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[rattler]

Ok, I am after some advice here.
I have a 371 and a 372, both have stuffed big end crank bearings, the 372 case is sporting a lot of apoxy along the case under the muffler, one dead piston, a dead clutch, one missing oil pump....... I am thinking of making one runner from the bits.

Question, in the good 372 above, would the factory jug and 2 ring piston be better or worse than a single ring 371 piston and cylinder?

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I prefer the single ring piston d

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[paragonbuilder]

Haha. I'm a in line 6 guy. A real diesel shouldn't be V8. I'll take the rest of the pitfalls for a real engine. I've had all of them and GM is the bottom for favorite. If ford had an inline 6 I would have one. The bottom end torque here in out curvy hills is just better. I had a 7.3 and 6.4. They were ok. They had to be wound up too much to pull.

The NV 4500 is the one that lost 5th. The 5600 is a 6 speed.

I'm with you Mike!


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[MG2186]

I prefer I-6's too just not a cummins. Ford should of used the DT360 that IH wanted to sell them but Ford wanted a V-8 to appeal to the automotive world and it worked. They sold a boat load of them! They were building 1000 7.3's a day to meet demands


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[exSW]

Friend of mine has a 47 or 4900 Lopro with a 360 and a seven speed. Sweet little farm truck.

 

[VinceGU05]

While we are talking trucks I love my Duramax/Nissan 4wd. The big 6's are too big for the conversion. The Dmax is a lot more compact. But very surprised if the lack of mombo under 1700rpm. It just wants to sit between 2-3000 rpm.

Now onto saws. While I am waiting on bits for 2 saws I thought I would remove the covers off my twin echo and give a good clean. Was going all swimmingly till I took the muffler off



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Re ring it. Tidy up the bore and that's all I can do. Wondered why it struggled to run 2 cylinders when cold.

 

[Brewz]

Is that the one that was on gumtree a few weeks back Vince?

 

[VinceGU05]

No.

 

[mdavlee]

I prefer I-6's too just not a cummins. Ford should of used the DT360 that IH wanted to sell them but Ford wanted a V-8 to appeal to the automotive world and it worked. They sold a boat load of them! They were building 1000 7.3's a day to meet demands


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I wish they had. I would probably been driving fords since the start. If the 466 didn't weigh so much I'd love to swap one into a F350 SRW.

 

[Tor R]

Still cant believe this is a $30 saw
Will be closer to $100 once it has a new decomp, air filter bar and chain, but still, it is going to be a difficult one to advertise!

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that saw should be a keeper, aint that many nice looking 372's out there, and for 30$ it just make it more special!!!

 

[Brewz]

that saw should be a keeper, aint that many nice looking 372's out there, and for 30$ it just make it more special!!!

Yep. I am thinking the same thing.
I have 2 x 066's so I will sell one of them to make room for the 372.

That will give me a 026, 372 and 066 in the stable.

 

[panteliss]

They must do that to get you to take to dealer.

The dealer here take about 40 euros for a full rebuild no matter what saw is pro or not and no matter how much time he spend for doing the job , now in the USA i have listen some prices of 60-70 dollars per hour. Maybe this is the reason that the most imortand tool is the pressure-vaccum pump

 

[Tor R]

Dealers here take 100$ for each hours.....they also has to pay for sending a saw to the bin due special trash....
It's great because it give me lots of cheap projects

 

[panteliss]

Dealers here take 100$ for each hours.....they also has to pay for sending a saw to the bin due special trash....
It's great because it give me lots of cheap projects

If the dealer here say 100 per hour i will leave the saw for him gift and i will buy a new

 

[rattler]

The last time I was at the local Stihl dealer had a sign up that said $65 per hour.

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[Lone Wolf]

If the dealer here say 100 per hour i will leave the saw for him gift and i will buy a new

Send it to me dont leave it with them.

 

[panteliss]

The stihl , husqy and others they have repair times for each problem if the dealer is ok with theese times then no problem but if he drink coffe for 50 minutes then need 10 for change a seal and you pay and the coffe time then we have a problem

 

[panteliss]

Send it to me dont leave it with them.

if you are closer no problem

 

[Brewz]

The 371 I repaired for a friend was quoted $80/hr totaling $1150 for a scored piston and new bar and chain.

I did it for $460 with a couple hundred of that to cover my time for the full case split rebuild.

I, luke Tor and others on here, saw this as $$$ making opportunity.

 

[Lone Wolf]

if you are closer no problem

No clamshells!

 

[Lone Wolf]

if you are closer no problem

I know I make joke.