TJ the Chainsaw Mechanic
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Hi guys, buddy of mine acquired an MS441 Magnum power head that was straight gassed. He said it had 11 tanks on it before someone put straight fuel in it. Anyhow, He offered to let me buy the saw to rebuild.
Bottom end looks fine and the saw is mostly complete minus, so far, the handle bar and falling spikes. I have used handle bars at the shop free to me so no big deal. Falling spikes....I wanna look into a custom set anyhow.
Question, what would be a reasonable offer?
Looks like a Piston and cylinder with a full gasket set will do. Then comes the tune up...Carb kit, fuel line or lines, filter, plug, rim sprocket, and chip guard. Saw is already in pieces so it's somewhat hard to tell if Everything is there, but it looks complete. Everything laid on the table as of now.
I was thinking of offering $125 for it. Nice thing is I can get parts for cost plus 10% so it's looking like I should have a running saw for about $375. Then comes a bar and chain.
Anyhow, I don't want to low ball him so that's why I'm asking. Also...big question of the day....any small mods I could do? Muffler looks like it could be dual ported...no high flow a/f's that I'm aware of.
Anyone done a base gasket delete?
Different HD carb? Maybe from an 066?
The saw was Free to Him so.......
Bottom end looks fine and the saw is mostly complete minus, so far, the handle bar and falling spikes. I have used handle bars at the shop free to me so no big deal. Falling spikes....I wanna look into a custom set anyhow.
Question, what would be a reasonable offer?
Looks like a Piston and cylinder with a full gasket set will do. Then comes the tune up...Carb kit, fuel line or lines, filter, plug, rim sprocket, and chip guard. Saw is already in pieces so it's somewhat hard to tell if Everything is there, but it looks complete. Everything laid on the table as of now.
I was thinking of offering $125 for it. Nice thing is I can get parts for cost plus 10% so it's looking like I should have a running saw for about $375. Then comes a bar and chain.
Anyhow, I don't want to low ball him so that's why I'm asking. Also...big question of the day....any small mods I could do? Muffler looks like it could be dual ported...no high flow a/f's that I'm aware of.
Anyone done a base gasket delete?
Different HD carb? Maybe from an 066?
The saw was Free to Him so.......