHL Incorporated Federal brushcutter. Techniques 3 Emission Control Warranty Approved Combinations of Cutting Statement 43 To receive maximum performance and Attachment, Deflector, Handle and STIHL Incorporated California satisfaction from your STIHL trimmer / Harness 16 Exhaust and Evaporative brushcutter, it is important that you read, understand and follow the safety Mounting the Bike Handle 17 Emissions Control Warranty Statement 45 precautions and the operating and Mounting the Loop Handle 19 maintenance instructions in chapter Trademarks 47 Fitting the Carrying Ring 20 "Safety Precautions and Working Original Instruction Manual Mounting the Deflector 20 Techniques" before using your trimmer / Mounting the Cutting Attachment 21 brushcutter. For further information you can go to www.stihlusa.com. Fuel 24 Fueling 25 Contact your STIHL dealer or the STIHL distributor for your area if you do not Fitting the Harness 25 understand any of the instructions in this Balancing the Trimmer/Brushcutter 26 manual. Starting / Stopping the Engine 27 Operating Instructions 30 Warning! Cleaning the Air Filter 31 Because a trimmer / brushcutter is a Engine Management 31 high-speed cutting tool some special Adjusting the Carburetor 32 safety precautions must be observed to Spark Plug 33 reduce the risk of personal injury. Care- Engine Running Behavior 34 less or improper use may cause serious Printed on chlorine-free paper on chlorine-free Printed recycled. be can oils, paper vegetable contain inks Printing or even fatal injury. Rewind Starter 35 Lubricating the Gearbox 35 Make sure your unit is equipped with the proper deflector, handle and harness for Storing the Machine 35 the type of cutting attachment being Sharpening Metal Cutting Blades 36 used. Always wear proper eye Inspections and Maintenance by protection. Dealer 36 Maintenance and Care 37 Main Parts 39 Specifications 41 Special Accessories 42 © ANDREAS STIHL AG & Co. KG, 2011 AG STIHL KG, & Co. © ANDREAS M23-8.A11.CP. 0458-233-8621-C. 0000000063_004_GB { FS 55, FS 55 C, FS 55 R, FS 55 RC 1 English Guide to Using this Manual Symbols in Text Engineering Improvements Many operating and safety instructions STIHL’s philosophy is to continually Pictograms are supported by illustrations. improve all of its products. As a result, engineering changes and improvements The individual steps or procedures are made from time to time. Therefore, described in the manual may be marked The meanings of the pictograms some changes, modifications and in different ways: attached to or embossed on the improvements may not be covered in machine are explained in this manual. N A bullet marks a step or procedure. this manual. If the operating characteristics or the appearance of Depending on the model concerned, the A description of a step or procedure that your machine differs from those following pictograms may be on your refers directly to an illustration may described in this manual, please contact machine. contain item numbers that appear in the illustration. Example: your STIHL dealer for assistance. Fuel tank for gasoline and engine oil mixture N Loosen the screw (1). N Lever (2) ... Press to operate decom- In addition to the operating instructions, pression valve this manual may contain paragraphs that require your special attention. Such paragraphs are marked with the symbols and signal words described Manual fuel pump below: Danger! Press to operate manual fuel pump Indicates an imminent risk of severe or fatal injury. Warning! Filler hole for gear lubricant Indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in severe or Air intake summer mode fatal injury. Caution! Air intake winter mode Indicates a risk of property damage, including damage to the machine or its individual components. Handle heating 2 FS 55, FS 55 C, FS 55 R, FS 55 RC English Safety Precautions and FS models with an "R" on the nameplate STIHL does not recommend the use of were originally configured (at the time of rigid blades when cutting in stony areas. Working Techniques distribution) as a trimmer with a loop Use your trimmer / brushcutter equipped handle. Because a trimmer / with the appropriate cutting attachment brushcutter is a high- only for cutting grass and similar speed, fast-cutting power Warning! material. tool sometimes equipped with sharp cutting blades, As more fully explained later in these special safety precau- Safety Precautions, to reduce the risk of Warning! personal injury, make sure your unit is tions must be observed to Do not use it for other purposes, since equipped with the proper handle, har- reduce