Used saws seem like a waste...
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D8Chumley
Minister of Fire
Jon1270
Minister of Fire
Yeah, that one is hard to beat. This will be the first Dolkita I've worked on, so yay for learning experiences.
Edit: I asked the seller if the price was a typo. Nope, he'd gotten it for free from his employer, and the price was correct. He even held it for me for several hours because I was heading out to work. Not an everyday occurrence.
Edit: I asked the seller if the price was a typo. Nope, he'd gotten it for free from his employer, and the price was correct. He even held it for me for several hours because I was heading out to work. Not an everyday occurrence.
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Jon1270
Minister of Fire
Maybe he will straight gas a few more and you can pick up another one?
Heh. The ad was up for 12 minutes before I saw it, and five minutes later we'd made arrangements and he took the ad down. Most of Pittsburgh's chainsaw-hunting community never even knew it was there.
mstoelton
Feeling the Heat
Jon1270
Minister of Fire
Thank you very much.
I hosed it down and pulled the top end off this morning. Scoring is not bad at all -- mostly aluminum transfer, really. I think the original cylinder is salvageable, so I have to decide between the AM BB kit and simply grabbing a new piston for about a third the cost.
I hosed it down and pulled the top end off this morning. Scoring is not bad at all -- mostly aluminum transfer, really. I think the original cylinder is salvageable, so I have to decide between the AM BB kit and simply grabbing a new piston for about a third the cost.
mstoelton
Feeling the Heat
The BB kit puts that saw in another class altogether. It will be a wood chompin' Beast!
http://www.baileysonline.com/Parts/...olmar-7900-Makita-6401-Solo-681-Chainsaws.axd
This one is a little bigger (84.6 cc) than the dolmar kit and only $130.
http://www.baileysonline.com/Parts/...olmar-7900-Makita-6401-Solo-681-Chainsaws.axd
This one is a little bigger (84.6 cc) than the dolmar kit and only $130.
D8Chumley
Minister of Fire
Yeah I thought I got a decent deal on my MS 360 for $75 now I feel like I got hosed
Jon1270
Minister of Fire
Yeah I thought I got a decent deal on my MS 360 for $75 now I feel like I got hosed
Don't feel bad. My first project saw was "free," but I rebuilt it twice before I got it right, by which time I had over $300 in parts into it... which is more than it's worth. You stand to do better than that with your 360.
For the record, this is one of the better deals I've ever gotten. When I hung up after the seller said he'd hold it for me until I got off of work, I sat there for a minute repeating, "I can't believe it. I can't believe it."
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