Obsolete parts?

[davidblaine]

Hello, I have a Stihl FS44 string trimmer I bought new in the 1990's. I need either a replacement carb or a carb kit. It has the Walbro WT-160B carb. I'm not finding anything on Ebay or Amazon. There are carb kits on those sites, but I'm a skeptic. The gaskets pictured do not match the gaskets that are on this machine now. I guess I could make gaskets from material, and find some replacement hose. But a kit with the grommets, hose, primer bulb and gaskets would be nice. Should I be donating this to the Smithsonian? I figure for the price of new OEM carbs I'll junk this and get a new model. Advice? Thanks!

 

[Fish]

Those models were actually old Ryan/Ryobi models, and the standard k20-WAT should fit it fine. There will be extra/different gaskets, as those kits cover many different carbs, the k10-wat kit is pretty close to the same, but the k20 has both sizes of the needles, so I like to get that one.

 

[davidblaine]

Those models were actually old Ryan/Ryobi models, and the standard k20-WAT should fit it fine. There will be extra/different gaskets, as those kits cover many different carbs, the k10-wat kit is pretty close to the same, but the k20 has both sizes of the needles, so I like to get that one.

Thank You!

 

[davidblaine]

I think that possibly I was looking for the gaskets used when reattaching the carb and carb adapter. The kits probably don't include those and instead have the gaskets for the actual carb.

 

[Fish]

This one would be a pain to make. Call a few Stihl dealers, they may still have one in stock. When looking for parts, the fs36, fs40, and fs44 all used pretty much the same engine.

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