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Seems to me, when I started using saws way back last century, .404 chain was fairly popular over here. Nowadays it seems to be headed the way of 1/4" pitch chain, getting harder to find from suppliers and harder to find bars/tips suited for it. I myself, used to use a lot of it (and on hardnosed...

I see they have been released in the US of A, even the odd mention on youtube. Who bought one? What are your first impressions? What needs done from the get go? Can you compare one side by side with a genuine 395XP?

Here is one you do not see too often, or can find out too much about on the interweb. New to me as of last week, one previous owner from new, was sold with low compression issues- so yeah, it was cheap. From the era when Partner still had some influence in the Electrolux stable, all began with...

Lets say I have the chance to pick up a Jonsered 670 Champ- or rather what once was a 670 Champ and is now a lamb in wolves clothing? Lets say the owner has removed and discarded the cylinder, piston and intake tract from the donor 670 and replaced it with the internals of a Husqvarna 61...

Only thing that cuts better than a new file- is good quality new old files! Got given these today by someone that was doing an estate clean up/ clean out and knew I messed about with chainsaws. :)

Found an interesting wee saw for sale- kind of locally. Never seen one in the flesh before, but knew they existed- I guess some home gardeners have some gnarly Rose bushes?

Farm I was working at, got to talking saws with the owner, he wanted a bigger saw for the second farm- sold him a much refreshed 066, he was happy. Couple of days later he asked me if I could have a look at their fencing saw- it is not running too good. Handed over a filthy little Husqvarna...

Dawgs, Dogs, Spikes- whatever you want to call them are not entirely necessary on all saws, almost cosmetic on some, but on bigger saws (especially the saw in question here) are very handy to have fitted. The Jonsered 2094 I recently posted about, arrived with neither internal or external spikes...

A few weeks back, I managed to locate a 2094 that was up for sale at the Northern most province of our wee Island nation and I live at near the Southern most part of the lower Island. Owner agreed to sell, but refused to ship. Lots of trying to pull in favours from other third party persons I...

Went on a wee road trip yesterday, to pick up what was described to me as a one owner 281XP, wearing a 20" bar 3/8 chain- only known fault was a broken brake flag. About a 45 minute drive over the next province, I arrived to find a Gentleman that has been retired from forestry for three years-...

Dropped my 200T a while back, busted the brake flag, popped the impulse off the bottom air box nipple...... but little else damaged. Not its first tumble to test gravity- won't be its last. But while checking it over and putting the impulse line back on, I decided to give her a wee present- the...

Any way to confirm 272 cylinders as either XP or K via the numbers?

One of my pet hates and most often requested repairs. :p Someone will show up with a saw, maybe 20-30 years old that has never been serviced in it's lifetime thus far- probably never had the recoil cover removed unless a rope broke. Here is the latest- was running rough, hard start and...

Found what I thought to be a cheap 025 yesterday, it was online and within easy driving distance, NZ$30 so about US$20 for a complete saw that stopped going and had not been run for about 4 years. So I went and picked it up, pulled the muffler, piston looked okay, no spark- new plug, mediocre...

By a stroke of good fortune, a fellow chainsaw fixer upper was driving through town about the same time I knock off work, he rang me and mentioned he had a box on the back of his truck I might be interested in. Long story short- he had bought a grey top 61 online and only wanted the half wrap to...

Long story short: I recently took possession of a nice looking 2171 Jonsered that a good friend (and ex Jonsered service tech) bought online, where the previous owner had not disclosed fully some of the issues the saw had. So the friend either did not want it, or wanted a substantial refund...

Anyone got a spare 2171 half wrap bar they would be willing to send half way around the World? Prefer the one piece model- not the two piece one the current one has become.

I have not run an MS241C-M, but have read some good things about them and I know the guy that went to great lengths to buy the last new on shelf one here in NZ. 😀 But for my money, in smaller wood, with a nice sharp chisel chain- the old school ones take a bit of beating.

Who owns, or has run a Husqvarna 385/390XP? I have a question regarding the oiler settings. Is fully seated "0" and each 1/4 turn out gives one more flow advancement, once fully around the clock anti clockwise- does it return to "0" or "1" or whatever the lowest setting is and then you start...