All Things 288XP

[CJ Brown]

Wow I had assumed you had purchased a tank and painted the cases. Well that makes for one nice low hour saw. Last I checked Northwood Saw had NOS 288 mufflers at a very reasonable price. A NOS starter cover of the small decal variety might be a bit of a challenge to find, but likely one will pop up eventually. That saw is a keeper for sure

 

[cus_deluxe]

Wow I had assumed you had purchased a tank and painted the cases. Well that makes for one nice low hour saw. Last I checked Northwood Saw had NOS 288 mufflers at a very reasonable price. A NOS starter cover of the small decal variety might be a bit of a challenge to find, but likely one will pop up eventually. That saw is a keeper for sure

its a later saw so i think the big decal wouldve been on it anyway. ill check out those mufflers

 

[davidwyby]

Need to turn this junk into a saw or two. Mainly need a tank.

 

[qurotro]

Got this dirt cheap and I realized why..
Someone must be really frustrated trying to fix this 288. Weak spark but very good mechanically.
Took me sometime swapping known good coils to find out the perfect looking flywheel is bad! The flywheel has good magnet and no crack must be misleading.
After replacing the fw and some carb work it runs nice.

 

[Stump Shot]

@qurotro Nice one! Not very often it happens, but a flywheel can go bad. Sometimes they just lose magnetism power over time and sometimes they can reverse polarity and not work, even though the magnets are fairly strong.

 

[hoskvarna]

finally got this pos put together and running
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How you like the top cover
One of Matts correct


Sent from the Hoskey Hills

 

[cus_deluxe]

How you like the top cover
One of Matts correct


Sent from the Hoskey Hills

certainly heavy duty. its a little taller than oem so less room under handle bar, and the matte finish gets scuffed up easy, but its coll to have the option for sure

 

[jakethesnake]

 

[jakethesnake]

Top cover is off because if you pinch her just a little bit even the little arm that engages the carb will flex over just far enough that you have to take cover off to flick it back on the correct side of the carb. It didn’t happen at all this entire tree but it’s a frustrating thing.


Question. Does anyone know the exact length the starter rope should be? No decomp. I’m not a complete sissy and I almost can’t start it. (Had Covid in these pictures but even when I feel good she’s a bear.).

great old saw but she needs a little love. Is the little arm that hooks to the trigger a pretty straight forward repair?


Could someone post a close up of the carb where the arm comes into contact to be certain I’m not missing anything there?

do have a full wrap for saw also. Can’t decide.

running 404 24” hard nose. Just thought I’d show her working



can we do videos here now?

 

[Stump Shot]

Top cover is off because if you pinch her just a little bit even the little arm that engages the carb will flex over just far enough that you have to take cover off to flick it back on the correct side of the carb. It didn’t happen at all this entire tree but it’s a frustrating thing.


Question. Does anyone know the exact length the starter rope should be? No decomp. I’m not a complete sissy and I almost can’t start it. (Had Covid in these pictures but even when I feel good she’s a bear.).

great old saw but she needs a little love. Is the little arm that hooks to the trigger a pretty straight forward repair?


Could someone post a close up of the carb where the arm comes into contact to be certain I’m not missing anything there?

do have a full wrap for saw also. Can’t decide.

running 404 24” hard nose. Just thought I’d show her working



can we do videos here now?

I just pull off what looks a little long off the spool and once installed look and see where it looks good and full without rubbing and slide the handle on and make my knot there. That's as full as it can be.

Heat can be applied with a heat gun to the throttle arm and bend down to regain full throttle operation once cooled.

 

[jakethesnake]

I just pull off what looks a little long off the spool and once installed look and see where it looks good and full without rubbing and slide the handle on and make my knot there. That's as full as it can be.

Heat can be applied with a heat gun to the throttle arm and bend down to regain full throttle operation once cooled.

I’ll get a picture of the throttle arm. It’s worn pretty bad Or to me it looks worn

 

[cus_deluxe]

a little chunk of fuel line on the end of that arm can help take up slack from wear and give it a little more traction on the roller on carb linkage.
this is assuming its the 281/288 style arm, not the 181

 

[cus_deluxe]

also, if u find the arm is actually tweeked out toward the fw side, ive CAREFULLY heated the arm and bent it back into shape more in line w linkage

 

[qurotro]

starter rope for me is 1 meter. After tighting it to the rotor you have about 3 feet of pull. longer than 1 meter the spring might not wind them up all the way or the rotor groove is not deep enough to hold all the rope if you use 4mm rope.

 

[jakethesnake]

starter rope for me is 1 meter. After tighting it to the rotor you have about 3 feet of pull. longer than 1 meter the spring might not wind them up all the way or the rotor groove is not deep enough to hold all the rope if you use 4mm rope.

Thank you. I’ll check these things. Like I say she’s just mean.

 

[jakethesnake]

Not a great picture but yous guys are saying heat er up a little and bend inwards toward the carb (to help keep it from jumping over the thingy that activates throttle?

 

[CJ Brown]

If you look at the rubber bumper that slides over the end of wrap handle, it is slid up very high. I have always installed that bumper low enough that it will engage with the case when the saw is pinched, and will limit the amount of flex between the tank handle and the rest of the saw. Where it is sitting on your saw, it is swinging in the breeze and it sounds like you have too much flex that is causing your throttle arm to slip off the carb. Also, your mounts may be worn or broken.

As for the starter rope length, I always do what Stump Shot does - wrap on as much rope as the pulley will take without over filling the pulley. A slightly smaller diameter rope will give you slightly more length but will be weaker. Too small and it might break, or cause the pulley sides to start to spread and the rope will bind. If you remove the pulley to install the new rope, clean everything well (including the spring). You will be amazed at the crap packed into there. Then lightly lubricate the spring and post. I use sewing machine oil on the spring and a slight amount of grease on the post. Your starter will be silky smooth when you are finished.

 

[jakethesnake]

If you look at the rubber bumper that slides over the end of wrap handle, it is slid up very high. I have always installed that bumper low enough that it will engage with the case when the saw is pinched, and will limit the amount of flex between the tank handle and the rest of the saw. Where it is sitting on your saw, it is swinging in the breeze and it sounds like you have too much flex that is causing your throttle arm to slip off the carb. Also, your mounts may be worn or broken.

As for the starter rope length, I always do what Stump Shot does - wrap on as much rope as the pulley will take without over filling the pulley. A slightly smaller diameter rope will give you slightly more length but will be weaker. Too small and it might break, or cause the pulley sides to start to spread and the rope will bind. If you remove the pulley to install the new rope, clean everything well (including the spring). You will be amazed at the crap packed into there. Then lightly lubricate the spring and post. I use sewing machine oil on the spring and a slight amount of grease on the post. Your starter will be silky smooth when you are finished.

Very nice. I completely see what you’re saying here. Will do.

 

[jakethesnake]

I did think about the mounts too. I put all new in a 272 of mine. Pretty happy with it when all was said and done

 

[davidwyby]

288 testing chain. I never have bothered to get the high idle on it (don’t like how high of rpm they start at) or fix the stop switch hole…I use the choke and it always just starts right up.