im not having much luck with saws

[Logrover]

First the big hole in the 372xpg front casing in the 'should have bought a dolmar thread'. My 7900 dolmar bought second hand from a shop had been serviced etc, main cylinder gasket was blown so had to be repaired, works ok now. Just picked up a second hand echo cs610 again from a dealer fully srviced etc, tested it today and it lasted till 2.30, ran out of fuel and compression seems down, throtle seems to stick on flat out now and then and the off switch wont stop it so i need to look into this.

 

so i have 3 saws and at the moment only 1 working. ordered the new casing to rebuild the 372, hoping my only saw doesnt die before i get another repaired.

Its never ending costs! really hope the echo is ok or thats more wasted money.

[TurtleWoods72]

I guess that leaves Stihl or B&Q Special to try! Lol

[harvey b davison]

logrover, my makita 4300 is poorly at the mo as well, we might be able to get a good saw between us.

[Joe Newton]

Surely you accept that risk when you buy second hand. If your livelihood depends on it buy a decent saw, new, and look after it. If that saw then suffers catastrophic failure I'd be looking at how you're using it.