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Originally Posted by rs899
I have had Poulan "Wild Thing"s (model 2375) from that era and IIRC the oiler runs off a worm geared drive that is behind the clutch. I had to replace one after about 5 years of use. They get subjected to a lot of dirt in that area and it's easy to see why they don't last. My "Wild Thing" really worked hard for me for 10 years and it finally just wouldn't start anymore (compression most likely). I already had about 20 chains ( some guy was selling them for $4) and I bought what I thought was a new model of the same "Wild Thing"- but they switched the chain gauge on me rendering my collection useless. That Poulan didn't last- then I bought a Homelite and that didn't work well.
Finally, I found a guy who swapped me two classic 2375 "Wild Things" for my Homelite and a bunch of other junky chainsaws so now I can finally use all my NOS chains
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That's the type of info I was looking for.
Maybe next week I'll tear into it, I've been neglecting a couple of other major projects and some of the regular stuff for a few day.
AND my back needs a rest.
I want to get away from firewood and the chain saw for a few days, been moving, stacking, cutting for the last 3 days.
There's a pic attached, most of that circle is 2 rows deep.
You can see all the fresh wood, nice Maple, I figure we are set for years, although as much as we use the fireplace, 3 years max so far. And I'll still get a face of Oak from my firewood guy each year.
This was mostly a neighbors tree that came down, landscapers cut it up, I moved it and stacked it. Some was from the remains of a tree of mine I had to take down.
Yes I've been very happy with this saw.