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Hey folks. I'm trying to get a 394 together for a "customer" that the local dealership partially disassembled to diagnose a few months back. They pulled the carb and I failed to notice till now that they didn't include the HD filter mount elbow and carb mounting screws in the bag of loose...

Need a PTO case half for a 394 or 5 assuming they are interchangeable. Bearing pocket must be good. PayPal ready, need ASAP. Thanks.

Hey fellers, Before I pull the trigger on new, just thought I'd throw a line in here and see if anyone happens to have a known good crankshaft for a Hoosky 385/390xp. This needs to be 100% known not to have any rod knock or rattling as this is the issue I'm looking to address with my 390xp. I...

Thanks to @ELECT6845 for a nice deal on a 2016 390xp. It arrived today and I couldn't be happier. That said, seller stated compression of 130psi and a possibly noisy PTO bearing. So my plan is to break her down and see what's going on in the top end causing that low-ish compression and address...

So a couple of years ago, I rebuilt this saw for a friend/local tree service. I found a good used cylinder, replaced crank bearings, seals, gaskets, fuel line, etc. This was the first saw I had ever been into that deep. The saw died on the job awhile back and up to that point had been working...

So I'd like to discuss this with you fellas. Our 550xp is a 2014 model and lately had been giving us some trouble refusing to start. All of us who run saws at work know the "hot start procedure", I made sure of that personally. My boss is not a real quick mover on things, and I sought permission...

So I decided to rescue this little 024 AV from the junk pile at my local dealer's shop. That's right, this is my first Stihl! (What's the world coming to!!) Lol!! Just kidding around... Anyway, it's mostly complete, very dirty and probably needs an overhaul. I haven't yet even pulled the...

Just bought a dern nice 254 from Dustin and it arrived today. :) It's wearing a brand new TSB courtsesy of Dub11. Thanks to both of you gentlemen, it was a pleasure doing business with you both. This 2-series sickness really sneaks up on ya!

OK, so I will start by saying I don't really want to part with this saw but something else for sale here has really piqued my interest, one of the 262xp posted by Iwhaples. If both of those saws become unavailable, the 359 will be off the market. So, I picked up this 359 in sad, incomplete...

Gathering parts to get my 288 builder off the ground. Went to order an NWP chainbrake assembly from Baileys but they are back ordered till March 9th! Chainsawr has an AM chainbrake assembly in stock but the brand is not listed and it looks an awful lot like plastic. I just can't wait a month and...

Been so busy, I forgot to post up about a little present the boss bought for me at work. We had a surplus in our brush and weeds budget and the boss decided to get me that Triple-Nickel I have been asking for to use instead of a 394 up in the bucket when the work gets too big for single pass...

So long story full of brotherly ball bustin short, @XP_Slinger hooked me up with a very sweet deal on a 281 that I will be building into a 288. I think I'd still like to do a 385/90 in the future, but I can't resist the allure of the 288 any longer. I only have one pic as of now but here it is...

So as some of you might remember from my major thread jacking in the holiday giving thread, my ten wheeler plow truck at work blew the turbo and ran away when I was at work plowing Christmas morning. Well, we got her into to the shop yesterday and started evaluating things. But real quick...

OK guys, I'm in the early stages of deciding on my next builder project and am toying with the idea of offering my good running 359 to trade for said builder. But I haven't really fully decided on that idea yet and that isn't the subject I want to discuss... So a 288 builder is already very...

Maybe this is old news to you fellers, but this is a pretty good demo vid of the 572xp. Thing sounds ANGRY!

Very cool, check it out http://woodworkingcrazy.net/index.php/2017/03/10/worlds-biggest-chainsaw-vs-ancient-salvaged-redwood/

A friend of mine has an 056 that ran when last used....(a decade or so ago) and I think he's about to ask me to get it running for him. I'm still working on learning more about the Stihls but I have a long way to go. Am I going to have trouble finding the usual parts a saw might need after...

Started working on a couple of "blown" early 562 for a friend. We got the top ends off and found piston and cylinder still in seemingly very good condition. We are on hold till we get a crankcase separator for the stuffer saws, but in the meantime we noticed that the case stuffers wiggle around...

So I'm up here in Cape Vincent NY visiting my in-laws for the long holiday weekend. Sitting here in Pop's garage I spy a new little saw on his saw cart. He told me awhile back that his local hole-in-the-wall Dolmar dealer quoted him $275 including sales tax for a 421. Well this apparently was a...

So I went to George Kahler Sales (GKS) today with XP_Slinger to rummage through the "junk pile" figuring on seeing if I could rescue the 266 he told me about last week. Well, I found about a half dozen 2xx series builders, a 254, 262, 266, 268, all missing a couple random parts but mostly...