Husky 242...and bullet

[David Young]

Been there my friend give it a break and come back. You don’t want to have one “get away” lol

 

[Tor R]

242 is probleby the last bulletproof design from Husqvarna.
It has a great bottom part, jug &piston&boot. Good oilpump too.

In practical use its probleby the one who goes through most non stop trottle action of them all.

The nornal stuff:
Trottle rod
Red coil wire
Owner swap recoil screws (the long one is supposed to support the AV rubber)
Negotiated pre filter cleaning

What jeg adjustment are are H at the moment?

 

[trooney]

Probly 1 on the Low, and 3/4 H. If I adjust the H any more clockwise it just stumbles or wont run right. If I back it off a little its at 13.5-14. If I continue to richen up its pig rich. I've had those carb screws in all kinds of different positions. The fuel line opening looked a little small for me for such a high revving saw, dont know if that makes a difference or not but I'm done with it. I'm going to build a Jonsered 2055 off a 2054 chassis and see what that does. I dont limb all that much, so the 2055 ought to do the trick. Besides, for the price of a 2055 cylinder and piston, its going to have to do.

 

[trooney]

And @Tor R , I just replaced trigger and throttle rod. All the stuff you mentioned, been there. Dont know where to go else. But got other projects that need attention. Let this one go to someone who can use it. Its got alot of good/great spare parts, not to mention a good flywheel side bearing.

 

[drf256]

Does it come with 30-06 rounds? How many?

 

[Charlie65]

Hmm, I had a couple of these and had nothing but headaches getting them to run right. Did some real investigation and found that the 200 series and smaller saws were not made by Husky, they are branded saws from Poulan. I don't spend money on 99 dollar special Poulan's, bullets are better.

 

[ny15]

Charlie,
You believe all the 2 series husqvarna’s are rebranded Poulan’s?

 

[Stihlbro]

Probly 1 on the Low, and 3/4 H. If I adjust the H any more clockwise it just stumbles or wont run right. If I back it off a little its at 13.5-14. If I continue to richen up its pig rich. I've had those carb screws in all kinds of different positions. The fuel line opening looked a little small for me for such a high revving saw, dont know if that makes a difference or not but I'm done with it. I'm going to build a Jonsered 2055 off a 2054 chassis and see what that does. I dont limb all that much, so the 2055 ought to do the trick. Besides, for the price of a 2055 cylinder and piston, its going to have to do.

Are you looking for more rpm that the 13.5/14k? Do you have the walbro hda 34a carb?

 

[Stump Shot]

Charlie,
You believe all the 2 series husqvarna’s are rebranded Poulan’s?

I believe @Charlie65 has this confused with the much newer Husqvarna 240, in which case he would be correct.
The older 2xx series saws have 0 to do with Poulan or the other way round.

 

[ny15]

I believe @Charlie65 has this confused with the much newer Husqvarna 240, in which case he would be correct.
The older 2xx series saws have 0 to do with Poulan or the other way round.

Understood

 

[trooney]

Are you looking for more rpm that the 13.5/14k? Do you have the walbro hda 34a carb?

I was looking for the manufacturers rpm limits on it, not 15.5, but closer to 15-15.2. I got a Walbro, as a matter of fact 2, rebuilt 98. Both of them performed the same. Dont need the saw, so putting any more time and effort into something I dont need is unnecessary. so down the road it goes. I hope it serves his needs well, its on to more stuff for me.

 

[Stihlbro]

Cool @trooney, I haven’t been on OPE much.

 

[trooney]

Cool @trooney, I haven’t been on OPE much.

Well why not!!! Lol

 

[dbittle]

Probably a dumb question, but are you 100% sure it has the closed port 242 cylinder on it?

 

[Charlie65]

Understood

My bad! Thanks Steve, the newer 240s I had were the Poulan made saws, and I don't have them in my portfolio of saws any more.

 

[Lit1023]

I got a new tank vent, but I forgot to mention that if I pressure the tank up it drops really quick. So I dont think its the tank vent but stranger things have happened. I thought it might be that but the tank vents.

What about under vacuum? You should do a vac test to see that the vent is working proper.

 

[Billy Currie]

Is this thread going to turn in to an auction for a pile of 242 parts?

 

[dustinwilt68]

Is the muffler been modified? Has the saw been modified in any way?

 

[trooney]

Not modified in any way, unless its a cylinder from another saw on it. Didnt pull it to check bore. Its a Gilardoni cylinder on it. New tank vent, it wont hold vacuum, will hold a little bit of pressure, not much. Dont know how another cylinder on that saw would behave. I guess its a possibility.

 

[trooney]

Is this thread going to turn in to an auction for a pile of 242 parts?

Nope, sold it whole...