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This is my first piece of vintage machinery. I'm not sure what age dictates "vintage" but from what I have looked up, this machines manufacture dates are '62 to '64. It's a shame that it has lost its ID plate because they are a Canadian machine but apparently some were assembled in Australia and that is noted on the ID plate.

According to the seller this machine was run about 5 years ago just to see if it started and it did. Prior to that it had sat for about 10 years.

The only other saw of significance to me that I own is a Stihl 032AVe. It has oodles of compression. This saw seems to have more! It really takes a decent pull to spin it over.

Apparently they are over 100cc. It has a hardnose bar tip. The starter was sticky and didn't retract fully. I'm weird because that annoys me. It's the first thing I had to fix. A touch of lube on the spring and some light grease on the spindle has it working perfectly. A bit of grease on the roller for the cord guide and it's working very nicely.

The drive sprocket looks really good, very little wear at all. The magnesium is in excellent condition with no real signs of corrosion. Oil pump works too.

This machine is unique in that it has a glass fuel bowl, this one is even more unique in that it is missing. I am currently searching for one. The aircleaner is all there, screen, element and guard. The element is looking sad.

I'll give it a clean up, try and source the parts and then at least fire it up, cut a log and retire it to a display item in the shed. The second,behind the 032.

















The crud coming off this thing is amazing. Perhaps the thick oil muck is what has protected the cases all this time.