Buying A 2nd Hand Con-saw

[peatff]

the older the better I say especially if for occasional use:thumbup1:

 

I was using a borrowed Partner saw that was given to a friend of mine. It only gets used a couple of times a year but it starts with a bit of coaxing and runs till the job's done then gets put back in the shed. It weighs a lot and drinks fuel but for what it gets used it's not worth replacing.

[csservices]

Ts400 are the best if going for stihls, checking the air filters will give you as good an idea of condition as anything else if looks like a concrete block chances are the rest of its been treated the same

 

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[Haironyourchest]

Ts400 are the best if going for stihls, checking the air filters will give you as good an idea of condition as anything else if looks like a concrete block chances are the rest of its been treated the same

 

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Well, I got my consaw = TS400, from 2005, the remains of the Made In Germany sticker still there. €400, rebuild with TecoMec top end, new main bearings and filters. The filter housing that contains the foam pre filter slots into a groove on the concertina main filter housing and seals with a squishy rubber gasket looked like it was not sealing well due the the groove being damaged, so I re-engineerd the mating surfaces with epoxy putty and ran a finger of grease around the new groove as well, just to be sure.

 

Water hose connector part was missing but not a problem as I rigged up a section of air hose which works perfectly. Cuts like a dream with the water, starts on the third pull. Lovely machine.