What does it need done to it? That looks like a pretty clean saw.
Worst chainsaw ever made?
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Red, you just insulted a zillion satisfied users. I can't think of any other saw that had so many happy followers thoughout its approx. 30 years of manufacture. Andreas Stihl is still counting his money he made with that model, at least in europe
Matt Coolen
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Keeps randomly shutting down. Hard to keep tuned. I'm thinking crank seals, but haven't done any real troubleshooting on it. Bought it on a whim after I stumbled upon Buckin Billy Ray a couple years back. Got a small touch of yellow fever
Slasher, did you have the 445 OE (45.7cc IIRC) or the 445 NE (50.2cc IIRC)?
My Wife's saw is the 445 NE (50.2cc), and while it doesn't quite keep up with the 353, or 550XP, I have been quite Impressed with it for a $305.00 Homeowners saw. So far it has performed better than I expected of it, has been easy to start and Dead Reliable. I have no complaints about the Wife's saw so far, I feel it was an Excellent saw for it's price point, and intended usage.
Doug
Hey Bill, didn't you give one of your Boys a 460?, and IIRC, it earned Great Reviews from you. I am pretty sure that the entire 4XX series are plastic clamshells.
Am I Mistaken???
Doug
Matt Coolehttps:Back to the healing bench [/QUOTE] If you want to get rid of that big ugly chain brake handle and still leave it functional said:
MiniMacs . PIA to work on . Even when everything is done correctly ,and all the parts are good , they may not run well just to be spiteful .
I’d almost rather poop in my hands and Then clap rather than working on one again ...
I’d almost rather poop in my hands and Then clap rather than working on one again ...
Matt Coolen
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I feel yeah... that just made my night, right there.!
Matt Coolen
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I don't recall the model, but it was an 80 or 81 McCulloch with the auto sharp feature. The saw ran great and cut well beyond it's size. The problem was the designer put the air filter behind the drive sprocket. The air filter would become packed with chips and stall the saw.
I'd be interested to know how / where you find crank bearings. I needed new bearings for my SP40, i ended up ordering a set of lightly used bearings on flea-bay that were complete with the seals and the bearing sleeves, supposedly all good, for like $6. For that cheap it's worth the gamble.
Jonsered 370 has to be in the running here...
That's both the fuel and oil tanks, try sealing that puppy up when the lid gets all distorted and warped.
Quadra/trail/frontier manufactured, the opitome of the 'homeowner piece 'o crap saw' in so many ways...
I have a running/cutting one that I'd feel guilty about giving to someone for free.
As for Husky 350's... I have great luck with 'em, a couple easily remedied design flaws and then I think it's one of the best budget/homeowner class saws ever made.
That's both the fuel and oil tanks, try sealing that puppy up when the lid gets all distorted and warped.
Quadra/trail/frontier manufactured, the opitome of the 'homeowner piece 'o crap saw' in so many ways...
I have a running/cutting one that I'd feel guilty about giving to someone for free.
As for Husky 350's... I have great luck with 'em, a couple easily remedied design flaws and then I think it's one of the best budget/homeowner class saws ever made.
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That Jred 370 looks too dayum complicated for gasketitating.
From what I have seen and read, the Husky 4XX series saws Perform and Hold Up Well, for what they are.
The husky 460 is my "Truck Saw" it is locked in the canopy of the pick up 24/7/365. Where we live, trees down in the road are an often enough occurrence, that I picked up the 460 used, for a decent price, for that reason, she ain't Purty, but she runs well, and there ain't No Way that I am keeping "Old Reliable" my 266XP in the truck full time, she IS still real Purty, even at almost 30 years old, kinda like Dancing with your High School Sweetheart, when I pick her up and put 'er to wood.
The 460 has reliable done her service without complaint, and the Wife's 445 (NE), doesn't have a lot of time on it, but it has served well so far, and performed better than I expected of a Home Owner class saw. I have been curious about Husky's 543XP, seems to be Husky's "Forgotten Saw", I never seem to see much mention of it Good or Bad, just "Forgotten". Curiosity got the better of me, and a 543XP w/16" B&C should show up at the house while I am working out of town again. I am wondering if the Wife won't "Adopt" the 543XP as "Her" next saw.
Any how, so far, the plastic clamshell saws have fared very well from my experiences.
Doug
Brent Nowell
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Stratos do work I managed to even get that poulan to work by working the metering lever height out with the carb.
thestrato design works on all models, almost all the running problems I have seen withcheaper ones isa fault of the carb
I thought so also about compression and fire until the Polish Polan Strato stomped on me. When I hear the word strato I get flash backs.
I thought so also about compression and fire until the Polish Polan Strato stomped on me. When I hear the word strato I get flash backs.
I have a PP 4218 that was given to me that I think has a strato engine and runs good, once i adjusted the carb. I've heard the strato engines are finicky to tune?
Some run easy enough, some are nightmares. I have a bunch of them that were either given to me or gotten super cheap.
