16 to 1 oil mix For a Older Craftsman Saw

Thanks,
Jimmie

The 188.00 was a buy it now price. I thought, a new saw, that size, made by echo, for that price, I had better buy it. I have just been a victim of Hurricane Katrina here in Mississippi and it looks like an A Bomb blast here. I needed a better saw than the small one I have.

I wish that someone could tell me for sure who built that saw. It runs good. I finally got it cranked. I only run it for a litle while. What can I say, "A brand new saw, this old"?

Thanks for writing,
Jimmie

Thanks for that info. I will get some Stihl bar and chain oil Monday. The 25 to 1 sounds good also.

Thanks,
Jimmie

Are you telling me to use today's Echo oil mix as if I were mixing it for an Echo which is made today. Are the bottles of Echo the gallon size? Most of the trees I have down are oak. Would the straight 30 or 40 weight work with oak?

I will take the sharpener off and change chains. I didn't know how well they worked as this is the first time I ever saw one. Does anyone know when these were made for sure. I see that sears doesn't have parts anymore. I am sure to need bars and chain sprokets or clutches in the future. Does anyone know what Echo it is that this is a copy of?

Thanks, Jimmie

Do you know what chain I need to replace the one on the Craftsman saw with? Also what bar can I use If i want to use a 20 or 22 inch bar. This motor should pull either of these shouldn't it? It is 3.7 ci. It runs very good and was brand new when it arrived. It was a little hard to crank. I had to stop and rest a while. I can not begin to know why someone bought this saw and didn't use or crank it for all those years.

Thanks, Jimmie

You can copy and paste this link in your address bar and see pictures of the saw from the ebay site where I bought it.

Link

You have to copy the whole thing but it will take you to see the saw at ebay. You hold your mouse button down and drag it through the whole thing starting at the end and when that address is highlighted you hit edit and then hit copy. Then open Internet Explorer or other web browser then right click on address bar and hit edit again and hit paste and it will take you to ebay site and pictures.

Thanks a lot,
Jimmie

You are right about the worth more if I didn't start and run it. It is a real nice saw and unusual with the chain sharpner on it. I already started it today and did cut a little with it. I am in the Hurricane area of Mississippi and my place looks like an Atomic Bomb went off. I haver so many trees down that I can't count them. They are laced and crossed so much that I can't even see them all. I bought the saw to help cut them with. Saws sold out here and I bought it on ebay.

Thanks,
Jimmie

My saw is model 917 353770 with the chain sharpned made in. Is your one of those. I was told that this saw was made by echo. I didn't know that it was this old until it arrived. It is brand new alright and they said that they purchased it a while back, to my surprise it was quite a while back. It seems to have been a top of the line in the day that they bought it. I hope that if it is an echo that I can find out which model Echo so that I can buy some parts for it.

I hope that I can use a newer mix for the fuel. I have seen oil that said it was for all. It stated that I could use it for all, just mix it 40 to 1.

Thanks,
Jimmie

Thank you for your reply.

If you can copy and paste the link below please look at the pictures on the ebay site of the saw I bought. I was able to copy and paste this I hope that you can also. You may have seen pictures from another place of the saw I have. I saw Echo saws on ebay of any earlier time with the fuel and oil tanks in front and made me believe that they were Echo. I do not know a lot about earlier Poulan or Echo saws. I hope to be able to use this for a long time and hope to find out who built it and when so that I might be able to get the basics in parts.

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If anybody else knows anything please let me know.

Thank you very much,
Jimmie