What's on your bench?

[tickbitintn]

Got closer to the bench, then found a puddle under my truck, rear diff pinion seal gave up. Only 189k! Lol

Finished up by topping off fluid went to climb out and got the hitch in the lower rear rib cage... [emoji36]

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[rattler]

Much thanks. Delivered the saw today.....I’m sure you’re familiar with that grin you get when they stop the saw halfway thru the cut. He was pretty happy with it

Sir yes sir i get alot of satisfaction from that Grin.

 

[Mattyo]

What's on the bench? A mistake.....

 

[Mattyo]

As the story goes, 2.5 months ago I bought a 288 parts saw on ebay. paid too much... 200-250ish. i forget. got about 150$+ in parts ahead of time to complete it. Saw doesn't show up. Its in shipping limbo ... for 2 months. Finally get my money back. BUT... in the meantime I'm stuck with 150 worth of 288 parts. So I find another parts saw. on ebay for about the same money. I'm into it for ... uh.. about 400 bucks so far.
In addition to that it needs a PILE of stuff.

thanks to @dustinwilt68 for doing some horse trading.

in addition to that, i needed a new head ... $200ish, $160 worth of stuff from ebay including a new oem oiler, new oem top cover and am clutch cover, another $100 in smalls from ereplacement parts, and another $100 of incidentals from HL supply.

a $1k 288xp ... and it won't even have a new gas tank or carb. UGH....

the stuff i get myself into .... yikes

 

[usmcbuckwild]

What's on the bench? A mistake.....

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Ooops happens

 

[Deets066]

As the story goes, 2.5 months ago I bought a 288 parts saw on ebay. paid too much... 200-250ish. i forget. got about 150$+ in parts ahead of time to complete it. Saw doesn't show up. Its in shipping limbo ... for 2 months. Finally get my money back. BUT... in the meantime I'm stuck with 150 worth of 288 parts. So I find another parts saw. on ebay for about the same money. I'm into it for ... uh.. about 400 bucks so far.
In addition to that it needs a PILE of stuff.

thanks to @dustinwilt68 for doing some horse trading.

in addition to that, i needed a new head ... $200ish, $160 worth of stuff from ebay including a new oem oiler, new oem top cover and am clutch cover, another $100 in smalls from ereplacement parts, and another $100 of incidentals from HL supply.

a $1k 288xp ... and it won't even have a new gas tank or carb. UGH....

the stuff i get myself into .... yikes

Yup I know exactly what ya mean. Bought an 044, tank was shot, case half broke, so after new oem cases and oem tank. Plus the smalls to go with it, could’ve just bout a NOS one for the same money. Lol

 

[Mattyo]

i haven't had much content for youtube lately, so i figured I'd build a 288. parts are super hard to come by these days. it'll get sold for a loss and i'll end up stickin with my 394s lol

 

[tickbitintn]

Been there done that!

At least they are saws and not m/c, 4-wheelers, cars, trucks, tractors, etc....
They add up fast too, usually with an extra decimal or two!

P.S. GWS Matt!

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[Dub11]

As the story goes, 2.5 months ago I bought a 288 parts saw on ebay. paid too much... 200-250ish. i forget. got about 150$+ in parts ahead of time to complete it. Saw doesn't show up. Its in shipping limbo ... for 2 months. Finally get my money back. BUT... in the meantime I'm stuck with 150 worth of 288 parts. So I find another parts saw. on ebay for about the same money. I'm into it for ... uh.. about 400 bucks so far.
In addition to that it needs a PILE of stuff.

thanks to @dustinwilt68 for doing some horse trading.

in addition to that, i needed a new head ... $200ish, $160 worth of stuff from ebay including a new oem oiler, new oem top cover and am clutch cover, another $100 in smalls from ereplacement parts, and another $100 of incidentals from HL supply.

a $1k 288xp ... and it won't even have a new gas tank or carb. UGH....

the stuff i get myself into .... yikes

Was it "as is" ?

 

[Mattyo]

of course!

 

[Mattyo]

a few thoughts / lessons reinforced ..

I've been rebuilding trashed saws for a while now. themes keep showing up. first theme is that if you are going to do this, don't expect to make money.

odds are, the saw thats been driven behind a truck, or over by a skidsteer (or looks nice but really HAS been driven over) will need way more parts than you expect. the quick flip has been essentially non existant for me

#2 get the saw cheap. ... i split most saws I get. with the time involved and all the proper parts required its SUPER easy to overspend the saw ... lots of 288's 200t's 372's going for big money and they just aren't worth it. you CAN find saws cheap. just gotta be patient.

