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I've got both saws and tbh they are equally as good tho I find myself picking up the husqy most often but think theres a thing in my head about the stihl being hardly used so may aswell use the more battered saw. If he husqy is that old it maybe on a zama carb rather than the newer walbro and think they had the odd minor issue, its certainly better to use the walbro if Ur thinking of doing a 372 conversion. Ppl seem to knock the ms390 but Its a good saw, its just a pain in the arse to work on if it needs major engine work but minor work is just as easy as the husqy.

Been on the 357, hopefully sorted out the chain oil over the bench issue it has and also just been and dual ported a new muffler I bought for it. Just need to refit muffler and retune the carb after the porting job and muffler mod - if I can be bothered to go outside if it ever stops pi++ing down...

I run insa turbo's and have done for some time (old bfg mud terrain) . I like them and for around £65-£70 a tyre dont think you could get much better. Never really had much issue with fast wear etc tho i do lots of off road mileage. I did find them noisier on my l/r over my shogun or isuzu tho soundproofing in a l/r is non existant.

Thanks Ray, ive noticed before people seem to bid more if theres a video link of the saw running for them to see. Will prob list it the weekend if not before, think i will keep my hands on the new oregon bar and chain i bought for it and sell them seperatly, the bar isnt bad on it but as i thought i would use it more than i have i like to keep a spare of each.

Did have a quick butchers on eBay last night but only one listed on a buy it now. Don't really go by a buy it now figure as that's what the owner values it at and sometimes not very realistic. (It was summit like £325-350.

Thinking of selling my Stihl ms390 2009year .20" bar. What ballpark value should I look for it? Good condition as hardly pick it up tbh as normally pick up my 357 or 365 instead and don't see the purpose of keeping 3 similar sized saws.

Just didnt want to go to mad on it and run out of time and rush it. i done 1mm or so off each side so basically 2mm overall on each port. The muffler is still OE and not modded as i need to order a new one. The original is getting thin now so cant see wasting my time on it and blowing holes etc welding in a new pipe so at the moment i wont get the full advantage until thats sorted.

Hi mate, Yeah i smoothed/bevelled the edges etc to prevent rings catching. Ive only widened the ports by 1mm or so both sides i didnt go mad. Didnt raise or lower the heights as didnt want to change the timing as such although i did clean them up as some rough casting marks. The transfers i matched to the gasket. I was tempted to leave out the base gasket but decided for now to have one in there. Can always pull it at a later date once i have a compression tester that works as would be god to see the difference it makes. I didnt have a hone that fitted tho roughed up the bore slightly with some very fine emery paper just to try help a bit of bite.

This link will help. Its easier than me trying to explain. Have a look at the pilot. http://www.honda-engines-eu.com/en/images/59138.pdf

Ah this old chestnut. Theres a little passage which has a very narrow passageway thru it which chokes up on the gx160/200 carbs and causes this. Its a pilot jet. There are 2 adjustment screws, ones a plastic tickover type screw and the other is a brass air/fuel screw.The plastic jet is behind the brass scew. With the carb off you will see some very small holes in the main bore of the carb which will be obvious when you look. They need blowing out with carb cleaner, they block up causing the surging issue.

Cant say ive ever heard that? Plenty of pigeons come across from over there tho. They do congregate now in numbers for mating as suggested, They will pair up and go there seperate ways in the next month.

Only just really read this thread so a few thoughts on the run.... Using a v6 engine you would have to incorporate lots of wiring and ecu management if its off a jap car like a mazda mx3 etc then on top the water cooling. Secondly the likes of using newer bike engines whilst ecu's are much smaller you will still have the water cooling issue. My instant thought was a bike engine, suzuki bandit or oil cooled gsxr. Small enough, no water cooling just needs a small oil cooler. 600cc is around 60hp 1200cc around 100hp but lots of torque.

Buzzards only really rely on carrion/road kill. They will eat young rabbits etc but despite there size they have small feet and are quite slow. Falcons rely on speed/impact/strike to kill whereas the buzzard cant. I saw a merlin this week in the wild which is the first one ive ever seen in my area. Used to breed peregrines in captivity etc so normally hear the latest gossip but never heard vof a merlin before in this area.

Well decided to pull apart the 357xp (2002) this afternoon. Never had any issue with it, it never had the recall even and still runs the plastic clip on the inlet manifold etc. Anyway i divulge, reason was to me i felt the compression was down a bit, my compression tester doesnt work on chainsaws so had to use the "lift by the pull start" method and it would slowly wind out to the end of the cord. So armed with a new meteor piston/rings on spuds recommendation stripped it down etc. Was amazed how clean the cylinder was tbh given its age and work. Some blow by on the piston but apart from that all good. Gave the cylinder a quick port, took a few pics midway but phone went flat so couldnt take finished port pics but gives you a rough idea. Also widened the inlet/outlet slightly. All bolted back together in time to watch the rugby. Fired up 3rd pull afterwards but couldnt run it to long given living in a built up area etc so just gave it a quick tweak on the fueling but no chance to cut anything yet. Anyway 2 things... Compression doesnt really seem to have increased any given its had a new piston. (need to get a compression tester for 2 strokes) and secondly on the pull start it certainly recoils the starter cord after "the pull" almost like the vaccum of the engine pulling it back in. Neither im to worried about if im honest.

Buzzards you mean? Not uncommon this time of year especially now farmers are pughing there fields. They quite happily land behind tractors and grab the worms on the surface. I think they are struggling a bit with the cold weather, i saw 3 yesterday on a roadkill badger, road kill rabbits etc are common but unusual for them to bother with a badger.

Well, checked tonight and it seems the change was week 3 of 2002. Luckily this saw is week 30 of 2002 so maybe for once I will get away with it lol. Fingers crossed....

Well ive actually ordered a 359 p and c already tho ive since read on a USA site theres possibly a difference in size of the small end? Never heard it ever before so maybe someone barking up the wrong tree, well thats what im hoping... I tend to be to impatient and want the parts in advance before rebuilding so i can just crack on and get it done tho spanners do get thrown in the works sometimes... Just rebuild a very clean 1985 husqy 50 and what a pita that was. Think i could answer just about any question now on them sods....i always thought up to now the older stuff was easier to rebuild but how wrong i was.

Ok thanks. Bit of an old faithful saw so has done quite a bit of work in its time and amazes me how strong it still is regardless of compression getting low. I need to strip it as belive that there's a possiblity of 2 choices of piston size and small end size. Not entirely sure of age as no plate but imagine its an early one so the smaller of the 2 choices. May give it a light port job to whilst its all apart.I assume they respond quite well Spud?

Ok thanks Spud, just nice to have a bit of reassurance im going to do the right thing. The 372 p and c can sit on the shelf as back up and atleast i got some spares bits like gaskets, muffler, inlet manifold etc as spares. I want to fit new p and c to the 357 also as starting to get weak on the compression side of things although still runs strong. Looks like a morning tickering with saws next weekend lol...

Right after a bit of advice really, to cut a long story short ive got a husqy 365 special in my collection which i was going to upgrade via the 372 p and c. So off i went, found an NWP on the bay of e in america and bobs my uncle.... well that was until it turned up. Good quality finish etc no complaints there but oh hang on its an open port???? So now im in a predicament. The 365 has only ever cut down about 10 trees in its life so is hardly worn in and is closed port. Now im thinking i maybe better off just porting/tuning/muffler mod the 365 cylinder as i think it would prob produce if not as much but more power than the open port 372 p and c? Whats your views and why? I was hoping for the 372 mod simply as i already have a 357xp etc so wouldve been nice to have a bit more of a cc gap between.