What's on your bench now?

Seriously? Do you know if that’s just for the US imported ones or across the board?

 

Seriously. There's a thread about it somewhere on here. I was quite surprised as well. I think it's all of them, but not positive. I'm sure some of the porters on here know for sure.

 

That saw had a rough life! Can't wait to see the results. My friend and mentor ran a 288 lite. He was an ex logger and taught me a lot. 288's hold a special place for me.

 

I was so enamored by how easy it was to work on my 61, so when it came time to buy a bigger 2 series the 288 was an obvious contender. From everything I read online, the guys that run a 288 love them.

 

The dirt bike idle is .

 

I'm very fond of mine.

 

When I bought mine, it was in similar shape as yours. I replaced seals, bearings, new piston/rings, top cover w/decals, oil pump, carb kit, muffler and NOS recoil. They sound very nice and run better

 

Nice, that gives me some hope that I can salvage mine too. I may end up dying the plastics black on mine, since each component faded to a different shade of orange. As much as form follows function, I still want to have a halfway decent looking saw after all the work I'm going to put into it.

 

Oh yeah, makes the hair on my arms stand up

 

Beautuful!