parrisw
Tree Freak
Heck, I've seen some outfits trade up for a new saw every 2 years.
OK here is your chance to get Rope lol
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i tend to sell saws before they get too beat up. i have at the longest kept work saws for a year. but the conditions i work in make saws look bad really quick. the internals are smooth as silk but on the outside they are rough. its gotten so wet around here that the grit and grime take a toll on the outsides of a saw. i also tend to take the funds from building and selling reworked saws to buy my new saws so i really am out nothing but my time,and according to my wallet my time isnt worth much now adays...
AUSSIE1
Al.
Rope you owe that saw a rebuild, but $450?
The barrel should clean up?
Use a meteor piston kit and the rebuild should be a quarter of that.
The barrel should clean up?
Use a meteor piston kit and the rebuild should be a quarter of that.
sunfish
Fish Head
Get-er-done, man! That's a great saw.
2000ssm6
Stihl User
Yup, you have the chance to buy a real saw now. Find a 440, 441 or 460!
:jester:
ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
Yup, you have the chance to buy a real saw now. Find a 440, 441 or 460!
:jester:
I will never buy a 8 month saw again. I would wear a 440 out in two days trying to get done what my husky did in one imho.
ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
I was thinking, bearings, seals,cylinder,piston,vent,fuel lines,impulse line and was thinking of using OEM but it may change! I already have the stroker lol so a basically new non epa xp is worth 450 right? I know it ain't in resale but I am not selling it ya know!
parrisw
Tree Freak
I guess if ya go all OEM then ya, but how much for a OEM cylinder and piston? Sound good what you want to do though. Will be nice to have new bearings and fuel lines, impluse, filters done.
2000ssm6
Stihl User
If that 372 lasted 8 years, a 440 would have done 16. Personally I don't think it ran for 8 years, probably came out of the box a few weeks ago. That is their common life span.:hmm3grin2orange:
2000ssm6
Stihl User
For sure, if you are going to do it right, might as well go all the way.:chainsawguy:
parrisw
Tree Freak
That's right!
ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
The non epa cylinder asy is 312! The bearings 40 and seals 40 I thought the cylinder assembly came with piston so I may be wrong it may be 550 but still better than the new strato bs ehh?
ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
With the hours this saw has bearings to me is a must have I mean if you let them go too long the crank will possibly become damaged and a full rebuild is what I am after.
parrisw
Tree Freak
Ya, just do everything, don't forget the gasket kit!
ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
Ya mean budweiser cartons wont work
No really I don't drink lol I already have the gasket kit on hand!
parrisw
Tree Freak
Ya mean budweiser cartons wont work
Nice, I've used the Baileys gaskets the last few builds and they've been good.
ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
I looked into the spark plug hole and seen sandy brown, plug was too but it has only 105 compression hmmmmmm be interesting to see what happened!
If I remember correctly the bearings should last two top ends before they normally need to be replaced. I say if they're smooth and have no play, a new top end, seals and lines should get her up and running.
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ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
I may be asking for :help: this will be my first full build!
parrisw
Tree Freak
Ya, no problem. You're going to have to build some sort of case splitter.
