Looking for a replacement for my Dolmar

[crazyal]

I've had a 7900 now for around 20 years. Mostly never had an issue with it but a few months ago it became difficult to start. After all the usual attempts to fix it I found the issue was the coil. The coil has what looks like a screw that the plug wire threads onto. It looks like water (or something similar) got between the plug wire and the plastic coil housing. I cleaned it up and it seems to have cured the problem. But when looking for a replacement coil I found that finding parts for Dolmars is getting hard. Most dealers around me will not touch it (in fact they will only touch the brands they sell which is just Stihl and Husky). Since it's my go to saw for cutting and I'd like to find a replacement that in 20 years I can still buy parts to repair. By then I'll be at the age of not cutting large trees. I do have a 357xp that sits most of the time but I can see it being replaced with a cordless saw.

I'm leaning towards a Husky since I have bars in good shape in several lengths for the Dolmar that I believe will work. I'm kind of leaning towards the 572xp. It looks like most of the issues with the autotune are now just people not doing routine maintenance. I don't mind tuning a saw but I'd rather be cutting so a self adjusting saw is a plus for me. I would like to stay as close as possible to the same HP as the 7900 but not add too much weight.

 

[RandyT]

If you have the red coil than you are looking for part number 038-143-043 which is not cheap for an OEM one, and even harder to install. Basically required total disassembly of the saw. And If attempted would be a good idea to also get a new kill switch, they like to come apart when you pull off the kill wire from the back of the switch.

And the truth is finding repair parts for any saw no matter what brand will be a challenge since things get discontinued on a very early basis anymore.

 

[Jstpssng]

I was just thinking back to how many saws I've replaced in the same time period.
It seems like with Echo at least, once the carb goes kerput they aren't worth fixing.
Rather frustrating when the rest of the saw had 3 years left on the warranty.