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Picked this one up fairly cheap (eBay UK, if I recall correctly) about a year ago. It's been patiently waiting for a rebuild/refresh, so got started on it yesterday.
For those not familiar, the 048 is a 77 cc pro saw that was introduced in 1980 and only produced for about 5 to 7 years, so there's not a lot of them out there. She's a heavy girl at 16.8 lbs, but said to be quite powerful and reliable. Some folks say they were produced mainly for the military but were used commercially as well. The construction is similar to the 028/038 saws.
Anyway, this one was used and abused -- the front AV was almost gone, so the saw was real loosey goosey. Lots of incorrect fasteners. Piston is scored.
Plan is to go through it, hop it up a little bit (muffler mod, timing bump, base gasket delete), clean it up some, go through the recoil assembly, new fuel/oil/impulse lines, carb rebuild, new AV, and then tune it and put it to use. The case was only secured with 4 slot screws, so most folks recommend swapping these with torx.
Parts aren't easy to find, but I've had decent luck so far. Would love to find a full wrap, but haven't managed to scrounge one yet.
Your thoughts?
Thanks!
Scott
Picked this one up fairly cheap (eBay UK, if I recall correctly) about a year ago. It's been patiently waiting for a rebuild/refresh, so got started on it yesterday.
For those not familiar, the 048 is a 77 cc pro saw that was introduced in 1980 and only produced for about 5 to 7 years, so there's not a lot of them out there. She's a heavy girl at 16.8 lbs, but said to be quite powerful and reliable. Some folks say they were produced mainly for the military but were used commercially as well. The construction is similar to the 028/038 saws.
Anyway, this one was used and abused -- the front AV was almost gone, so the saw was real loosey goosey. Lots of incorrect fasteners. Piston is scored.
Plan is to go through it, hop it up a little bit (muffler mod, timing bump, base gasket delete), clean it up some, go through the recoil assembly, new fuel/oil/impulse lines, carb rebuild, new AV, and then tune it and put it to use. The case was only secured with 4 slot screws, so most folks recommend swapping these with torx.
Parts aren't easy to find, but I've had decent luck so far. Would love to find a full wrap, but haven't managed to scrounge one yet.
Your thoughts?
Thanks!
Scott