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Suckage is a matter of opinion, I saw the j.d. version of that saw at a flea market 2 weeks ago and passed it up, I personally like the muscle saws. Any saw under 100$ is good though.

Is that Remington 754 a desirable saw? One been for sale nearby for a long while and I never really gave it a second thought until now. Looks cool, for sure.
 
Is that Remington 754 a desirable saw? One been for sale nearby for a long while and I never really gave it a second thought until now. Looks cool, for sure.
Apparently they are not but who cares! ,its huge , loud and looks awsome!
Alot of people reported have had tuning issue with them but I always take into account people's laziness and ignorance which is usually how we end up with cool old saws that don't run.
If your collecting old saws to make money this old saw is a bad investment.
 
It meets my criteria, it's 88CC's. If it pulls over with good felt compression I'd go 35-40 bucks on it. Most of my saws I find in farmers barns so they seldom have fresh fuel in them. Some times fresh fuel and they do fire up. There are two reasons I collect saws. One, I'm a forth generation Arborist and I'm trying to find all of the saws I remember as a kid. Two, in my searches I find lots of them cheap. I told my UPS buddy to keep an eye out for me, and in two weeks he gave me an XL 924 and an XL12, free. The local Ag Center was getting ready to through them away. The 924 was a runner. Another friend gave me her uncles XL12, and another small Homelite. The little one was a runner and I gave it to a friend. The only people that want old saws are us. The big Poulan with the 48" bar I mentioned above, I normally would go about $50 on it. But, since it has the 48" bar on it, I might go $100. Big bars are harder to find than big saws.
 
Apparently they are not but who cares! ,its huge , loud and looks awsome!
Alot of people reported have had tuning issue with them but I always take into account people's laziness and ignorance which is usually how we end up with cool old saws that don't run.
If your collecting old saws to make money this old saw is a bad investment.
If you are doing it to make money, a real job works better. I've found a few saws that were easy money, but they were very rare, and I got very lucky. I got a Homelite 7-29 at a farm auction for $60, and a member here offered me $800. It lives with him. Any old Mac or Homelite in the 100CC range will have good value, if you can get it cheap. I stopped in a Stihl dealer last year and asked if he had any old Homelites, he sold me a 450, an XL925, and a Super EZ for $10 apiece, and a Super 1050 for $40. The 1050 had a full wrap handle bar. That might be worth $100, but I won't part it out. Pay attention and learn the rare saws. That Echo mentioned above is a rare saw, and if you could pic it up cheap, you could make money on it. If you go looking for a specific saw, it will be expensive. If you just pay attention, they will all be cheap.
 
It meets my criteria, it's 88CC's. If it pulls over with good felt compression I'd go 35-40 bucks on it. Most of my saws I find in farmers barns so they seldom have fresh fuel in them. Some times fresh fuel and they do fire up. There are two reasons I collect saws. One, I'm a forth generation Arborist and I'm trying to find all of the saws I remember as a kid. Two, in my searches I find lots of them cheap. I told my UPS buddy to keep an eye out for me, and in two weeks he gave me an XL 924 and an XL12, free. The local Ag Center was getting ready to through them away. The 924 was a runner. Another friend gave me her uncles XL12, and another small Homelite. The little one was a runner and I gave it to a friend. The only people that want old saws are us. The big Poulan with the 48" bar I mentioned above, I normally would go about $50 on it. But, since it has the 48" bar on it, I might go $100. Big bars are harder to find than big saws.
4 saws 25$ a piece, definitely meets yours and my criteria.
 
I’d have to buy it “right” but you all have my wheels turning. A big old saw that takes a special wrench to change the plug and sketchy parts availability? Sounds like my kind of rabbit hole.
Parts for most of the Homelites and Macs are pretty available. The big plugs are just 13/16 like old car plugs. See, it gets easier and easier.
 
Too much travel time and money to be an entry
20190809_171656.jpg 20190809_171738.jpg over 420 miles round trip and $550 to make sure I have a base to build a stroker in:chainsaw: Bridgeport work to place a Ms-660 crankshaft in there. A man on another station built one and we've communicated about minimum costs for parts, pieces & bits. Sposed to be 18 months of use bringing em down and cutting lengths, rings look to need replaced piston is alright from a look into exhaust. Prolly be in better shape if he'd done this to exhaust port20190810_170809.jpg that 5/8" stock hole was left alone. Doesn't run near as well as the ported 661 that :innocent:^^is attached to:yes:
 
I got this weeks ago but haven't posted it until now. On they way back from SoCal I picked up this 041AVE for $40 as it "doesn't run". Upon disassembling the carb, standard practice for new to me saws, I found the sawdust plug over the fuel filter. I suspect that is the cause of the saw's not running, but until the carb kit comes in I won't know for sure. It needs a muffler, as it is almost more weld than it is muffler and bashed in under the plate, a clutch cover, AV bushings, and dogs. However, it will have to wait till the 048 is done and I'm well on my way with my Ford Highboy project.
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Almost forgot, the clutch cover on it is the wraparound type, but it has the hole for the screw-on muffler cover. Is the hole standard and made to be covered up, or is the cover the wrong one?
 
I bought this nice one owner Stihl 026 this week from a lady I did some pruning for. Her husband had passed away recently, and she was gearing up for a big tag sale. There was a really nice 440 Magnum also, and I was ready to offer a good price for the pair. She wasn't interested in selling the 440, but said 40 bucks for the 026. I told her that was too low and she said, "How about 50?". It was apparent she didn't care about the cash, so I shook her hand and got a "you suck" deal on it.
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Was out delivering some stuff this week about 2.5 hours from home, and while I was waiting, I surfed Kijiji and found a Stihl MS362C for sale. Guy said the saw had about 5 hours on it. I'd believe that as I asked him if he had cleaned the saw at all, and he said nope. The rest of his tools were pretty grimy, so, I do believe he was telling the truth. Said he had bought it for one job, and it had sat for a while, and his wife was after him to make space. Paid 450 Kanukistanese Kopecs. I think that that's a little suckage.

The saw had not been cleaned before these pics. Only problem I can find with this saw is the oiler leaks between the case and the cover.

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chain was badly abused, or it had had one of those silly end of the bar sharpening things on it. Had to sharpen over half the chain away to clean it up.

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Picked this up at the local flea market this morning.Guy said it took a spill off a truck and busted the chain brake.He swore its the original bar and second chain.It runs and cuts really good,needs a good sharpening and a major cleaning.Talked him down from $200 to $175 .Never thought Id say this,but hope I suck lol.20190818_140015.jpg 20190818_140028.jpg
 
Picked this up at the local flea market this morning.Guy said it took a spill off a truck and busted the chain brake.He swore its the original bar and second chain.It runs and cuts really good,needs a good sharpening and a major cleaning.Talked him down from $200 to $175 .Never thought Id say this,but hope I suck lol.View attachment 754066 View attachment 754067
You are correct...you suck! I picked up a Home Depot 6421 and love it! Waiting on a 7910 cylinder to return home and make me love it even more!
 
You are correct...you suck! I picked up a Home Depot 6421 and love it! Waiting on a 7910 cylinder to return home and make me love it even more!
I really know nothing about modifying saws.A 7910 cylinder bolts right up to this saw?Sorry for a dumb question,but the carburetor has to be changed too I assume?I will probably just clean it up and use it as is,but thanks for that info Pa Dan.
 
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