Husqvarna 372XP-Smashed Beyond Repair?
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- čas přidán 6. 02. 2024
- In this video we will look at a Husqvarna 372XP that has been run over and determine if it is worth repairing. The damage is quite excessive but will the customer have us fix it? #smallenginerepair
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I crushed an 044 with a tree. Threw it under the work bench and bought a new saw. After I retired I drugged it out and rebuilt it. It was bit costly but did some hotrod work to it for the fun of it and sold it.
Fixing them or stripping them so others can fix them is way better than just scrapping them. Plus, someone else got a good saw!
Think I'd have walked in the door (broken saw at home) to look at new saws...! Good Video!
Thanks for watching!
@@TheGreasyShopRag I'm a saw repair guy and I cut firewood, i would have put a new muffler , top handle , chain break top cover air cleaner and ran that saw as is
@@larrywarner9314 i never ran a saw with that many broken fins. Not sure how long it would last.
Thank you
Good job
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I would have fixed it myself. I would have used some oem and some aftermarket parts
I think thats what most mechanically inclined people would have done.
That saw was ABUSED long before it was run over. I would have been too embarrassed to even take that saw to a shop even before it was run over. He probably looked up the price of a new one and then freaked out and wants the abused saw fixed...
Ya it looks like they were running it in the mud.
There a collectors item, good for parts! Especially with the Mahle cylinder
In this case, malled cylinder.
Bless Sign the owner of this saw for a maintenance course. Bought a new saw is best move. Plus a free how to keep it clean book. Thanks 😊
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Finally, a saw slammed on the bench that was rode hard and put away wet. You'll see saws in that condition selling on ebay for stupid prices, and they sell.
I sold one at a logging show for way too cheap I guess.
Prob don’t remember. My Husqvarna 445 was leaking bar oil terribly, emptying. Finally warm weather and cleaned vent. Oils perfectly. Passing it on to help someone.
So cleaning the vent stopped the leak for you?
@@TheGreasyShopRag it sure did. I was shocked how much was coming out. Did nothing else except clean , assembly and run. Will add to list of things to check. Thanks for asking.
Around here a straight -gassed 372 beat up is fetching $400-$500! When did these become gold plated?
I don't know but I blame the internet.
You must be in the PNW.
@@Idahoprepper71 East Coast (Connecticut) here
RIP 🪦 saw
Definitely not PNW. Here in Colville saws are much cheaper used than than back east or down south!@@Idahoprepper71
Putting the finishing touches on a clapped out one I overpaid for. Saving the good OEM cylinder - went Hyway BB. Easily spent 300 on parts and painted plastics. CAD indeed. May need a 12 step program.
Three hundred isn't bad depending on how much you paid for it. Thanks for watching!
i would order oem parts i didnt have from you over the phone lol
she still has spark & she's worth repairing
Ya it had a good bottom end. If you take labor out of the equation then its fixable.
I wouldve sold the guy a new saw...and took this home myself and rebuilt it...of coarse it wouldnt have been stock after that...cause i wouldve had my greasy, filthy paws on it and probably NOBODY wouldnt wanted it then 😂.. but definitely get a new saw...or at least a good used saw till they got out of the "Beaver Swamp" where it looks like they were at...Great vid! BTW...yall still got that saw around?
The customer bought a similar model and kept this for parts although there aren't many good parts left.
Could just be camera angles, but it looked to me that the bar was bent to the left and a little twisted to the right. Then, you did not consider at that point the drive cog and bar oiler and and and. Money pit. I would opt for a nice 572XP, but might have to "save-up" $,$$$.cc. I have to admit that I have crushed a saw that a large oak log rolled over; although bend and dented and fugly, it ran quite well without repair. Then the commercial string trimmer, a Green Machine of many years of faithful service, did not fair so well when it evidently rolled off of the road berm into the tall pasture and my brush hog found it fot me....
I didn't say anything about the bar because the video is older and I just couldn't remember its condition. Too bad about the green machine.
Doing the fix myself.
Id fix it.
I definitely personally prefer a gen1 300 series saw, or pre 2010 x-torque, would be one big reason.
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It wouldn't be a daily driver though.
probably a fire wood/fun saw, with various changes. I wouldn't rely on it for falling big firs.
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Things like the plastic top and muffler id sorce as knock off parts.
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Though it would still be a spark arrestor type muffler, as Oregon department of forestry, likes to give tickets for spark screen violations.
Ive ran saws with a single fin broken with no issues, but thats far more than a single cooling fin broken.
Id swap to a full rap handle.
I find in some cases it provides a smidgen more protection to the saw, but not every time.
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Anyway thats my worthless 0.01c
Thanks for contributing. I think most people would run with a single broken fin like you did, and also fix it with their labor.
@@TheGreasyShopRag i mite do a test an only run it sub 32F
See how long it lasted.
Would be interesting to see results.
With Enough Time and Effort That Saw Can Be Repaired 😀😊 With That Pile Of Saws You Have It Can Be Repaired 😊👍🏼 Good Morning 👍🏼 I Would of Bought a New Saw Too Unless I Had Access To a Bunch of Parts Saws
This is one of those saws that you or I could fix for cheap because we aren't paying labor. Unfortunately they wanted to keep it for "parts".
@@TheGreasyShopRag Agreed 👍🏼
@@chrischiampo7647 Chris, that is a bit of a surprise. GIven the shop policy of giving credit for your and company time for estimate labor/expertise, I "assumed" that taking advantage of the "no chage if you buy another saw" would have the company retaining possession of said "parts saw". My assumption seems fair and reasonable; no?
@@rooster3019 there are a lot of factors when offering the no charge for diagnostic. The guy was a good regular customer and wanted to keep the saw.
I think I would have started looking for a parts saw, or gone non oem for everything except the cylinder.
That would be a good plan.
Yep stuff happens unless you notathing wish more shops new that
Thanks for watching!
Thing is the OE 372s are are a little more powerful than the strato nowadays. Id of probably went with a 572 if me. Good stuff see ya next time.
Thanks for watching. Later!
Could you guys tell me where to purchase the light Scott uses in the video the flexible one he uses to check out cylinders and fuel tanks thank you in advance
www.streamlight.com/products/detail/stylus-reach-18
Thank you
Granted most people are not mechanically inclined enough. I would have rebuilt it, but it never would have made it to you. I would have torn it down bought some parts and put it back together.
You got that right.
Maybe save the cylinder for another repair
With all those broken cooling fins I don't think its any good.
I think I would have walked in to buy a new saw and donated smashed one for parts.
You're my favorite type of customer!
Great information. Sounds like no sentimental value. Prob user not fixer. I liked you gave the last rights. Did it have a donner card?
Lol! Thanks for watching!
I would have bought a new saw straight away. That thing was crap.
I think he was surprised when I told him how much was damaged.
@@TheGreasyShopRag yer, really. It was run over, not stepped on.
I would've fixed it. I'll buy it.
I wish they left it behind.