Found this guy at my local pawn shop a few months ago. Ran and oiled okay, but compression was a little low (about 130). Decided to completely tear it down, run everything through my parts washer (my wife calls it the dishwasher, haha) and go through it. No scoring at all, but rings seemed a little soft. So I put a new Meteor piston and rings in it. Here's a list of the new parts (all oem except piston/rings): gasket set, crank seals, impulse line, fuel line and filter, air filter, chip guard, guide plates, decals, tank vent, and carb kit. The crank bearings were nice and tight, so I reused those. I pressure/vac tested to 7 psi/14 inches vac, no leaks. After deleting the base gasket, squish was 0.026. Compression is now right at 150, with about 10 minutes run time. So I expect that will go up a little as the rings seat. Oiler is definitely not stingy, 3/4 turn out was almost too much for the 24" bar. I tuned it a little rich with a tach at 12,000 for breaking in the piston. The 24" bar is 58 gauge; the chain had been rocked when I got the saw. I hand-filed it enough to get it to cut, but it's still pretty sorry. Needs some grinder work to get the rest of the damage off. The heated handles work great. The only issue I could find with the saw after running it a little is I think it probably needs new clutch springs. The chain seems to run on a little too long after idling the saw. Not bad, but not perfect either. Looking to get $575 shipped to the 48. Only trades I might be interested in would be a super minty ms361. thanks
