Got a deal on a Stihl

With the help of a fellow FHC'er, who found this in his local classified, I got a great deal on this 036 Pro. Basically single owner - supposedly the seller got it from a family member but never used it.

$250. Looks like they ran used motor oil for bar oil, but it runs great.



These Stihls are just too pretty to leave like that. Four different cleaning solutions, and a bucket of elbow grease later:

 

That cleaned up real nice Shawn.
How's it run?

 

How did that Labatt's Blue cleaning solution work for ya? Looks like you had to use a lot of it.....

Real nice saw though!

 

I haven't had it in wood yet, but it seems to be running great. Once it had some fuel in the lines, it started up with 1/2 pull, even without tuning it. The carb was still set to the factory settings - once I had it adjusted, it was idling at 2700 and maxing out around 13000 - right where the manual said it should be.

Thanks! It was somewhere between a 6 and 12 pack job.

 

Great find Shawn.... and awesome clean up job, what did you use?... other then the

 

I love the beer on all these work benches!

No one down here knows what Labatt is and I don't know of any place that carries it. Darn shame if you ask me..

 

Congrats on the new saw. It cleaned up real nice.

 

Sweet lookng saw cleaned up great

What is the 036 equivalent on the ms saws???

 

On the painted metal parts, I started with some car wash and a green scrubbing pad - gentle, but it didn't get very much. Then I tried some gas - did a good job removing the grime but it stripped the black paint lettering too - redid that with a marker. I switched to some Goof Off and that stuff instantly dissolved the grime, but it took the shine out of the paint. Used some car polish to bring that back.

For the plastic, I started with a headlight restore kit, but switched to some 400 grit wet/dry after the little 2" square they give you in the kit was toast.

 

MS360, 361, 362.

 

Nice.... thanks for the tips Shawn!

 

Nice sawat a nice price.

 

Nice work on the 036

 

Congrats - good deal on that saw - I would have been a buyer too! Cheers!

 

Once again that is one nice looking saw. You have done a great job cleaning it up. Sometimes you have to clean a lot of coal to find that little diamond.

 

Great saw!

 

Nice saw. The 036's are good saws and I found with a simple muffler mod they really run strong. I have two one with the MM and the other stock. Like night and day.

 

That 385XP you sold me is what set mine off! You telling me it's going to get worse?? I already have an 026 arriving tomorrow! Speaking of which... you wouldn't happen to know where I could find a good deal on a nice 046 would ya??