spudulike

Looks a good £300 saw to me. The age has less to do with it than how much it has been used and how well it has been looked after.

I have seen it from both sides, I used to use Hermes, right up to the point they said one of my parcels was overweight (it wasn't) and stuck a £20 surcharge on the delivery....never again. They seem to have the self employed section that are a bit iffy and the van lot that are a bit more commercial. I get many parcels in and TBH, some are packed by morons. One 395XP, loose in a box two times too big for it. Saws with fuel and oil still in them, saws NOT placed in a plastic bag leaking oil and petrol, no padding around the dogs, two saws in a box with no padding between them, saws with no packing around them, one 201 came in with a cracked fuel tank due to this, boxes with no info on the sender, dogs sticking out of the end of the box, bars rattling around in the box or having eaten through the box and lost, saws with a bit of bubble wrap around them and placed in a bin liner.....how the feck am I going to send THAT back!!!!!! This summer, I have backed off courier work, local kit is soooooo much easier to deal with due to the above!!!! The last guy was planning to send a saw in two months later than we had agreed......no checking to find out if it was OK in light of holiday restrictions being lifted and it being the middle of summer!!!! My view on couriers - they work excessive hours, often picking up boxes up to 8.30pm, most are pretty polite, considerate and do a good job. They have a lot to deal with and having a badly packed saw, stinking of petrol in a closed van with sharp bits sticking out isn't great. I photograph saws being packed sold on ebay as it cuts the crap - no idea on this 362 and the reasons it has gone missing - saws can have a strong residue smell of fuel and the dogs can stick through the box - most common issues. Rant over and calm............

Very droll...... I have seen people spend £200 on a wreck of a bargain and £400 on an immaculate same model saw. Which is the best value? One has very little use and needs a quick check over, the other needs a full rebuild and the costs of each now are pretty much the same but one saw is still well used and the other is............much better!! Different perspectives!

Sweet jesus thats strong money! While we're on the topic what do folk reckon a decent mk1 550xpg is worth. In Reasonable nick, obvs not been a full time forestry saw, but not on its first chain either. You are looking at the "cost" and that is 400-600 quid, the "value" of a good saw is that it will pay for its "cost" during the first 2-3 outings, it will pay for itself many times over and earn a living for a fella if looked after. Always look at the Value rather than the Cost!

looks like 80-88cc, post 280CD, 480....so would reckon 181/288 range. Don't tell me it is for sale

Most companies will get parts manufactured in China and also have had Stihl pistons manufactured in Brazil. This Covid virus has hit the supply chains of all manufacturers and Stihl are no different. I am waiting far longer for parts than ever before unless they are in stock or in the UK supply chain. It is what it is. The choices are wait or purchase what is available!

£400-650, depends on if a bar and chain is fitted, the condition and year although the year to me is unimportant as I have seen saws 10 years old in near new condition. Just took a look on eBay sold listings - the £650 was a 2017 with a decent bar.

Yup £300 if it is in good clean condition with original OEM top end and carb!

Blocked air filter on an autotune........ the blocked air filter restricts the air and acts like the choke is partially on so the AT unit weakens the mixture down to cope. Because you are getting less air and then less fuel, the saw WILL lose performance and it isn't great for all those poor bearings and friction surfaces!!! It will also become a sod to start as you have much less fuel/air to get it going! AT is clever but a bit of basic maintenance is still called for!!! Seen it all before!

The one I was working on was like a boomerang. I think in the end it came back to a load of sawdust in the fuel tank, flushed it out and a new carb did it in the end......it depressed me tbh.

Normal - check the fuel line, the carb for the normal stuff, the drum/sprocket, needle bearing, oil drive arm and oiler. Just clean it up and check as you go.

I think this bit of kit allows dealers to appear to be some sort of saw magicians but in reality, as long as it goes through the cursory checks, they tell their customers that nothing is wrong and it stops them using their grey matter to diagnose the faults in the traditional way. The diagnostic is a bit wobbly and there are only three bits of info it lists that can be construed as useful.

Unlikely any oil will cause a saw to leak from a crankcase join. You may be able to sort it by doing up the crankcase screws either side of the leak but don't tighten too much.

This will show you the parts - looks like you are either missing a rubber seal or it is out of place - http://s30387.gridserver.com/partsDiagrams/Husqvarna 254.pdf

What you could do is stick in an underrated power system and spend the savings on a fire extinguisher and a pair of trainers! I love it when guys ask a question and argue when they don't get the answer they desire...no disrespect to the OP whom I hope is looking for a logical explanation and think he has it now!

Never seen that before.......they don't half go, one shoe shot around 20 yards away and the drum span down the drive like a scalded cat!!!!!

Had the first courgettes, tomatoes, lettuces and the cucumbers have been the stars of the crop, had around 6 so far, small ones but really good flavour. Got the runners beginning to form beans now, won't be long!

I also like to fix things rather than binning them but often find that I am spending hours fixing a customers part with the charges being close to a new part so it makes little sense not to purchase a new part. Hope it all works out, don't want that part to fail!

I think the Parts Counter are about right. It is likely the caliper is pitted and hat has taken out the seals. Just fit nice new callipers, bleed the system and bingo, brakes that work.

That was someone getting clever with the ECU programming..... no steering wheel activity="special" environmental programming, steering wheel activity = just get on with it performance setting. Would have been quite clever if they had got away with it! Nothing to do with OBD2 though!

Yes a coil change is fine but not a carb swap, that needs CST! Us scummy independent self employed guys are not worthy

From memory, I thought al the earth connections join on the top coil connection and this wire goes from the top coil screw and ends up joining the engine just behind the flywheel. I try to avoid these saws, bad experiences on them!!!! Not sure why you have so many earth connections on yours, one should earth the coil laminations and the other provide an earth to the kill wire....you seem to have two earth connections and a spare one???

I never understand how you can purchase the test kit and then not get the access to the access code, why just not sell the test kit in the first place - found the same on Stihl and Husqvarna, both the same. Same happened with car manufacturers with OBD2 ports, they were protective over their diagnostic systems but didn't get away with it as they were told by governments to standardize and make the technology widely available. Means I can find any fault code on my car with a £3 module and a £1 phone app.....ahhhhhhh Fixing it is always another issue!!!

These saws had either a permanent oiler - on all the time even if the chain was stationary or one like on most modern saws where they only oil when the chain is spinning. The oiling has been good on all the machines I have tried. The oiler is adjustable so try it on maximum and if that doesn't work, purge the tank, clean the pickup filter and pump and check the oil pinion.

It will soon be appointed dealers only so they will be your only place to get work like this done which will be an interesting one as all I hear from my customers is they lack knowledge and have a stupidly long turnaround on repairs. Up to the manufacturers to make their rules and if they don't work.......???