HUSQVARNA HUSQVARNA THREAD

[telejed]

Sounds like one that could go sideways pretty quick. Since you're not a Hooray guy, I'd probably walk away from it unless the owner will part with it real cheap. If he does, and you want to part it out, I've got one in the wings that needs a few things.

Hooray guy? Do you mean Husky guy?

They run and cut great mostly. At least the ones I've been around and used. Just don't like the design on things I'll need to get to the most often. I can only put a saw with a 30" bar on it in my truck box. I tend to stop often and things might "grow legs" when I'm out of sight.

If he will sell it cheap I'll just rebuild it right and go from there. Sell or use.

 

[PogoInTheWoods]

Hooray guy?

Member of the 288 cult following that typically feels compelled to respond with "Hooray 288!' whenever they see the model mentioned anywhere. (Sorta like the O-H...I-O! thing if you're from the Buckeye State.) I'll even admit to being swept up in the moment a time or two myself. Love my 288's. LOL

And doesn't everyone like Huskys?

 

[telejed]

Member of the 288 cult following that typically feels compelled to respond with "Hooray 288!' whenever they see the model mentioned anywhere. (Sorta like the O-H...I-O! thing if you're from the Buckeye State.) I'll even admit to being swept up in the moment a time or two myself. Love my 288's. LOL

And doesn't everyone like Huskys?

I'm kind of not into the chainsaw culture I guess or just too new.

And doesn't everyone like Huskys?

Taking this one apart I just think. . . "why did they do it this way?"

 

[rsting]

Ok Husky experts, I need HELP. Put a 272 cyl on a 268 bottom end, everything went great on that. Went to start it, and won't start. No spark. Could swear that i checked spark before i started, but whatever. Put another coil on it off of a parts saw, STILL no spark! 2 bad coils? Ok, I'll try a third one, you guessed it, still no spark! I'm testing it with the switch wire disconnected, so its not a bad switch or wire.
What do you think? Bad flywheel??? Any quirks I'm not aware of?
Also, do you know if a coil off of a 272K will work, or does it have a rev limiter in it? I'm running out of spare coils here.
Thanks
Russ

 

[John235]

I don’t know much but I bet a 272k coil will work but cut off saws generally have a lower rev limiter. So won’t rev out like a chain should

 

[Czed]

Ok Husky experts, I need HELP. Put a 272 cyl on a 268 bottom end, everything went great on that. Went to start it, and won't start. No spark. Could swear that i checked spark before i started, but whatever. Put another coil on it off of a parts saw, STILL no spark! 2 bad coils? Ok, I'll try a third one, you guessed it, still no spark! I'm testing it with the switch wire disconnected, so its not a bad switch or wire.
What do you think? Bad flywheel??? Any quirks I'm not aware of?
Also, do you know if a coil off of a 272K will work, or does it have a rev limiter in it? I'm running out of spare coils here.
Thanks
Russ

I rebuilt a 272 yesterday
Check your coil clearance
It would be very unusual to have three bad coils
You have to pull these quite fast to show fire.

 

[rsting]

I rebuilt a 272 yesterdayView attachment 292775
Check your coil clearance
It would be very unusual to have three bad coils
You have to pull these quite fast to show fire.

Set it with a business card. Does that sound about right?

 

[Czed]

Set it with a business card. Does that sound about right?

Yes
The factory tool is a bit thinner but I always used business cards.

 

[redtractor]

I was given a basket-case 288xpg with a metal flag brake that I'm rebuilding. The part I can't find is the brake band for that metal flag. Anyone making them? I'd rather not replace it with plastic.

That and a new sticker for the starter side. Can't find that, either.

 

[Hoggwood]

Threw a couple hours at this today. I knew it had a funky spark when I shelved it a year ago. Swore a few times removing the flywheel. Pulled the stator and the cam bushing. Put it all back together with the plate fully clockwise. Cleaned the points. Bites hard if you don’t rip it. At least it runs now. Looks like condensers and such are unobtainium if needed. Tried to plastic weld the busted handle with soldering iron and some zip ties. Fail. Epoxy and some fibre mesh second attempt. Thinking I will most likely need another handle.

 

[Eccentric]

Cory I may have a line on a parts saw (runner with a busted/glued crankcase). Keep looking elsewhere.........but I'll see if my buddy still has it. He was trying to gift it to me a while back...

 

[Hoggwood]

Cory I may have a line on a parts saw (runner with a busted/glued crankcase). Keep looking elsewhere.........but I'll see if my buddy still has it. He was trying to gift it to me a while back...

Will do, Aaron. Appreciate it. Just getting back at some projects after a long hiatus it seems.

 

[president]

I was given a basket-case 288xpg with a metal flag brake that I'm rebuilding. The part I can't find is the brake band for that metal flag. Anyone making them? I'd rather not replace it with plastic.

That and a new sticker for the starter side. Can't find that, either.

Well , someone is making some long sought after 2100 parts
there is a ground-swell of band seekers out there too

 

[Eccentric]

Well , someone is making some long sought after 2100 parts
there is a ground-swell of band seekers out there too

I need a brake band for my 2101XP.

 

[Beaverscout]

Break 1-9

 

[PogoInTheWoods]

Come on back truckers, talk to Teddy Bear.

 

[Maintenance Chief]

I think I made a good choice after some research.
Anyone know what year?

 

[huskyboy]

Probably 1993

 

[PogoInTheWoods]

1st number = last number of decade built between 1987 & 1998 on 7 digit black tags
2nd/3rd number = week of year built
4th,5th,6th,7th = unit number built that week

 

[PogoInTheWoods]

And depending on what your choices actually were, I'd say there's a fairly high probability that you made the right one. LOL