Discontinued Products you wish were still available

Is this not the same thing?

It is, sadly I just need a couple parts and buying an entire saw doesn’t make sense for just the parts
 
You can get a set on Amazon for a bit over $7
I’m ordering a set to put in my camping tote! I hadn’t thought about removing the insert. It’s just been easier to be mad at it but I’ll give that a try next time I crossed paths with one of those devil bottles.
 
Still drive mine everyday.

I killed mine recently. I've been trying to buy another one for the last 3-4 weeks. Looked at a few, made a few offers, ran away from a few after 45 seconds... its a brutal marketplace out there. Also, people don't change their oil much less their transmission fluid. Some people never even shift into 4 Lo even after years of ownership. And, these 4th gen V8s are pretty much only for sale when they are long overdue to a timing belt and have leaking seals. That's fine and all if you are willing to price $3,000 worth of immediate labor into your selling price, but that's not the case.

Had a pre purchase inspection done on one from a dealer 7+ hours away. Sticker price was $11,900. Timing belt was due from age not mileage. Every fluid on the vehicle was overdue from age and the valve cover gasket seals needed replacing. I offered $11,500 out the door, estimate in hand for the work to safely drive it home, dealer literally told me to go f myself.
 
I killed mine recently. I've been trying to buy another one for the last 3-4 weeks. Looked at a few, made a few offers, ran away from a few after 45 seconds... its a brutal marketplace out there. Also, people don't change their oil much less their transmission fluid. Some people never even shift into 4 Lo even after years of ownership. And, these 4th gen V8s are pretty much only for sale when they are long overdue to a timing belt and have leaking seals. That's fine and all if you are willing to price $3,000 worth of immediate labor into your selling price, but that's not the case.

Had a pre purchase inspection done on one from a dealer 7+ hours away. Sticker price was $11,900. Timing belt was due from age not mileage. Every fluid on the vehicle was overdue from age and the valve cover gasket seals needed replacing. I offered $11,500 out the door, estimate in hand for the work to safely drive it home, dealer literally told me to go f myself.
How'd you kill it?

I had an 04 V8 and rolled it over in the mountains a couple years ago. I was pretty sick about it. Was lucky enough to find an 06 V8 a year ago that was in good shape. It wasn't cheap, though!

There is something about 4th gen V8s. I looked at some other vehicles, but kinda knew in the back of my mind that I wasn't going to be happy until I found another one.
 
How'd you kill it?

I had an 04 V8 and rolled it over in the mountains a couple years ago. I was pretty sick about it. Was lucky enough to find an 06 V8 a year ago that was in good shape. It wasn't cheap, though!

There is something about 4th gen V8s. I looked at some other vehicles, but kinda knew in the back of my mind that I wasn't going to be happy until I found another one.

It has some issues already that we’re adding up: worn piston rings, leaking power steering fluid, but the final straw was the rear axle seals failing and spraying gear oil all over the brake calipers. The rear axles are $1,000 each in parts + would have needed to replace all 4 brake rotors and calipers. The Ebrake assembly also failed and seized up. The estimate was like $5,500 + maybe another $700 if the ebrake cable needed replacing. Threw in the towel at 280k.
 
It has some issues already that we’re adding up: worn piston rings, leaking power steering fluid, but the final straw was the rear axle seals failing and spraying gear oil all over the brake calipers. The rear axles are $1,000 each in parts + would have needed to replace all 4 brake rotors and calipers. The Ebrake assembly also failed and seized up. The estimate was like $5,500 + maybe another $700 if the ebrake cable needed replacing. Threw in the towel at 280k.
Makes sense.

My 06 has 258,000, but it has had quite a bit of work done to it, and almost everything seems solid on it so far. Timing belt was done at 210,000, so I didn't have to do that. Needs an A/C line replaced before summer.

To me, the 4th gen is about the right size for a hunting rig. 3rd gen seems a little small, and 5th gen is a little harder to park on the side of a Forest Service road....
 
Back
Top