Hi there! Up for grabs is a 2003 372XP. Here's it's story:
I purchased from a local guy who "rebuilt" this saw. After several hours of use it lost compression. Turns out he mismatched some parts and didn't follow the correct run in procedure, or do any carb tuning for that matter.
I popped the cylinder and found nasty scoring on cylinder and piston. Both were scrapped. I purchased a 52mm piston and cylinder kit. The casting for the cylinder was surprisingly good. I then polished the exhaust port, making sure the nikasil coating was undisturbed.
I put a new cylinder gasket and exhaust port gasket, and did little else. No porting, no modifications of squish, or timing. I checked the remainder of the bearings, the rod, crank, etc. that the previous guy may or may not have added. All other moving parts were in good shape, bearings had no slop or unwanted play. The muffler on it now is bone stock. I'm sure this saw will benefit from a muffler mod. I popped a tach on it for the duration of run-in.
At 3.8 hours I set it to 13450 RPM with 40:1 fuel. During run-in the saw saw only wood less than 12" in diameter (no larger wood was available). I just took it out today for 2 hours in wood 12-18" in diameter. The saw performed flawlessly. I like this saw much better than my 2008 372XP I recently parted with. I recently acquired a Snellerized XPW though, and need to move on to other projects. Here are some current pics.
There is a crack in the filter cover that I repaired with some high strength resin.
I'm asking $600 + shipping PHO or with 20" B&C. I will also entertain part trades for non functioning 372's. I'm also interested in Stihl MS440's and 460's, either broken or working. Let me know what you have!
Thanks,
-Tim
I purchased from a local guy who "rebuilt" this saw. After several hours of use it lost compression. Turns out he mismatched some parts and didn't follow the correct run in procedure, or do any carb tuning for that matter.
I popped the cylinder and found nasty scoring on cylinder and piston. Both were scrapped. I purchased a 52mm piston and cylinder kit. The casting for the cylinder was surprisingly good. I then polished the exhaust port, making sure the nikasil coating was undisturbed.
I put a new cylinder gasket and exhaust port gasket, and did little else. No porting, no modifications of squish, or timing. I checked the remainder of the bearings, the rod, crank, etc. that the previous guy may or may not have added. All other moving parts were in good shape, bearings had no slop or unwanted play. The muffler on it now is bone stock. I'm sure this saw will benefit from a muffler mod. I popped a tach on it for the duration of run-in.
At 3.8 hours I set it to 13450 RPM with 40:1 fuel. During run-in the saw saw only wood less than 12" in diameter (no larger wood was available). I just took it out today for 2 hours in wood 12-18" in diameter. The saw performed flawlessly. I like this saw much better than my 2008 372XP I recently parted with. I recently acquired a Snellerized XPW though, and need to move on to other projects. Here are some current pics.
There is a crack in the filter cover that I repaired with some high strength resin.
I'm asking $600 + shipping PHO or with 20" B&C. I will also entertain part trades for non functioning 372's. I'm also interested in Stihl MS440's and 460's, either broken or working. Let me know what you have!
Thanks,
-Tim
