Well, the plot thickens. I just talked to the guy again, who admitted he knows nothing about chainsaws. His brother got the saw along with a wood stove only a couple of months ago, then hurt has back badly enough that he doesn't expect to be able to handle firewood, so now he needs cash and doesn't need a saw. I told him where to look for the serial number tag, and all he could find was a couple of rivets where he thought the tag should be. So, no way to date it precisely. I also asked him to look for a decomp button (he didn't even know what one was) and he couldn't find one. He did say it was a b***h to pull over. Anyhow the fever overtook me, my rational brain took a 5 minute break, and I made an appointment to drive up and get it tomorrow. Nice drive into the country, if nothing else.
Yeah, that occurred to me. From talking to the guy I get the feeling that if this one was torn off, it happened a long time ago.
Here appears to be a older one with trap door for $200 in Pitts area. http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/tls/4584482464.html
Yeah, I think it's probably worth it if I enjoy the drive, but not if it's a chore. I have tomorrow off and time to go, so why not?
Jon1270, the very earliest ones had 4 screws holding the muffler bracket/cover to the muffler itself. Later ones used 2. Which enables a very slick front exit MM using the deflector and screen from a 288, when complete looks factory.
Just beware tags can be replaced on huskys etc. When I was scraping the huskys with broken cases I used to remove the tag and rivets and put in a draw. When I sold out of my husky stuff. I was ask about passing along the tags from the broken saws. Just so you know tags can be replaced for whatever reason someone has reason to.
Better get it now Jon..cat is out of the bag. Country drives are nice to decompress. I like making the 3 hour trip to our farm. I also enjoy riding g around in country and small towns while checking on loggers for work. When I get to cities I get all nervous and tense. I have to go to the Atlanta metro area for work and until I hit the base I am nervous and hate it
I picked it up this afteroon, and after a post-drive nap I cleaned off some of the grime and attempted to learn more about it. It's not one of the very early models; there's no decomp, but it's a Mahle with the 120 carb. It's also filthy, but seems to be in not-terrible shape. The starter cord has been broken and retied a time or two, so it's much too short. Despite that, I was able to get my compression tester up to 175 without much trouble and I suspect it'll go higher than that with enough rope to get a few full pulls in. There are couple of missing screws, and one of the top cover screws is broken off in the crankcase so I have some delicate easy-outing to do. Plastic's in pretty good shape, aside from a few dings on the air filter cover and chain brake hand guard. Not a screaming deal, but not awful either. Came with a good bar, too.
Jon1270, COOL, never have I seen a Mahle 262XP cylinder with no provision for a decomp valve! That does not mean they never did it, I just have never seen one. The fact that it has an HDA-120 places it still early in the production life of the saw. Pics of the jug would be much appreciated!
