Bought one fully rebuilt for $700 and the guy nearly cried having to sell it that cheap, love this beast for cutting outback Australia hardwood fence posts.
I bought my 371xp in 1998 (thereabouts) and with moderate use over all of these years it still looks great and runs like a top. I often take it completely apart (but not the engine of coarse), and thoroughly clean it inside and out with fresh paint thinner and an old 2'' paint brush with every few sharpenings of the chain to prevent too much build up of bar oil and wood chips inside. Keeps it running cooler and smoother I think.
I like that its all original, a lot of times I see the original parts replaced by 372 parts! Good looking saw! Sounds good too, you will have to put it in something bigger for us when you get the chance! If the recoil uses dogs on the flywheel and are engaged by the pulley then you pull the chord out because the flywheel dogs when it slows down can re-engage the starter pulley if there are retractable dogs in the recoil, like an old Fairbanks Morse or the newer Stihl recoils then its not necessary because the teeth are in the recoil and when not pulling are tucked away so as the flywheel slows down there is no way they can contact the starter pulley anymore. I plan to do a video on this to explain it.
Some guys talk a lot of shit about them but I love mine. I had to rebuild the whole thing when I got it so it's like a new saw but I like it more than a 372xp Xtorq.
@@Bobcat325 A friend I bought a Mahle piston with 1 ring 372 xp compression is 140 psi after replacing ... Will it increase after a few tanks burned out? How to use the saw after replacing the piston? Greetings from Poland
Bought one fully rebuilt for $700 and the guy nearly cried having to sell it that cheap, love this beast for cutting outback Australia hardwood fence posts.
Awesome saw. My favorite go to saw.
@@Bobcat325 how to arrange the ball after damage to the piston? how much oil is supposed to work?
I bought my 371xp in 1998 (thereabouts) and with moderate use over all of these years it still looks great and runs like a top. I often take it completely apart (but not the engine of coarse), and thoroughly clean it inside and out with fresh paint thinner and an old 2'' paint brush with every few sharpenings of the chain to prevent too much build up of bar oil and wood chips inside. Keeps it running cooler and smoother I think.
Great saw
I have the same one, love it
Cool
Nice. I had the same 371 with the dogs. Badass saw
Thanks one of my favorites
I like that its all original, a lot of times I see the original parts replaced by 372 parts! Good looking saw! Sounds good too, you will have to put it in something bigger for us when you get the chance!
If the recoil uses dogs on the flywheel and are engaged by the pulley then you pull the chord out because the flywheel dogs when it slows down can re-engage the starter pulley if there are retractable dogs in the recoil, like an old Fairbanks Morse or the newer Stihl recoils then its not necessary because the teeth are in the recoil and when not pulling are tucked away so as the flywheel slows down there is no way they can contact the starter pulley anymore. I plan to do a video on this to explain it.
Thanks. I'll make a video soon bucking some larger diameter logs for firewood
Some guys talk a lot of shit about them but I love mine. I had to rebuild the whole thing when I got it so it's like a new saw but I like it more than a 372xp Xtorq.
Oh yea me too. One of my favorites
You sure got a nice collection of saws.
Thank you
@@Bobcat325 compresion ?
great stuff
Thanks man
Ahahahahaha is this the first time you ever used a real chainsaw lol
Looks lika new 🤩🤔
Thanks
@@Bobcat325 A friend I bought a Mahle piston with 1 ring 372 xp compression is 140 psi after replacing ... Will it increase after a few tanks burned out? How to use the saw after replacing the piston?
Greetings from Poland
Thinking of having mine ported, would you?
Yea. Love to someday. Will see
Lives longer not bumping up compression , dont know about porting tho , but love the ported an piped saws
Nice
Thank you bud
@@Bobcat325 compresion?