#3 ... KNOW what you are buying. Walt just posted a video that reinforces this. someone trying to pass off something as oem but wasn't. super important for any buyer to KNOW what they are looking for / at. this is any and every buyer's responsibility.

for anyone that wants to know, i don't really care that much that i'm going to lose money on this saw. as annoying as it is, it makes for a great topic to talk about on youtube. ...and i might keep the saw, who knows

 

[MustangMike]

At least with the Asian saws, I know what I'm getting myself into!

Those saws, a couple of pages back 460, 460 and 046. 440s do have decomp, but different filter cover, and 461s have the decomp off to the side.

 

[big t double]

Got closer to the bench, then found a puddle under my truck, rear diff pinion seal gave up. Only 189k! Lol

Finished up by topping off fluid went to climb out and got the hitch in the lower rear rib cage... [emoji36]

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Broken ribs is kinda par for the course with you huh...

 

[NCFarmboy]

As the story goes, 2.5 months ago I bought a 288 parts saw on ebay. paid too much... 200-250ish. i forget. got about 150$+ in parts ahead of time to complete it. Saw doesn't show up. Its in shipping limbo ... for 2 months. Finally get my money back. BUT... in the meantime I'm stuck with 150 worth of 288 parts. So I find another parts saw. on ebay for about the same money. I'm into it for ... uh.. about 400 bucks so far.
In addition to that it needs a PILE of stuff.

thanks to @dustinwilt68 for doing some horse trading.

in addition to that, i needed a new head ... $200ish, $160 worth of stuff from ebay including a new oem oiler, new oem top cover and am clutch cover, another $100 in smalls from ereplacement parts, and another $100 of incidentals from HL supply.

a $1k 288xp ... and it won't even have a new gas tank or carb. UGH....

the stuff i get myself into .... yikes

Welcome to my world!
Shep

 

[Cut4fun]

a few thoughts / lessons reinforced ..

I've been rebuilding trashed saws for a while now. themes keep showing up. first theme is that if you are going to do this, don't expect to make money.

odds are, the saw thats been driven behind a truck, or over by a skidsteer (or looks nice but really HAS been driven over) will need way more parts than you expect. the quick flip has been essentially non existant for me

#2 get the saw cheap. ... i split most saws I get. with the time involved and all the proper parts required its SUPER easy to overspend the saw ... lots of 288's 200t's 372's going for big money and they just aren't worth it. you CAN find saws cheap. just gotta be patient.

#3 ... KNOW what you are buying. Walt just posted a video that reinforces this. someone trying to pass off something as oem but wasn't. super important for any buyer to KNOW what they are looking for / at. this is any and every buyer's responsibility.

for anyone that wants to know, i don't really care that much that i'm going to lose money on this saw. as annoying as it is, it makes for a great topic to talk about on youtube. ...and i might keep the saw, who knows

Your just now realizing this? Found out many years ago.

Just to show when I was doing the OE 372 series. New OEM tanks, new OEM crankshaft kits etc and I would still sale the saws for $400 when done.

I've learned awhile back parting is worth more then the whole saws sometimes. Now I know why Scott in VT started doing that 15 years ago.

 

[Mattyo]

Like I said...themes keep showing up. Realized it years ago but I can't seem to make myself part things out. Though I am convinced that's the only way to make money in saws lol.

 

[MustangMike]

Hey, I don't like parting, I like building … and if you do it right you can stay afloat (but it will not pay for your labor).

And, no way around it, you can often only make it work with Asian parts … their tank holders make a lot of saws viable that otherwise would not be.

 

[Cut4fun]

I took a running PP475 that I was selling to a local. When I checked it over I noticed the crank bearings were getting iffy feeling to them. So I told him needs bearings before I would sell.

Once I took it down. I thought pizz on it I never cared for the 475 ones anyway. So I parted it all out and got more then my asking price for the whole saw.

Another guy broke a case on his 365 saw. I pulled a running 60cc poulan apart I had just used for him to get a crankcase and flywheel and recoil cover.
Friends house where I went and cut some trees up for him with it.

Dont matter to me. Parts are parts.

I'm tired of building the same ole saws anymore I guess. I been selling my projects off as I have lost interest over the years. I mean how many dang runners you need of the same saw anyways.

 

[PA Dan]

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Yuck...

 

[tickbitintn]

Broken ribs is kinda par for the course with you huh...

It seems that way, they must have little targets all over them.
Have a healthy bruise from the hitch, rib total remaining at 7 for now...

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