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Thank you. During my search, I saw a list of Craftsman manufacturers, and almost everyone was listed. When I saw Husqvarna my curiosity picked up, but with your information, I think I'll skip this saw. First appearance it gave me, was Homelite, (which would be fine, but I don't really need...

General Question: I have a chance to pick up a Craftsman chainsaw, that looks like a Husqvarna. How can I tell, and How can I tell if it's a superior model ? Any ideas would help. It's at a yard sale, a few days to go, I don't have immediate access to the saw, but it looks to be about 60 CC...

I haven't taken it apart yet, but I think they run hotter than they should, I'm thinking about opening up the carburetor, to get some air/fuel into the air scavenging inlet. Any thoughts about that, or am I risking a 'way to rich' scenario ?

There's just something not right about them. I think Stihl rushed them onto the shelves before they were ready, and as we've seen, already put out an updated version. I have one of the first production types, and the coil went south already (the saw had very light use), there was no good...

I never had trouble until I used a gallon of unbranded bar/chain lube that someone gave to me. It had no designated use (winter/summer), The saw just started to leak, and I never associated the problem with the thicker oil (It was as thick as, or thicker than 90W gear oil). Previous to that...

Stihl 028 has been known for poor chain lubrication: Over the past few years I've noticed less than optimal chain lubrication AND it always leaks. So, when I ran out of bar/chain oil, I decided to use OLD olive oil, which I mixed with Badahl's oil thickener to help the oil stick. As of now, I...

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