Chainsaw Repair

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone has a suggestion for a chainsaw rebuild project?  I would rather rebuild a saw with my son who turns 14 on Friday than just buying a new saw.  I think he would enjoy learning how a gas engine works.  I would prefer a saw that parts are easy to come by and there is good online community support.  It might be fun to trick it out a bit.

Any advise would be helpful.

Mitch

The little poulans and little huskys are easy to work on and parts cheap and abundant.

FWIW the very best deals I've ever gotten  except for perhaps a few saws from a forum have came from dealers .

So far I've gotten a Stihl 200 T for tweny bucks and had it running within a hour.An 038 AV with a broken handle for 45 and recently a good running 024 for 50 .

From one forum a relatively rare old beast of a 2100 Huskey with a bad coil for 90 and a Stihl 038 Mag for 50 which I souped up .

You have to find a dealer that just wants to peddle them rather than repair them .A good many of the saws really don't have much wrong with them but you have to know what you're looking at to determine if it's worth fiddling with .

Craigs list is another option and unlike flea bay it's one on one ,just you and the seller .If the deal stinks you just walk away . Flea bay you have to deal with first the unknown and secondly "shill " bidders who just drive the price up .

Thanks for the advice.  I'll try to see what is going on locally.

Mitch

---Some that come to mind?  Homelite 150XL, Homelite XL2, Mini Macs, and etc.---

I'd personaly stay away from those rascals .Those are such a pain they could make a preacher cuss .

Some like the 10 series Macs you can still find parts for or doner saws to rob the parts .Keep in mind though that they are likely 30 plus years old ,rigid mounted engines and are loud enough to waken the dead .They run okay all things considered but because of the way they are constucted there is not much you can do as far as power enhancements if that's what you have in mind .Ha I've worked on so many of those saws I can nearly strip one down blind folded .