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I just wanted to say that occasionally a chainsaw deal can really work out. A while back I contacted Sefh3 (an arboristsite member) about buying or trading for his 750 Homelite. He got back to me and said he was interested in a trade. After he checked the compression he told me that the compression was only 60 lbs. Well with top end parts being so rare for these we both figured that the saw would only be good for parts, so we renegotiated and got the deal done anyway ( I will leave it to him to talk about his end of the trade if he wants to). Well the saw arrived yesterday and I took it down to the piston to see what could have happened to bring the compression down to 60lbs. Well lo and behold the piston and cylinder were in beautiful shape, but the ring end gap was about 9mm (I can't imagine how they could have gotten like this). Anyway after putting a new set of rings I was encouraged and decided to go ahead and fix the rest of the minor issues. I cleaned and rebuilt the carb, added a fuel filter, fixed the bent pressed steel manifold that the boot sits on so that the boot would seal and added the spikes and a partial muffler shroud and air filter I had. Anyway after a few heat cycles during tuning it ran great so I took it to the small enging repair shop down the street and asked them if they would do a comp test for me. Well she huffed out a very healthy 155-160psi which should get better as the rings seat. It may need some more tuning as I get the chance to really put it to work, but I am happy with the way it runs so far. I made a video showing the saw cutting a piece of very hard wild cherry. I know that the wood is not a real challenge for a 750, but it was all I had left that was long enough to strap down. Also obviously the saw can handle a bigger bar, but this bar and semi sharp chain was all I had layin around that wasn't already on a 750. So to sum, up Sefh3 was very honest and up fron about the problems with the saw and it worked out great anyway. I just want to say thanks again for a deal I am real happy with. Here is a link to the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkjhGu1ZkaY
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