John Deere 17 - Remington PL -4

[Ax-man]

I got off the beaten path last night and took in a little 3 cube John Deere 17 which is the same as a Remington PL-4 if I did my search correctly over at Mr. Acres site.

I am not at all familiar with these saws, the question I have is are there parts around for these Remingtons, will some parts swap with other models in the Remington line???

The saw I got was pretty clean, not all beat up, but it flunked the compression test with an F-, I really don't know if it is worth the trouble to get a John Deere running but if parts aren't hard to find it won't take much to get it going.

Any little tidbits of info would be helpful,

Thanks

Larry

 

[066 stihl]

Larry

You need to buy a couple new Jonsered saws.

Ricky

 

[Ax-man]

Hi Ricky,

I know I do, I bet you know just the guy who could help me out.

Larry

 

[bcorradi]

Jonsered

Larry,

Good luck finding a good jonsered dealer. Jonsered must not do a very good job screening people. They give jonsered dealerships to just about anyone. You may want to try Hillbilly the Kid down in Tennessee.
Brad

 

[066 stihl]

Fargo

Do you want to race your Big Bad Stihl's against the little Jonsered's? Stihl's make a pretty good work saw but that's it. Husky's and Jonsered's are racing saws. Yankee Boy! LOL.........

Ricky

 

[066 stihl]

Larry

Just buy some stihl parts from Fargo.

Ricky

 

[Ax-man]

Ricky,

Don't know if Fargo is still in the parts biz, I think he took an early retirement and is busy counting all his money from selling those 026's.

Larry

 

[066 stihl]

Larry

I think Fargo selling Poulan and Homelite parts now.

Ricky