Sad day for the 372XP

[barbender]

I was thinking the same thing as Al said- immerse it in a solvent and see if it frees up. For me, buying all of the tools and parts to disassemble it (if you feel you need the case splitter) adds up to just getting a new saw. I had a spark plug break and take out the top end of my Jred 2171, at the time an OEM piston and cylinder was over $350 iirc. That was too much for me on a 10 year old saw.I would've just parted it out, but I found an aftermarket p&c for about $120 iirc, I figured what the heck, worth a shot. It's still running good with that "big bore kit" about 5 years on. I guess my point is, how much is it worth to you? I kind of look at it like, would I pay X amount of dollars for this saw used? If not, it's not worth fixing to me.

[VTDonn]

More thanks are in order. Really, thanks everyone.

Right now the limiting factor is I work in an unheated barn with a messy workbench, so I haven't been in a huge rush to dive in. I gotta get my act together before I add a pile of 372 bits and pieces into the mix. I'm going to pick up some solvent this afternoon and get the soak started, then spend a day or two getting the shop in order. I'll see how it's loosened up by midweek and post a sitrep.

In the meantime I need to watch some videos and look at some schematics to get familiar with the anatomy, because I'm a crankcase virgin. This will be my first time and I'm nervous I'll mess it up. Yes, that's all fair game for inappropriate, but hopefully safe for work, jokes.

[ehp]

been down this road before and with out saw in my hands its not forsure but what I found is if drowned in water as long as you get it running quick there is not to much trouble but once the crank looks like that roll really rolling the dice on it lasting , the conrod bearing on the crank is by far the most important thing you have to check , If the pin that the bearing turns on is pitted of any type the bearing will fail and if bearing fails the pins in the bearing goes up threw the transfer ports and thats the end of the cylinder, piston and crank . I had a saw a friend had that got flooded in under a cottage when the water got real high, I fixed it cause it was his Grandfather but a new saw would of been cheaper , all I got to use was the crankcase halves , had to replace the rest 

[barbender]

That's why I would do a solvent rinse if I was in his shoes. If it works, great. If it comes apart in grand fashion, it wasn't worth fixing so I didn't have anything to lose🤷🏽‍♂️

[ehp]

the conrod bearing is hard to see if there is trouble as the conrod is over top of that bearing, all I'm trying to say is make real sure that bearing is in good shape cause if not your going to ruin alot of good parts like the cylinder and piston , I would look around for another good complete crankcase