chowdozer
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Friend of mine died a couple months ago. I knew he had this and have wanted it for a few years (or more, maybe many more) but he would never sell it. It hasn't been run in 30 years that I know of, maybe longer. My friend had been seriously overweight for the 35 years I knew him and would not have been able to exert the energy to use it. I honestly don't know why he bought it. It appeared to be locked up so his sis put $60 on it and they had a garage sale.
I couldn't go to the garage sale but told another friend to look for the Stihl, the only orange saw there. He called me. He told me it was locked up and was marked $60. I knew the deceased would not have put straight gas in it so I figured it had rusted the rings to the cylinder. It sat on my workbench for a couple weeks while I thought about the deceased before I pulled the plug to shoot some WD-40 in it. I figured I would let it sit for a couple weeks and give it a pull then. After I got the plug out, for whatever reason I pulled the cord and it spat a couple ounces of clean motor oil all over my toolbox. That would have been just like the deceased to put oil in the cylinder before he put it on the shelf 30 some years ago. So I put the plug in and checked the fuel tank. It was half full of clean motor oil too. I cleaned it up a little, took the air filter off and dribbled a little fuel in the hole. Pulled the rip cord and vroom in a cloud of smoke. I feel obligated to visit his sis and give her a little more money. For now, I will shoot a little oil in it again and put it on the shelf to keep the other army of saws company. All I really use anymore is the 460 BB. But this one was a long time in arriving and has more sentimental value than if I had aquired it 10 years ago. If I never start it again, that's ok. My curiosity as to it's condition is no more.
ok, I don't know how to insert images anymore. lol
I couldn't go to the garage sale but told another friend to look for the Stihl, the only orange saw there. He called me. He told me it was locked up and was marked $60. I knew the deceased would not have put straight gas in it so I figured it had rusted the rings to the cylinder. It sat on my workbench for a couple weeks while I thought about the deceased before I pulled the plug to shoot some WD-40 in it. I figured I would let it sit for a couple weeks and give it a pull then. After I got the plug out, for whatever reason I pulled the cord and it spat a couple ounces of clean motor oil all over my toolbox. That would have been just like the deceased to put oil in the cylinder before he put it on the shelf 30 some years ago. So I put the plug in and checked the fuel tank. It was half full of clean motor oil too. I cleaned it up a little, took the air filter off and dribbled a little fuel in the hole. Pulled the rip cord and vroom in a cloud of smoke. I feel obligated to visit his sis and give her a little more money. For now, I will shoot a little oil in it again and put it on the shelf to keep the other army of saws company. All I really use anymore is the 460 BB. But this one was a long time in arriving and has more sentimental value than if I had aquired it 10 years ago. If I never start it again, that's ok. My curiosity as to it's condition is no more.
ok, I don't know how to insert images anymore. lol
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