I couldn't help myself…

I wonder if it's been modded?

 

Rotti, If I get to much in the "dog" house, HA! no pun intended, I'll send right up to ya!

 

Smart dispose of the evidence but where you can find it again!

 

Don't appear to be Pete. I think this was a garage cleanout where someone passed away and this just happened to be there. This guy who owns this buisness makes a "KILLING" on stuff. He advertizes cleanouts of homes, garages etc.. I live in a comunuty where there are "lots" of our senior folks, it's a shame usually when one of them passes.. this guy usually comes in like a actioneer and buys all the stuff for next to dirt. Then they move on to senior living and such. It's good for us working folks, but I wonder just how much our Seniors are making out on this. Some of this also is bank repo's from homes, Hard to say.

 

That there is what we call an "investment saw". Enjoy it for about a month Dave and stick it up on CL. If you get less than $300 for it I'd be surprised.

 

I'll put it up on the shelf with the rest of the herd! You got one coming shortly…. Finding this was a pure accident, and I still have no idea why I went today. usually I go on Saturday when the wife and I go to breakfast.

 

We have a bank that does that here as well... They have an auction house and a very big flea market style sales building. I like to go but I don't buy much. There are stories with every piece of equipment there some obvious most not so much. It's sad but defiantly interesting.

 

Could easily sell this for the money MasterMech described above and turn it into an 036/044!!

Or run it as is and still sell it for a profit a decade from now!

 

You guys crack me up.. Bad cad!

 

Wow Dave, that is certainly the deal 'o the day.....lol....
Awesome. My buddy runs one and it's great for bucking up the medium stuff, do a muffler mod on her and really wake that saw up. Run it for a couple years, take good care of it and make a profit....put that money towards an 036-044. Win win.....

 

Scotty, I took your advise and did a "minor" muffler mod on the 290 today. I left the screen in, but I opened up the front more with the grinder and drilled 2 @ 5/16 holes on the straight through to help it breathe easier. The piston looked like "brand new" so I don't think the saw was abused in any way, and the cylinder didn't have a mark on it, "from what I could see"…
What little bit I did , was a big improvement in the throttle response, I have not cut with it yet but i'm sure it's gonna be fun

 

Dave make sure you retune the saw........its gonna need richened up to compensate for the easier breathing.....

 

Yeah but he's got a 390 as well, same weight, mo' powah!

@WeldrDave That mod looks great Dave, nice job peeling back the deflector! Those two holes in the dimple are straight-through vents that will bypass the internal baffle. How loud is it now?

 

It got a little louder but not "screaming" just a bit more "bark"!

I did tweek it and rich'nd it up, seems to be ok

SM, the only thing I'm lacking is a backhoe for the most part…. I figure when the time comes, I'll pick one up where I hang my hat for good

 

I just recieved an e-mail from Stihl tech-support, They rock!!!… I e-mailed them and explained I bought a used MS290 and gave them the serial number, They said it was made, April 2003 and purchased new in June 2003. Not that I couldn't get one but he also gave me a pdf manual for it also, They were super helpful and quick.