the risk of per- misuse may result in personal injury or ness and deflector for the type of cutting sonal injury. property damage, including damage to attachment you are using. Use only cut- the machine. It is important that you ting attachments that are specifically read, fully understand authorized by STIHL for use on your FS and observe the following model. Warning! safety precautions and Have your STIHL dealer show you how warnings. Read the Minors should never be allowed to use to operate your power tool. Observe all instruction manual and this power tool. Bystanders, especially applicable local safety regulations, children, and animals should not be the safety precautions standards and ordinances. periodically. Careless or allowed in the area where it is in use. improper use may cause serious or fatal injury. Warning! Warning! The terminology utilized in this manual Do not lend or rent your power tool with- To reduce the risk of injury to bystand- when referring to the power tool reflects out the instruction manual. Be sure that ers and damage to property, never let the fact that different types of cutting anyone using it understands the infor- your power tool run unattended. When it attachments may be mounted on it. The mation contained in this manual. is not in use (e.g. during a work break), term "trimmer" is used to designate an shut it off and make sure that unauthor- FS unit that is equipped with a nylon line ized persons do not use it. head or a head with flexible plastic Warning! Most of these safety precautions and blades (i.e., the PolyCut head). A The use of this machine may be hazard- warnings apply to the use of all STIHL "brushcutter" designates a unit ous. If the rotating line or blade comes in trimmer / brushcutters. Different models equipped with a rigid metal blade. Many contact with your body, it will cut you. may have different parts and controls. FS models may be used as either a When it comes in contact with solid for- See the appropriate section of your trimmer or a brushcutter – therefore, the eign objects such as rocks or bits of instruction manual for a description of power tool is referred in this manual as a metal, it may fling them directly or by ric- the controls and the function of the parts "trimmer / brushcutter." Some smaller ochet in the direction of bystanders or of your model. and / or lightweight FS models may only the operator. Striking such objects could be used as a trimmer, i.e., they may not damage the cutting attachment and may Safe use of a trimmer / brushcutter be used with metal blades. cause blades to crack, chip or break. involves Thrown objects, including broken heads or blades, may result in serious or fatal injury to the operator or bystanders. FS 55, FS 55 C, FS 55 R, FS 55 RC 3 English 1. the operator vessels and blood transport, as well as high vibration levels and long periods of 2. the power tool Warning! exposure to vibration are mentioned as 3. the use of the power tool. factors in the development of whitefinger The ignition system of the STIHL unit disease. In order to reduce the risk of produces an electromagnetic field of a THE OPERATOR whitefinger disease and carpal tunnel very low intensity. This field may inter- syndrome, please note the following: fere with some pacemakers. To reduce the risk of serious or fatal injury, persons – Most STIHL power tools are Physical Condition with a pacemaker should consult their available with an anti-vibration physician and the pacemaker manufac- You must be in good physical condition ("AV") system designed to reduce turer before operating this tool. and mental health and not under the the transmission of vibrations influence of any substance (drugs, created by the machine to the Proper Clothing operator's hands. An AV system is alcohol, etc.) which might impair vision, To reduce the risk of injury, the operator recommended for those persons dexterity or judgment. Do not operate should wear proper protective apparel. this machine when you are fatigued. using power tools on a regular or sustained basis. Warning! Warning! – Wear gloves and keep your hands warm. The deflector provided with your power Be alert – if you get tired, take a break. tool will not protect the operator from all Tiredness may result in loss of control. – Keep the AV system well maintained. A power tool with loose foreign objects (gravel, glass, wire, etc.) Working with any power tool can be thrown back by the rotating cutting strenuous. If you have any condition components or with damaged or worn AV elements will tend to have attachment.