Low Budget Work Saws (Or Back From The Dead)

[dustinwilt68]

Just a guess but Glock37, he lives here in PA, I just sent him a set of 288xp cases, does great work at a good price too.

 

[PA Dan]

That would be @Glock37!

 

[PA Dan]

Just a guess but Glock37, he lives here in PA, I just sent him a set of 288xp cases, does great work at a good price too.

That is correct! The shop is about 5 miles from me and he is about 8!

 

[dustinwilt68]

Shipping was 10.00 for me, still cheaper then the drive there, but I would love to get together some time with you guys, his 064 is a thing of beauty.

 

[rocketnorton]

$30. ran after fresh fuel, carb adjust.

 

[PA Dan]

Shipping was 10.00 for me, still cheaper then the drive there, but I would love to get together some time with you guys, his 064 is a thing of beauty.

Yep and he inspired me to do mine!

 

[dustinwilt68]

Beautiful saws, more of an art piece then a tool.lol

 

[afleetcommand]

How about a 372XT that swallowed and puked all the "balls" from the PTO bearing.....talk about having balls! Got new bearings/seals and top end. Since it was scrap...its value was under $100 bucks. New top end.. $125, New Bearings & Seals $30 so under $300...yet again.

 

[Motorhead]

My wife's nephew took these saws to a local shop to get them up and running again but they tried to sell him new saws instead, The 361 needed a new base gasket and clutch,fuel line,filter,The 192 needed a coil and fuel line,the 170 got fuel line filter,The 250 crank seals fuel line carb kit,Gotta help family when you can.

 

[Stump Shot]

My wife's nephew took these saws to a local shop to get them up and running again but they tried to sell him new saws instead, The 361 needed a new base gasket and clutch,fuel line,filter,The 192 needed a coil and fuel line,the 170 got fuel line filter,The 250 crank seals fuel line carb kit,Gotta help family when you can.View attachment 61361

Excellent! Family, friends, neighbors, a lot of folks still hurting out there that need a hand.

 

[RIDE-RED 350r]

My 359. I bought it as an incomplete powerhead that needed alot of TLC and was missing some random parts including the carb. I did a full overhaul from crank bearings on up and was able to salvage the cylinder and put a new Meteor slug in it. I scrounged up the remaining parts and bits of hardware I needed and all said and done I believe I have about $250 into the thing including the initial purchase price..

It's not "minty" by any means. But it's a good solid runner with an 18" 3/8 combo on it. Only mods are BG delete and lower transfer massaging. I even left the muffler bone stock.

Before and after pics. The before pic is exactly as it was when I first got it.

 

[jk14]

Picked this guy up for $80 today. I was at a local shop to pick up a new to me just traded in push mower. So while I was there I ask the guy if he's got any saws. He pulls out this echo cs-590 and says "it starts but won't stay running haven't had time to mess with it $100 and it's yours.

I only had $80 left after buying the mower he took it. Got it home put fresh (blue)fuel in it and tuned the carb. and away we go runs like new cleaned up like new too.

 

[Czed]

It's dead again lol Here is a rare one i had a nos 600 professional that was stolen five years ago this is a 54cc 540i i built into a 60cc the 600p had black plastic top covers was the only difference excellent saws light torquey but horrible coils this coil died today while i was tuning it and it was my last one i will try to find an alternative to keep these going note the sparkplug placement.
I thought you might want to see something different lol.

 

[Czed]

Picked this guy up for $80 today. I was at a local shop to pick up a new to me just traded in push mower. So while I was there I ask the guy if he's got any saws. He pulls out this echo cs-590 and says "it starts but won't stay running haven't had time to mess with it $100 and it's yours.

I only had $80 left after buying the mower he took it. Got it home put fresh fuel in it and tuned the carb. and away we go runs like new cleaned up like new too. View attachment 61451 View attachment 61452

Great deal you got there I've got two of those 590s i like them especially after porting they really wake up.

 

[old 040]

Another recent C-list snag, cleaned up nicely and only needed a good carb adjust, have plans to pull it down down for a complete cleaning and to make a few mods, sellers pic, gave 100. for this one.....

 

[old 040]

Picked this guy up for $80 today. I was at a local shop to pick up a new to me just traded in push mower. So while I was there I ask the guy if he's got any saws. He pulls out this echo cs-590 and says "it starts but won't stay running haven't had time to mess with it $100 and it's yours.

I only had $80 left after buying the mower he took it. Got it home put fresh (blue)fuel in it and tuned the carb. and away we go runs like new cleaned up like new too. View attachment 61451 View attachment 61452

Well done!!, I see remnants of Stella on your log pile!!

 

[old 040]

Some Ebay purchases over the last few months, always liked this series of Poulan saws, just finished going through the 3.3 black Sears, pretty surprised at the difference with just a base gasket delete and MM on this one, the black Sears was actually a trade deal, so after all said and done I have 35. in it, the others were between 75. and 100., still need to do the same mods on the 335, 3100 and a not pictured 2800, great running well built light saws....

 

[old 040]

Here's another I forgot about, a free-be 590 Echo, came from our rental where I used to work, was low on compression and they didn't want to fix it and they gave it to me, was able to save the cylinder and bought a new piston assy for it, total of about 60. bucks in this one, here it is after cutting up some dead ash trees.....

 

[exSW]

It's dead again lol Here is a rare one i had a nos 600 professional that was stolen five years ago this is a 54cc 540i i built into a 60cc the 600p had black plastic top covers was the only difference excellent saws light torquey but horrible coils this coil died today while i was tuning it and it was my last one i will try to find an alternative to keep these going note the sparkplug placement.
I thought you might want to see something different lol.View attachment 61458 View attachment 61459 View attachment 61460

Try eBay Italy. Use the google or Bing translate.

 

[Czed]

Try eBay Italy. Use the google or Bing translate.

Thanks they had one for a castor alpina pro 41 but it's different i check occasionally .