These saws must have some sort of homing device built into them. Search forever to find one, you get it then they just start calling your name. Just remember that unless you win the lottery (or have a fortune of your own), you can't save them all. Ron
You're telling me. honestly, im in way over my head on the first one already and im still sinking money on it like its going out of style. If you remember, i was searching for one for a few weeks and located it on craigslist out of Oregon on craigslist in a lot of 14 other saws and the guy was asking $500 for all of them and was unwilling to break up the lot. I ended up having to buy all of the saws together, and arrange for shipping to get just this one. Most of the other saws are in various states of serious disrepair and some of them look so bad that i dont even want to try to mess with them.
To make matters worse, i went from a 125c that i could have probably replaced a crank seal on and run, to one that im completely rebuilding and replacing EVERY consumable item on. The cost of that is adding up VERY quick. Also, I still have to pay to ship out the engine to a kind member who offered to replace the rings and seals and then pay for the work (not complainant about that part, just saying).
So basically when its all over and done with, this $500 SP 125c is going to be a $1,000 SP 125c and half of my garage is now full with the rotting carcasses of 13 other poor beleaguered Mac saws that i cant save on my own and cant step over to get around either.
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This one that coming today, im going to put some gas it in it and run the darned thing. If it doesnt explode or sound like its going to explode, its going to most likely stay the way it is... for a while....
of course i say that and then i look at that 200psi comp photo of the one with the squish band cut and think to myself, hey, it would be too hard to have it bored and ported......:bang:
EDIT: oh good lord help me, theres another one in the classifieds on here right now for 600 that looks to be in perfect running shape and still has the muffler cover intact. Somebody please go buy that thing out from under me. I dont even own any trees and i already have 2 of these beauties to contend with!