What's on your bench now?

Replacing the handle on the neighbor’s Stihl MS180. Made the mistake of removing the handle grommets from the motor side and got a hard lesson on how miserably difficult it is replace them. Really sours me on Stihl saws if they are infested with poor designs such as this.

Bottom line is if the grommets need to be replaced, the real labor cost is more than the saw is worth.

 

Yup. Homeowner saws not made to be salvaged/fixed.

 

I'm finally messing around with this top handle Poulan I picked up for cheap back in the springtime. I originally thought this was a XXV model, but the more I look it over, I think it's a 2000 (I know next to nothing about these saws so correct me if you know better) It needs the usual: a fuel line, a carburetor cleaning, and also the air filter element crumbled into oily grit when I gained access to it. Luckily my local hardware store which is also a Husqvarna dealer had some 5/64" I.D. generic rubber fuel line in stock. I bought an 18" section for less than $3. Getting it apart was fun... flat head screws galore. I like to think that Pol Pot, Mussolini, the Austrian painter and the guy who invented flathead screws are all burning in hell together right now. Anyway, I'll be replacing the flatheads with either button head or regular socket head cap (Allen) screws. I watched a few YouTube videos of these saws running so I'm more than a little excited to see this old thing hum once again.