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Us old guys don't have exclusive rights to the concept of a bucket list. In fact getting an early start improves your odds.

It is the rev limiter, and it's normal I've had two of them and both did it. If you're swinging a little more weight, (longer line-bigger blade) it will smooth out.

Thanks for sharing the videos Mike!

Wow, you done good on that one!!

Forgot the pictures

So, Mark, it just so happens that I have a 52e saw that was a good runner but developed a hole in the gas tank. I've robbed the ignition, but everything else is there. It appears to be a low use saw and has a bunch of pretty parts on it. I could send any or all of it, if it'll get your 521...

I'll look forward to seeing that!

That's a gorgeous saw Mike, congratulations!!

It's hard to ignore an H&S

6" is Mongo sized? What great news!!!!!!!

I don't know how often Poulan did this with the sand cast saws, but the 31 and the Super 31 had different strokes and used the same top end. They accommodated the longer stroke by using a spacer sandwiched between two gaskets under the cylinder.

Many of the 50s American saws that ran the Power Products and West Bend engines offered a range of engine sizes on a single chassis. Also: Homelite 650/750 and 450/550 McCulloch SP 105/ SP 125, 795/797, and many others. Poulan 4200/4900/5200 Just examples, each company had many more saws that...

This is a rebadged Orline Mark IID, and unlike all of the other Orline offerings, this little saw is actually made pretty well. The castings are all robust, it has a "normal" carburetor, it's not super easy to work on, but not terrible. And, it has an ingenious feature wherein every time the...

Does your flywheel have two pawls or three? 2100s came both ways and took different pulleys.