My wife bought me a saw!!

[MagicJames]

So my anniversary was a week ago on the 20th and she suprised me with a Husky 338xpt that I was drooling over at the rental place when I was renting tools to finish up my barn.

So i got it home and put fresh gas and oil in it and fired it up. And then reality set in. The oiler does not work, and after a lot of reading i see its a common problem, its a little boggy at idle, but i'm sure with a little tuning i can get that straightened out. I burned the crap out of my hand when limbing some small trees in the back (Thats when i realized the oiler wasnt working).

It needs some work, and I'm thinking that I'm gonna take it back and have them do the work since i just bought it. It's used but in very good shape. Does anyone make a steel oiler gear for that SOB yet? or is there a better option? Then i'm gonna muffler mod it and set it aside.

Then, yesterday while i was looking at Craigslist for different stuff and always looking for deals, i spotted a Husky 394xp parts saw for $125. I Instantly emailed the guy at 10pm and told him i'd come out this afternoon and pick it up. The guy has his own tree business and lots of saws, said he was cutting down a 6 foot oak and all of a sudden it revved up like it was running lean. He shut the saw off and threw it across the lawn. Took it to a shop and they said it had a scorched cylinder. He didn't want to put the money into it so he offed it to me for $120 (I wasn't gonna haggle too much). He told me he bought it brand new and didn't use it but to fell big trees, so he estimated less than 15 hours of runtime. After my 90 minute drive home i thought to myself, what the heck? Pulled the choke out, pushed in the decomp pulled it twice and it rolled over, pushed the choke in and it FIRED UP! THIRD PULL! I'm so excited.

Promised the wife I wouldn't put any money into it till later, but it can wait, I still got the ol' 036

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[procarbine2k1]

Wanna make a quick buck on that 394?

Sounds like you have a good wife too BTW, and what a fantastic deal on the 394. And yes, I would say it doesn't have much run time from the looks of it.

 

[zogger]

Nice scores, man!

 

[cutforfun]

I would not run the 394 tell you figure out the Lean running or scored piston. You will only make things worse, as of right now you can probably get away with a new piston.

 

[boxygen]

Wow, that is a quick and abrupt upgrade path. 38 to 94 in one hop, thats some serious CAD right there. You need to slow down and pace yourself :hmm3grin2orange:

Congratulations. Even with repairs you came out way ahead on the 394, its it great shape, which is rare. Please spend the time finding the problem and fixing it correctly before you run it any more. Your wallet with thank you in the long run.

 

[Chris J.]

If my wife ever bought a chainsaw for me, unprompted, I'd never get to try it because I'd be dead from the shock.

Congrats on 394 !

 

[Trailtrimmer]

After my 90 minute drive home i thought to myself, what the heck? Pulled the choke out, pushed in the decomp pulled it twice and it rolled over, pushed the choke in and it FIRED UP! THIRD PULL! I'm so excited.

Promised the wife I wouldn't put any money into it till later, but it can wait, I still got the ol' 036

The saw is still smoked, they will start and run after a melt down in some cases, you are only making it worse. Pull the muffler and look for the streaking.