Anyone know about a stihl 3800?

[Rms7]

I picked one up for free, no chain or pull cord. It's a stihl 3800, there's nothing on Google, thought there might be maybe one page but nothing. It's probably 30+ years old at a guess. 

 

Will I still be able to get a chain and pull chord do you think?

 

Anybody know this saw?

[Stihl123]

yup, that'll be a 'stihl' copy straight from china

 

bin it

[Rms7]

48 minutes ago, Stihl123 said:

yup, that'll be a 'stihl' copy straight from china

 

bin it

 

Yeh just noticed sticker said sthil and not stihl after I posted. I think it's a Husqvarna clone, the flywheels look very similar. I'll need to take off the flywheel and see if there are any part numbers on it.

 

I'd still like to try and get it going. 

[GarethM]

It cost you nothing, chalk it upto experience and move onto something better.

[pleasant]

Its not a clone of any recognised manufacturer im afraid. These were brought out several years ago under various chinese internet 'brands' then the same model was cloned to be a fake stihl, although aside from the colour scheme it looked nothing like any current stihl model.

 

It will never run or if it does it will never run right for long.

 

With respect, they are just landfill....which really annoys me. 

[Stubby]

As above . Its a Zomax Chinese made saw rebadged many times for whoever .  

[Rms7]

I'm pretty sure I found a starter for it. 

 

1pc Recoil Pull Starter For 38CC Chainsaw Easy Pulley Starter Chainsaw Starter

WWW.EBAY.CO.UK

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Application: Fit on Chainsaw 38CC Note Please allow 1-3mm error due to manual measurement. Due to the difference...

 

 

But you say it's junk, I couldn't even resell it, wouldn't do for firewood cutting, it must be able to do something?

 

[GarethM]

Erm, a paperweight and a free spark plug ?.

[Muddy42]

If it runs, you could fuel it on 10:1, attach a hose pipe to it and try smoking out rats.  I've always wanted to try this.

[Dan Maynard]

1 hour ago, Rms7 said:

But you say it's junk, I couldn't even resell it, wouldn't do for firewood cutting, it must be able to do something?

How well do you think the chain brake works? I wouldn't want to run it at all.