I met Ed today and he is a good guy and looked over the 288 it is a nice saw the compression checked at 140# cold started great poped on the second pull fired on the second or third pull did have a screw's missing on the bottom of the handle and chain catcher is broke it has a 54mm Mahel cylinder pulled the plug out and looked at the cylinder look's great the is in really nice shape overall I am still not sure it is not a lite version it has the spring av's in the back and rubber in front it dose have the Big Dawgs on it and one screw missing their and I did take some pic's with the hood off it is a 20 year old saw and I would replace the seals if it were me here are the pic's and I hope this help's.