Finally dawned on me.Some of the saws on Craigslist are listed cheap because some of these mothers are unfixable by mere humans.Took me long enough to figure this out (yeah I know)
Craigslist saws: Hone your diagnosis skills
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No such thing as a chainsaw that can't be repaired, just depends on how much you want to spend on parts and how much effort you want to expend on finding them. Of course if parts CAN'T be found, then I guess the saw is unrepairable.
Gems and turds. Bound to find both when digging.
But,there are ones that will make you pull your hair out occasionally.My current albatross is a Husqvarna 261 oiler. Oh I will figure it out eventually, then again, maybe God will clue me in.
Some saws cost more to repair than the saw is worth. I have had several of those...may have a couple now, I just put them on the bottom of my "to do" list..
I sometimes buy them just for the parts.
Yeah, that doesn't seem to work for me.I end up seeing how easy it will be to make the "parts saw" a complete running reliable new best saw, then I end up looking for the same next "parts saw". Just happened again with a 345.Oh, look how nice a shape it is,It would make no sense to part it out.
I can unfortunately relate to that. Or there's a few same-model parts saws lying in a pile......there HAS to be a way to make a runner between them all, right.....right?
