I dont either. Just take a chance on it. Nothing ventured nothing gained. You can get your money back if you part it out into major parts on ebay if you want. I ended up with over $200 in my pocket out of a badly scratched ms250 saw that I was given free by parting it out. I think I still have a few parts left also!
If you do end up buying and fixing it up, let me know how much you would sell it for. I may be interested. Looks like a good saw.
do you have air compressor ? block mufler and intakes spray a soapy water to the seals intakes and all others give one good shot with the compressor and you see all the leaks that the saw maybe have or you can use a bycicle pump
or you can deep the saw in a box full with water and this can give you and the most smal leak that the saw have but if you use compressor dont over do , push once not even a second and stop
The guy wasn't home when i picked it up and the deal was take it or leave it, no more negotiation. His wife was there and was friendly. Once home i fired it up. This thing is WAAAYYY lean on idle. It will only idle on choke even after 10 minutes of running. In the cut it seems rich. Maybe not too rich though since it wasn't making chips, mostly powder. All of the control linkages are sticking but overall it is in decent shape. This thing is going to make an appearance at the Central PA GTG in may. Pics later tonight.
In digging around for info on this saw I have found a puzzler. I found this link that shows the oil mix as 50:1. Another place happens to be the echo manual, saying 20:1. That's right holy chit 20:1. Where do i start. I mix at 44:1 for my other stuff and use the Echo Red Armor oil. Will this work or do you other vintage saw owners stick with the oil slick of 20:1?
Anything will run on50:1 fine with quality oil. I mix everything at 32:1 and I would not go less than 40:1 in anything bit it will be fine with your red armor oil at that rate
The newer oils are synthetic and so you only need about 1/2 as much in the mix. You'll be fine at 44:1.
Yea but isn't that a random amount? It's like 2.909repeatimg or something . 32:1 is an easy 4 Oz a gallon or 3.2oz is 40:1 there basically is not much difference in 40&44:1 make it easy
I split the difference on the 40:1 on the blue max amd the 50:1 on the echos. It's also a marked ratio on my moto ratio measuring tool..... keeps it easy for me
Just use the 40:1 in everything or the 50:1 don't have so many bottle of mix around. There's not much difference. Me personally I'd run the 40 in everything .
Any pics of this jewel yet?...........I remember having one of these in for repair over twenty five years ago that the flywheel side crank seal had "walked" out of the case, pushed it back in and sealed it, the saw ran great afterwards!, the guy was super happy, no one else at the time could seam to find the problem, I found it in less than five minutes, the saw never gave him any more trouble and he still has it til this day!.........
