A classic! A good steady-performing firewood saw that will benefit from a MM. Brake bands can be difficult to find. Post photos, please ..
I might be biased - I own one, I inherited it from dad. A fine saw indeed! He bought it new in I think 1989 - he's a wood turner - makes bowls. He cut lots of wood with it including cutting against the grain (whatever that's called) - makes the long spaghetti-string sawdust - this is a lot tougher on the saw vs bucking longs to length. Bowl turners do a lot of that type of cutting. He used it regularly up until he gave it to me. Anyways I've had it for three years and bucked\noodled up ~20 cords of wood with it. During its whole life the only problem occurred a week ago today - yes really! I had to replace the needle bearing in the clutch/sprocket wheel assembly, a $3 part and a 10 minute job. BTW, the end of the spindle the clutch spins on has a grease hole in it - that axle is hollow with a passsageway to under the needle bearing. It's meant as a way to easy grease that needle bearing. Neither dad or I knew about that. I'll be regularly greasing that replacement bearing. Last month I did a compression check - 175. It's whole life it's had 40:1 mix. Keep the air filter cleaned regularly.
Yes a classic husqvarna! Great saw i love the 200 series huskys. Strong performers and very easy to work on
The only time that bearing spins is when it is at idle, when the clutch locks up the bearing is stationary. I will put a drop of bar oil on mine about once a year and I cut +- 12 full cord a year.
