WTH!? $1,419 for a used MS361?!!!

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Not counting time, here's roughly what I have in my 361:
  • $50 broken saw with a good bar (landscaper)
  • $37.88 aftermarket muffler (eBay)
  • $24.95 spark plug tap and insert (eBay)
  • $24.89 for two new chains (eBay)
  • $20.15 used handguard (eBay)
  • $11.25 used decompression valve (I ruined the original in a tragic spark plug-tapping accident) (eBay)
  • $6.63 cooling plate (dealer)
  • $6.19 loctite (eBay)
  • $2.73 muffler gasket (dealer)
  • $2.48 aftermarket bar nuts (eBay)
  • $2.35 spark plug (eBay)
  • maybe $1.50 for 2 M6 socket cap screws for the muffler (original M5 cylinder flange threads stripped) (Home Depot)
All together it's about $191, or $200 if you include the gas money I spent running around fetching the saw and its parts. I pulled the cylinder to facilitate the spark plug thread repair, and the P&C are both in great shape inside, without a hint of scoring. I think the landscaper I bought it from may have used it as a hammer as often as he cut with it, poor thing.

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Jon1270 said:
Not counting time, here's roughly what I have in my 361:
  • $50 broken saw with a good bar (landscaper)
  • $37.88 aftermarket muffler (eBay)
  • $24.95 spark plug tap and insert (eBay)
  • $24.89 for two new chains (eBay)
  • $20.15 used handguard (eBay)
  • $11.25 used decompression valve (I ruined the original in a tragic spark-plug tapping accident) (eBay)
  • $6.63 cooling plate (dealer)
  • $6.19 loctite (eBay)
  • $2.73 muffler gasket (dealer)
  • $2.48 aftermarket bar nuts (eBay)
  • $2.35 spark plug (eBay)
  • maybe $1.50 for 2 M6 socket cap screws for the muffler (original M5 cylinder flange threads stripped) (Home Depot)
All together it's about $191, or $200 if you include the gas money I spent running around fetching the saw and its parts. I pulled the cylinder to facilitate the spark plug thread repair, and the P&C are both in great shape inside, without a hint of scoring. I think the landscaper I bought it from may have used it as a hammer as often as he cut with it, poor thing.

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That's a very nice machine for under $200. You could easily double your money.. But for that price? I'd run the snot out of it for a couple (5-10) and still double my money. :)
 
$11.25 seems awfully high, for a USED decomp valve? Seems like I paid that for a new one?
 
clemsonfor said:
$11.25 seems awfully high, for a USED decomp valve? Seems like I paid that for a new one?
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That's one of the few parts I neglected to ask my Stihl dealer about, so I'm not sure. On eBay the new OEM valve was $23. There were some aftermarket valves direct from Hong Kong for about $6.
 
Maybe I got an aftermarket one from a US seller for close to that? Is fine. My stihl OE one totally fell apart seizing the piston as it wedged the piston to the head with the center o. The valve between the 2. I had to totally disassemble my 390 and take the part out.,not an easy task on a homeowner saw!!
 
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