New, "Improved" Stihl Chainsaw

After dropping a tree on my saw last year, I bought a new Stihl. Couldn't get the model I had before, of course. They don't make 'em anymore.

The old one(s) had simple, screw caps for oil and gas tanks. Any idiot could unscrew them and screw them back in. The new saws have an improvement in the caps. They now have moving parts. Plastic parts. The new caps don't screw in. To take them off, you flip up a lever, turn it, and lift the cap out. to put it back, you reverse the process. Or try to.

The saw is new. It was probably only the fourth or fight tank of gas and oil. I filled the oil, put the cap back in, turned the lever, pushed it down, and the cap came apart in my hand. Cheap plastic.

It's not the kind of hole you can plug with a cork, so I'm idle for nearly a week while the Stihl dealer orders a new cap.

I'm not picking on Stihl. Too many manufacturers make unnecessary "improvements" that aren't as good as what they replaced.

They ignore a basic rule: Never mess with good enough.