husky 268 - any good?

[Brewz]

I have this 268 here and looks to be in ok condition.
Piston and cylinder look nice via the exhaust port.

Cost me under $30

Worth fixing up propper?

 

[Brewz]

Interesting place for a screw?

 

[Magic_Man]

Yep, great saws ! Same chassis as the 272xp.
That lower bolt is for a muffler support.

 

[Tor R]

I have this 268 here and looks to be in ok condition.
Piston and cylinder look nice via the exhaust port.

Cost me under $30

Worth fixing up propper?

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you really swim in good classic Huskies in Australia.
30$ is a bargain.

 

[Onan18]

Being as it says 268 and not XP I am going to guess that is the later open port variant, but still for $30.00 with a clean top end you scored, excellent firewood saws.

Joe

 

[Brewz]

you really swim in good classic Huskies in Australia.
30$ is a bargain.

It came from the same batch of saws as the 372 i got.
The muffler was smashed in at the front, and I am thinking when the muffler broke, it was thrown in the shed and replaced.

I doubt there will be much wrong with it.

 

[Brewz]

I looked up the specs and they are 66.7cc with the same 50mm bore as the 372xp, but 2mm less stroke.

Should pull a 20" 3/8 bar ok

 

[Onan18]

Yes they will pull a 20" well, very popular combo around here with the pulpwooders.

 

[smokey7]

My favorite chassis to build. Super simple.

 

[Tor R]

It came from the same batch of saws as the 372 i got.
The muffler was smashed in at the front, and I am thinking when the muffler broke, it was thrown in the shed and replaced.

I doubt there will be much wrong with it.

you can always wait until you get a used muffler or a part saw.
If there isnt any huge surprises this is a winner saw, you paid only 30$ for it, if you end up to do a normal maintance build this saw will give you a nice profit.
You and I spoked about the opportunities we had living in high cost land earlier, I am happy to see it happen for you.

 

[Brewz]

you can always wait until you get a used muffler or a part saw.
If there isnt any huge surprises this is a winner saw, you paid only 30$ for it, if you end up to do a normal maintance build this saw will give you a nice profit.
You and I spoked about the opportunities we had living in high cost land earlier, I am happy to see it happen for you.

YEah I just had to look in the right places, using the appropriate media to track them down

 

[Brewz]

The plan with the first lot is to pay for themselves, buy some tooling to make the rebuild job easier and faster and use some of the profit to get more.

 

[SawTroll]

Being as it says 268 and not XP I am going to guess that is the later open port variant, but still for $30.00 with a clean top end you scored, excellent firewood saws.

Joe

You likely are right, but someone may have replaced the top end at some point.

The serial number will tell when it was made, and maybe more about what it was when it left the factory.

 

[Brewz]

well having met the previous owner of these saws, and seeing all the others I got from him, it will have been bought, used with zero maintenance until it stopped, and then dumped in the shed and replaced.

I'm not talking bad stoppages, I am talking leaking gasket, broken muffler, blocked carb, slipping clutch.

I am going to ring him back next week to ask if he has friends

 

[Tor R]

well having met the previous owner of these saws, and seeing all the others I got from him, it will have been bought, used with zero maintenance until it stopped, and then dumped in the shed and replaced.

I'm not talking bad stoppages, I am talking leaking gasket, broken muffler, blocked carb, slipping clutch.

I am going to ring him back next week to ask if he has friends

it sounds almost like the guy I bought from in Norway, it's like to win the lottery!
He have no time to fix them, when they stop he toss them.

 

[redtractor]

Hey,

It came from the same batch of saws as the 372 i got.

I'm starting to think your avatar is a pic of you under the deluge of good deals coming your way.