Help with 346xp

[gary112]

Mine had a new top end and handle on it as i had bent it also the top cover was very tatty on it,had it nicked from my truck one night

[spudulike]

For the record - I have never stuck a 353 top end on a saw  - not sure I have even had one in....a little bit rare due to the barnstorming 346XP!

[Stubby]

1 hour ago, spudulike said:

 reckon that top end is a 353 as the top stamped plate looks a completely different shape.

 

I thought the same .

[spudulike]

That plate should be almost circular on a 346 and with a sharp defined edge, not a cast bevel.

[YT23]

Right so for the record what saw do I have? Modified 346? Or a 353 with wrong housing on?

[Stubby]

Just now, YT23 said:

Right so for the record what saw do I have? Modified 346? Or a 353 with wrong housing on?

God knows . Go cut wood !

[YT23]

This is the saw as it came?

 

 

[spudulike]

The 353 and 346 are pretty much the same machine but with slight differences to port timing and piston diameter so difficult to tell what you have.

Your saw is NOT an XPG so that recoil cover is NOT original. The clutch cover is a Silverside off a "New Edition" 50cc 346XP or XPG so NOT original.

You either have a 346XP with a 353 cylinder and piston OR a 353 with a 346 recoil and clutch cover.

 

My hunch is that it is a 353 made to look like the more popular 346XP - possible the serial was removed to fool you or it is hot! I base that on the fact the recoil cover and clutch cover are non original and a 353 top end would be a difficult one to get hold off in comparison to a 346 one.

The 353 is OK, not as fast revving but probably more torque.

[YT23]

As long as it’s not dangerous, it will be ok for me. 

the clutch cover that came with the saw was orange. My dad replaced it with a silver one from lse.

 

last time I buy second hand could have got a brand new one for less after all the replacements! 
 

oh well you learn your lesson the hard way.

 

it will be a hot saw as no other reason to take the serial off.

Edited August 7, 2020 by YT23

[spudulike]

As I said, it may be to kid a purchaser he is getting a 346XP as the saw model, year manufactured and serial are all on this plate!

I would say it being hot is more likely TBH!