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I have a Husqvarna 266xp saw that has seized on me. My neighbor let my Dad and I use it to see if we wanted to trade another one of our saws. He told us that we should at least try the saw before we traded him, which I assume is fair. This saw had been hotroded as the air filter was cut out and a large foam filter was attached to the carbuerator. He told us that he had it tuned in such a way so that it didn't idle well until it was warmed up. He said they ran it that way when they were logging so that they ran hotter. Yet, I was very skeptical when we fired it up and there was no smoke. I figured it was running a bit lean. He told us that we should run 50:1 or 40:1 in it. Which sounded reasonable. Anyways, we used it for about 30 minutes total and bucked a few logs with it. Then all of a sudden, clang! It froze up. Me and my Dad were both sawing at the same time and I could hear it over my McCulloch 650, so it was very loud. The saw had seized. The pull rope would not pull anylonger. Anyways, I guess my question is. Are these expensive to rebuild? I feel bad for borrowing a saw and having it seize on me. We were going to trade a brand new 450 e-series saw for the 266xp. I don't know maybe even with a rebuild, it may still be a good deal? What do you guys think? I would like to have a nice professional saw but I am beginning wonder about the Husqvarna line. Maybe a Stihl or a Dolmar would be nice?
I have a Husqvarna 266xp saw that has seized on me. My neighbor let my Dad and I use it to see if we wanted to trade another one of our saws. He told us that we should at least try the saw before we traded him, which I assume is fair. This saw had been hotroded as the air filter was cut out and a large foam filter was attached to the carbuerator. He told us that he had it tuned in such a way so that it didn't idle well until it was warmed up. He said they ran it that way when they were logging so that they ran hotter. Yet, I was very skeptical when we fired it up and there was no smoke. I figured it was running a bit lean. He told us that we should run 50:1 or 40:1 in it. Which sounded reasonable. Anyways, we used it for about 30 minutes total and bucked a few logs with it. Then all of a sudden, clang! It froze up. Me and my Dad were both sawing at the same time and I could hear it over my McCulloch 650, so it was very loud. The saw had seized. The pull rope would not pull anylonger. Anyways, I guess my question is. Are these expensive to rebuild? I feel bad for borrowing a saw and having it seize on me. We were going to trade a brand new 450 e-series saw for the 266xp. I don't know maybe even with a rebuild, it may still be a good deal? What do you guys think? I would like to have a nice professional saw but I am beginning wonder about the Husqvarna line. Maybe a Stihl or a Dolmar would be nice?
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