357XPG Worth rebuilding?

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It' been a long cold winter and I haven't wanted to put much work into saws. Made a push a few weeks ago and finished up the the 357XPG. I was running low on firewood and wanted to see what all the fuss is about heated handle bars. It is a lovely saw and the warm handle bars are awesome when cutting in the cold and wet.

The saw is a little temperamental though. When it starts getting low on gas is leans out and dies. Always starts back up in a pull or two. Seems like the tank vent is clogged but I'll check the fuel line and filter as well.

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To check your tank vent, just turn saw on it's side and crack fuel cap open. If it clears up, it's the vent.
 
I seem to recall those saws have a feature of the carb that compensates for the air filter getting restricted when it gets dirty....the metering side I think is vented to the air filter interior...there is a thread to converting the carb back to a std. configuration that cures the finickey tune issue....think it is a lakeside thread....but heated handles oh ya of course the is a metal clamp intake boot update ....enjoy!
 
Rebuild it. My first husky 240sg had heated handles. You could cut with no gloves in the dead of winter limbing. I miss that saw, it was all metal.
 
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