Bought an old beaten-on 009 from eBay about a year ago. Replaced the fuel line, the vent line and cleaned the carb and the thing has worked flawlessly ever since.
I have mine in a holster on the side of my Skandic WT and it gets a hard going over each Winter. It is usually packed full of snow when I reach for it and although the compression does seem a little low, it fires up every time and continues to get me out of the nastiest of jams.
Great saw. Much better in the cold than the 017/018 series of saws.