parrisw
Tree Freak
Just got this, bid on it from a local online government auction, all I had to go by was a few pics, which I can't find anymore! LOL, anyway, it was taken apart somewhat, just the cylinder and covers off, looked to be mostly complete and in very good cosmetic condition, appears to have little use, however it ate a piston somehow, big chunk out of it, surprising the cylinder is ok, only some very light alu transfer on it, will clean up just fine. But the bottom end ate all the bits and its in the bearings and what-not. The crank big end appears to be a little sloppy too, so that'll have to go, I have a new aftermarket crank here I'll try out, I paid a little more then I normally would but it looked too nice to pass up, and I have a soft spot for 372's, and hard to come by used ones this nice. My plan is to mod it with cut squish band and no cutting windows into the piston to see how much different it'll be then my other 372 which has popup piston and windowed piston, only thing it doesn't have real high compression, only about 160, I'm hoping to pump this one up much higher then that, and compare the two saws, my other one runs very well for only 160psi. So this newer one will be also getting a new OEM single ring piston, so I'm guessing this one will out run my other, well that's what I'm hoping anyway.
Apologize in advance for my slow moving builds. I think I have everything needed to build this saw though, missing clutch cover though, but that can be borrowed from another saw for testing. Testing will probably be done with a 20" bar and new off the reel Stihl chain, I'll probably make a cant out of 8x8's or something.
All taken apart and all cleaned up ready for assembly.
Apologize in advance for my slow moving builds. I think I have everything needed to build this saw though, missing clutch cover though, but that can be borrowed from another saw for testing. Testing will probably be done with a 20" bar and new off the reel Stihl chain, I'll probably make a cant out of 8x8's or something.
All taken apart and all cleaned up ready for assembly.