394xp rebuild or not to rebuild that is the question...

[Dolmar Junkie]

Not yet Matt, shortly however! Or at least I think? Haha

Try scaring her, that'll help!
No wait that's for the hiccups,nevermind...

 

[Dolmar Junkie]

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Man that's pristine, a little jb weld a little armor all. I say build it and saw the world down with it...

 

[Mattyo]

@TreeLife have your wife look up the pressure points on the ankles...no joke.

Those parts largely are junk....there's likely some misc stuff in there that would be good to have though.

It would be a considerable project to rebuild....

New cases ...bearings and seals...p&c...filter cover. ..muff....gaskets ....clutch cover etc. ..quite the project

 

[Mattyo]

I forgot about the jb....ya....add A LOT of that to the parts list

 

[Dolmar Junkie]

I forgot about the jb....ya....add A LOT of that to the parts list

I buy it in the 5gal.economy pail...

 

[Dolmar Junkie]

I buy it in the 5gal.economy pail...

Quantities like that I could just Hillbilly 3D print me a 395...

 

[astnmacgto]

All I had had intentions for it were to run and cut, ugly or not didn't matter.

I have about 250 bucks in everything.

If i could get that much for everything, I'd be happy, I know the coils good at least

 

[Mattyo]

If you part it out and get primo bux for everything you might come close to $250. Problem with that is, the whole things a gamble. Toss the cases, or send them out to a welder to be fixed. Strip the crank out of the cases and the case bolts and whatever other bolts come off of there. Jug is probably shot, so pull the decomp off and toss the jug.... at least you won't have to ship that. Top covers might not be worth much... who knows. Muffler looks kinda beat... clutch cover needs to be stripped.

If we assume that this saw, in running condition is gonna be worth $500 or so... and you subtract $250, then you'd only have $250 to work with to get it running. .... and that aint gonna cut it.

It starts getting nuts. If you want to make $$, individualize everything on ebay and see what happens. If you want to sell the pile, I'm at $100 shipped.

If someone else offers you $101, take it... no hard feelings. best of luck whatever you decide to do.

 

[huskihl]

$101

 

[Mattyo]

I've been beat by the OPE auction site lol.

 

[astnmacgto]

I figured just a few key pieces would be worth 100 like the coil, flywheel, carb and HD filter

 

[Mattyo]

it depends on how many trips to the post office you want to make. you can part out the whole thing and see what ya get. more power to ya.

 

[huskihl]

I've been beat by the OPE auction site lol.

It was worth a try lol

 

[beaglebriar]

This plus a 40 dollar meteor and maybe another 50 bucks in parts, why wouldn't you build it???

Look at this on eBay http://www.ebay.com/itm/201928790532

 

[Dolmar Junkie]

This plus a 40 dollar meteor and maybe another 50 bucks in parts, why wouldn't you build it???

Look at this on eBay http://www.ebay.com/itm/201928790532

I haven't read the link to this post yet to see what the actual issues are but if piston and cylinder are one of the main issues what about http://www.ebay.com/itm/58MM-CYLIND...f2dce89&pid=100009&rk=1&rkt=1&sd=201928790532
Now to read the rest of the story (was this Paul Harvey's saw?)

 

[beaglebriar]

I haven't read the link to this post yet to see what the actual issues are but if piston and cylinder are one of the main issues what about http://www.ebay.com/itm/58MM-CYLIND...f2dce89&pid=100009&rk=1&rkt=1&sd=201928790532
Now to read the rest of the story (was this Paul Harvey's saw?)

Then you gotta switch some carb stuff which means more parts...

 

[Dolmar Junkie]

Go with a tax write off and donate to Hillbilly Attention Deficit Disorder Occupational Therapy Society, we I mean they accept donations 24/7
Seriously since you already have so much into it, if PandC will make it functional why not? 30 bucks and you have a fairly powerful saw for cutting stumps off at the ground or whatever other kinds of dirty work you can find that you wouldn't want to use your pretty saws or as a loaner to your buddies that you know won't take care of a good saw!
Here's another P and C on the upper end of the scale probably guaranteed for life even with nitrous applications from Double D
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Husqvarna-C...1ef5c48&pid=100005&rk=6&rkt=6&sd=182691123155

 

[Dolmar Junkie]

Then you gotta switch some carb stuff which means more parts...

I told you I didn't read it, never even noticed that it was a 394 and never realized that they were different . Back to the drawing board. Get a Dolmar my son when he was 13 or 14 learning to fell trees , learned what not to do when he dropped a 12"-14" Hickory on my 6401 did a little damage but we used it the rest of the day . So just trade it for a superior saw...

 

[Mattyo]

The case is junk, the top end is junk, the clutch cover is junk, the top cover, junk likely. etc etc etc. Not a matter if ugly as much a matter of TOSS.

whatever got into the piston there, odds are there may be pieces in the bearings....therefore, the bottom end needs a rebuild. ...case split, new bearings gasket kit etc etc etc. I've done this too many times to not anticipate some serious $$. There isn't good AM support either, so its not like you can just cheap out on certain parts.

Intake.... yes you can convert it to the boot and get an AM cylinder (AM cylinders only use the boot not the intake block). but then you also need a different carb and boot and adapter etc. All of this turns into a much bigger job than you anticipate very quickly. I don't really need another project... so I'm just a tire kicker here, but whoever gets this project needs to understand that its a project. 394 stuff isn't cheap....

 

[dall]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Husqvarna-3...975645&hash=item1a0eb173c4:g:IuIAAOSwKtVWzhjW
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Husqvarna-c...hash=item43ebb6c172:m:mU5IDKhMidov265tVGh0lpg