andrethegiant70
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Hi, Gents... looking for some advice here on a few Pioneers. I'm going to keep one and give the other to a friend who needs a saw with some grunt. This friend isn't saw savvy, so to speak, and doesn't have any sense for what nice old saws they are. I suspect the saw will block up some trees this summer then come out once in a blue moon. So I'd like to keep whichever of these saws is the more desirable. I'd like some advice on which one to keep.
After doing fuel system work on both saws, it's looks like they are both runners. The one in the foreground is a P51, the one in the background is a P50. Both seem to have very good compression. The full wrap on the P50 is broken on the bottom but can be cut down into a half wrap easily. The P51 is wearing a clutch cover/muffler cover from a P61. The P51 is definitely in better aesthetic shape.
I notice the intakes are considerably different...is one preferable for the purpose of finding filters and such? I'm not sure if the one on the P51 is stock... how's it look to you fellers?
Thanks to Jerry for a bit of consulting he's already put in on these.
After doing fuel system work on both saws, it's looks like they are both runners. The one in the foreground is a P51, the one in the background is a P50. Both seem to have very good compression. The full wrap on the P50 is broken on the bottom but can be cut down into a half wrap easily. The P51 is wearing a clutch cover/muffler cover from a P61. The P51 is definitely in better aesthetic shape.
I notice the intakes are considerably different...is one preferable for the purpose of finding filters and such? I'm not sure if the one on the P51 is stock... how's it look to you fellers?
Thanks to Jerry for a bit of consulting he's already put in on these.
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