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  1. Boog

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    Yeah, a wrist pin clip was my thought but you say they are there? I bet he lost one of the ones from the old top end down in there and kicked it up. Had to be some very hard metal (about the size of a clip) to cut those groves!
     
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    Yep, never trust a seller. Hard to believe he didn't see that when he took it apart... Always check compression (no matter what)

    Now I've got to decide what to do with the saw -- used oem piston and cylinder, quality aftermarket or hutzl from ebay.

    Suppose I could always ebay it as is.
     
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    You would probably make money on it by ebaying it as is, even with disclosing the damaged top end. (Not that I would do it any other way. ;))

    That looks about right for a loose circlip that got jammed hard between the cylinder wall and the piston. As many times as he had it apart, who knows when exactly it happened. It would probably run fine with a new slug if you make sure there are no raised areas near those grooves.
     
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    I could probably make it run with just new rings, just not very well. Overall the quality of the kit is pretty poor with lots of ragged edges and imperfections. Not really worth messing with.
     
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    .... Though huztl has a $9 piston kit with free shipping on ebay -- tempting to try.
     
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    For $9 I'd give it a try. You could always sell it as a runner with known issues and get quite a bit more out of it than a saw in a box.
     
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    $9 and it's running... Sell on the Bay and disclose that it runs, but sounds funny. You bought it at an estate sale (don't they all say that?) and don't know the condition. Sold as is.. :)
     
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    Yea I do see an awful lot of "estate sale " stuff. From bars to boxes of chain to saws...got it at an estate sale dont know what it fits..its condition..or if it even runs??? Seen a few on CL that are that way as well. Or got it from a guys whos granddad had it.
     
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    Just ordered a intake manifold, fuel line and filter, air filter, piston kit, oil seals, muffler and base gaskets and av buffers via huztl.

    Someone bid me up to 13.50 on the piston :(. But total cost is 50.06 delivered :). I'd hate to know what that all would have cost me at the dealer. Could have saved a few dollars by using other china suppliers but figured I'd try huztl as they seem the biggest.

    Guaranteed delivery date is June 24:hair:
     
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    I think hutzl supplies the others but not sure. I have bought hundreds for. Them and they are great to deal with.
     
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    How fast do the parts get to you? I don't mind waiting but six weeks...
     
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    There fast..they will ship it the next night from the day u order.

    I have got some stuff as soon as 5 business days and some has taken 10-12 business days??

    The other china suppliers take a good bit longer in my exp.
     
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    About 2 weeks. Give or take has been my experience.

    Some of the stuff isn't bad.. Some of it.. Well.. You get what you pay for here. IMO.
     
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    Before I bought directly from hutzl I bought an aftermarket line from an ebay seller. I'm sure it was the same thing huztl sells bit just resold by them. It was a fuel line for my ms390. The from it would never seal? I contacted the seller. I sent the old one back to him , he resent another. It too leaked. I sent it back for a refund. By the time I bought the right line for an 1127 saw at stihl and paid the return stamp and ebay price I could of bought an OE!!
     
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    I have not had any luck with fuel lines for the 290/310/390 either. The aftermarket ones are not as stuff as the OEM line and tend to kink when the carb is pushed back into place.
     
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    It's alive!
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    Love the bar!!
     
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    Good for you mtronic.
     
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    When you go to seell that ..."what's gfy mtronic?"
     
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    I plan to swap it with an old 18" bar... Might spring for a forester chain and bar combo though.
     
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