Scored a couple free saws

[foragefarmer]

I was getting one of my vehicles it’s annual inspection and mentioned to the shop owner I needed to finish up work on a chainsaw at home and he said do you have any interest in these two saws back here? I was like sure and he said take them a guy gave them to me and I never looked at them. 350 and 359 both runners with a few parts and a bit of work.

 

[heimannm]

Some free saws are not quite as promising...



Mark

 

[foragefarmer]

Some free saws are not quite as promising...

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Mark

Bigger upside if you get it running.

 

[LAWN BOY]

Nice find!

 

[timg]

Good catch on the unbroken clutch cover on the 041 @heimannm.
They always break off around the muffler.

 

[MG porting]

They'll clean up good find free is always good.

 

[Outback]

I would rather have the 359 than the 041 personally. I wouldn't hate the 350 either.

 

[foragefarmer]

I would rather have the 359 than the 041 personally. I wouldn't hate the 350 either.

The 359 is already at our cabin in the mountains joining a CS2245 my wife can run.

From a practical standpoint the newer saws all day but it is a nice sense of accomplishment to get an older saw running or put a couple together and get a runner.

 

[Outback]

My oldest saw is a 1953 Mcculloch 4-30. I have a 045 super and a 041 in the collection and I still don't like them. I don't like running them or working on them. My tolerance for stihl starts at the 024/034/044/064 and newer. I won't regularly run a saw that isn't sprung. So my 262xp's are the oldest saw I would consider using for a day in the woods.

 

[PA Dan]

The 359 is one of my favorite saws! The 350's can be made to run strong too!

 

[foragefarmer]

So the 359 after looking at it is a low time saw. It still had about 75% of the upc tag on the bottom of the tank.

Anyway it had a 20” bar on it and it needed babying in bigger wood so I decided to wake it up a little with a muffler mod and a base gasket delete. I wish I had done a before and after compression test on it. Pulls pretty stout now. And it woke up nicely. You can bury it in oak and lean on it now.

 

[PA Dan]

So the 359 after looking at it is a low time saw. It still had about 75% of the upc tag on the bottom of the tank.

Anyway it had a 20” bar on it and it needed babying in bigger wood so I decided to wake it up a little with a muffler mod and a base gasket delete. I wish I had done a before and after compression test on it. Pulls pretty stout now. And it woke up nicely. You can bury it in oak and lean on it now.

Get it ported and see how well it pulls!