2100 CD Build

[Woodwackr]

That sucks to hear. I was getting my 261 ready today to take firewood cutting tomorrow and it was giving me fits, didn't want to idle and died after warming up. At one point I was able to tilt it on its side (flywheel side down) and it started changing tune, I am guessing the flywheel oil seal might be leaking. When I got the saw, it had a scorred piston and cylinder from being straight gassed. I had not changed oil seals at that point and was hoping it would be just a piston and cylinder swap. Luckily I just got my dump-find 272 back together, first saw I stripped down to seals and bearings. Finally got it all back together and running today, so it will have to join my 271 and 046 for wood cutting tomorrow.

Yup, air leak

 

[hacskaroly]

How often is there bits of metal, trash in a new aftermarket carburetor?

So far (in about 10) I have not found anything in aftermarket carbs that should not be there. I have had some that just would not work, but nothing that should not be there.

Maybe someone in China was having a bad day when they put your carb together...

 

[qurotro]

Well, I ordered a carb kit for my 2100s HS136. I was taking my carb apart to give it a good clean as it has some crusty build up. I was pulling off the choke shutter arm and a piece shot out, hit my hand once, the work bench once and disappeared into the void of my workshop (much like e-clips and piston circlips). Ends up it was the choke friction ball that was spring loaded. I swept up best that I could and did not find it.

Does anyone know what size it is? Can you get a bearing or a BB small enough to replace it? It is #5 on the diagram below. The service kit has just about everything but the friction ball (whoever loses those??).

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I'll get a measure if no one answer.. I'm outta town at the moment and need 48 hours most lol

 

[qurotro]

Just so I understand correctly, you have to pull out the choke and throttle arms and swap their places?

2100 carb throttle shaft and plate to the 288 carb throttle shaft and plate. Choke the same. Might need to sawp the throttle spring at lease I did cuz the spring hook is different.
As for the aftermarket carb, seems the same but Im not sure.

 

[hacskaroly]

I'll get a measure if no one answer.. I'm outta town at the moment and need 48 hours most lol

I found a 5/32 chrome bearing works!

 

[Sloughfoot]

So far (in about 10) I have not found anything in aftermarket carbs that should not be there. I have had some that just would not work, but nothing that should not be there.

Maybe someone in China was having a bad day when they put your carb together...

I'm 2 for 2 with AM carbs. Both nonadjusting, one two stroke and one four stroke. They worked fine but had the engines running different than before. The two stroke idled high and the four stroke had a lower max rpm. In the future I'll probably treat them like an old one that's been sitting disassemble, clean and reassemble.

 

[hacskaroly]

I'm 2 for 2 with AM carbs. Both nonadjusting, one two stroke and one four stroke. They worked fine but had the engines running different than before. The two stroke idled high and the four stroke had a lower max rpm. In the future I'll probably treat them like an old one that's been sitting disassemble, clean and reassemble.

I said what I said and as luck would have it one of my AM carbs started acting up, the choke plate is sticking when closed and won't open back up unless I poke it, working on it right now to get it to free action like it should.

 

[qurotro]

I found a 5/32 chrome bearing works!

You are spot on! I measured mine today. It’s 3.97mm which is 5/32, a 4mm ball bearing might still work!
For those who lost their balls

 

[qurotro]

I said what I said and as luck would have it one of my AM carbs started acting up, the choke plate is sticking when closed and won't open back up unless I poke it, working on it right now to get it to free action like it should.

Smoothing the edge of the plate may help. It happened to me before but it’s the throttle plate.

 

[hacskaroly]

Smoothing the edge of the plate may help. It happened to me before but it’s the throttle plate.

I tried smoothing the plate and it kind of worked. I ended up swapping the plate from the bad Walbro carb that originally came with it. Seems to be working now.

 

[Squareground3691]

Thanks Greg , for making a heck of good work saw, pulls 46RS .404 with authority ,

 

[farminkarman]

Thanks Greg , for making a heck of good work saw, pulls 46RS .404 View attachment 433149 with authority ,

Wayne, thanks for the opportunity to work on such a cool saw.

 

[Normzilla]

Good morning fellas. Since it seemed like folks appreciated me posting a build thread recently, I figured I would do it again while I work my way through this Husky 2100CD. I have never run one of these before, or worked on one. Here is the saw as I removed it from the box. Yes, the handle, clutch cover, and air filter came with it.View attachment 431237View attachment 431238View attachment 431239View attachment 431240

The 2100s get in your blood.

 

[hacskaroly]

The 2100s get in your blood.

And to think I thought the 28" bar I was going to take off of my 272 was going to look cool on my 2100....nope...I'm going to need one of those. I will scrounge up all of my chains and knock them together to fit around a bar like that, might be a mix of full comp, semi-skip, full-skip and square cut, but I'm gonna do it!!

 

[Squareground3691]

And to think I thought the 28" bar I was going to take off of my 272 was going to look cool on my 2100....nope...I'm going to need one of those. I will scrounge up all of my chains and knock them together to fit around a bar like that, might be a mix of full comp, semi-skip, full-skip and square cut, but I'm gonna do it!!

Go big or go home,

 

[Woodwackr]

And to think I thought the 28" bar I was going to take off of my 272 was going to look cool on my 2100....nope...I'm going to need one of those. I will scrounge up all of my chains and knock them together to fit around a bar like that, might be a mix of full comp, semi-skip, full-skip and square cut, but I'm gonna do it!!

Frankinchain

 

[Woodwackr]

The 2100s get in your blood.

Exactly what I want to do with mine…well, as soon as I put it together
Looking for a used, 60” bar…or, one that doesn’t exceed the value of the saw, lol

 

[Al Smith]

That long bar new would cost more then the saw might be worth .About the only place you could ever use one would be in the PNW and then very rarely .In my case the 48" usable on the Homelite 2100S in the avatar I've used less than half a dozen times in over 15 years .It takes forever to file the chain .Plus wrangling that thing around is about like lifting a cannon ball on the end of a broom stick .

 

[Al Smith]

As for practicality where I'm at for that saw a 32" is all you need .That I have but right now it has a 24" which is childs play for that saw running an 8 tooth 3/8" chain since I finally have it running correctly .It was an uphill battle but I finally got it .

 

[Sloughfoot]

As for practicality where I'm at for that saw a 32" is all you need .That I have but right now it has a 24" which is childs play for that saw running an 8 tooth 3/8" chain since I finally have it running correctly .It was an uphill battle but I finally got it .

What got it running?