You have the part number, so you can call and see if they have it, and how much it is.
-or- you can Google the part number, and see where it comes up for sale. You might find a reputable seller or a site that you can actually return it. I know I buy stuff off ebay that is coming from actual dealers for other stuff.
The biggest problem is there are 3 parts labeled fuel line and there is no differentiation in the name so you need the part number. AND some of the places have all 3 parts under one listing which is utterly annoying especially shopping by price. Oh wait, the fuel line listed for 3 dollars was just the retaining screw, the actual fuel line is in the dropdown for 25 dollars…
Had the Stihl dealer order it for me. Just the top hose. $ 13.95. Better than a sharp stick in the eye. I guessing about ten cents worth of rubber and a lot of miles and changing hands.
Recently we have gone through some of our Grandpa’s old tools. @Woodrunner had posted a picture of some vac gauges he got. So I figured this may interest some here.
It is mounted on this rubber plug. As far as I can tell this is for measuring vacuum on an open pipe. Maybe now I can see how well my shop vac is sucking.
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Marat_Lysenko
(Marat (East of Ukraine, 70 km from Donetsk))
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Will there ever be a time where there will only be: the parts manufacturer, the parts buyer, and the parts transportation (delivery) service?
Without any intermediaries. No unnecessary extra charges. With direct feedback from the buyer to the manufacturer to improve the quality.
So that you can shake a good person’s hand for a good detail. In order not to feed hordes of people who get money without producing anything useful.
Corporate culture, Marat. Everything, including people, are nothing but a way to increase profits. That and the fact that all the currency, at least in the western world is Fiat which can no longer be revalued, so they keep finding ways to cut production costs. I’ve been linking these history of chainsaw manufacturers lately. This one is a prime example. These saws were pretty decent at one time. My father and uncles were big fans of them back in the 1950’s.
I have a woodshark which is the cheap low-end consumer one. I actually really liked it until the clutch burnt up. It was reliable to start and cut okay for what it was. i only paid like 50 bucks for it. It is the one I replaced with the electric because I wasn’t going to get parts, and fix it before my mom or sister would have called a tree service and spend 500 bucks to knock down a tree. And amazon, just had the sale going.
Hey TomH.
Actually a very comprehensive presentation on the Poulan story. I learned much about Poulan; and with WeedEater thrown to boot.
The product reputation build-up useably-durability: then getting dilution dragged down to obscurity I already knew. Sears Craftsman tools. Sears Diehard batteries.
And some will say now Stihl with their tier stepped line of good-enough consumer grade; better farmer-rancher grade; and the best Pro-grade.
When I married the Wife she had a suburban house on a 12,000 square foot lot.
So, yeah I bought a $99 Poulan. I did the homeowner jobs OK for a year and a half until it lost compression. Then I went with plug-in electrics. Lot was cordable.
Moving out to her families farm it was use her fathers older farmer level Stihl saws then.
Better. But aways cranky to start in the cold winter.
Then I started buying my own Pro-grade Stihl saws. Never going back down to wear-out-too-soon, throw-aways.
Never going back to just being a mere consumer.
Instead be a serious tool user.
Steve Unruh
