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"Been screwing with it for 3 days and no luck."

Did you replace the gas lines and primer bulb when you replaced the carb. It could be something as simple as a cracked fuel line or primer bulb. Squirt a little gas in the carb and see what happens. If it doesn't fire pull the spark plug and hold it against something metal to see if you have spark when you crank it. While you have the plug out check to see how much compression you have. You should be able to find something on Youtube that will help you. Two cycle engines can be very frustrating. A friend just bought a new Stihl leaf blower and after one use it won't start.

wow and here i thought a stihl weed eater was in my future. i have a 15 y/o husky that works like a champ that i was going to relegate to camp and buy a stihl for home. sounds like i ain't doing that. my stihl chainsaw is great.

I have two straight shaft Stihls, I think the models are FS85 and FS110. The 110 is supposed to run some special oil that they no longer make. They are both over 8 years old an never had to service them. They typically start on first or second pull and have power to burn. We have a 3 acre yard with about 30 mature trees so they see quite a bit of use. If and when they give up the ghost I will buy another Stihl

This happened to me this year. After the Seafoam trick didn't work. I just put a new carb on it, and it works great. Mighta taken $18 bucks and 10 minutes tops to install.

Screw it, get a goat. (In that order.)
I have a 6 or 7 year old Husqvarna and I leave the 90 octane, no-ethanol fuel mix in it all winter. In the Spring I top off the fuel, 3 pulls on full choke then a couple on half choke and it takes right off. My old Homelite was the same way. Mine are/were the residential models.