Meteor 242 piston?

[Tor R]

I see some Meteor 242 pistons on ebay nowadays, but they dont look to be 242 pistons, looks more to be pistons for open port cylinders like Husqvarna 42.
Far as I knew, 242 piston is same principe as 254,262 piston

What do your guys think?

Link:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odk...eteor.TRS0&_nkw=husqvarna+242+meteor&_sacat=0

 

[Landmark]

I saw these too. I would like to know if they will really work in 242 as the p/c situation is hard to find for these saws. It would be great to have a meteor quality for them.

 

[Tor R]

This is OEM 42 piston, used in open port Gilardoni cylinders:

 

[Tor R]

Gives this thread a bump.
Perhaps some who sell meteor can step in..,.

 

[Cut4fun]

You wont know till you try it.

I am running a non-windowed aftermarket piston 52mm in a saw that came with windows in piston oem. Saw runs great.

The non-windowed afm piston looks alot like your 42 piston style.

 

[Tor R]

You wont know till you try it.

I am running a non-windowed aftermarket piston 52mm in a saw that came with windows in piston oem. Saw runs great.

The non-windowed afm piston looks alot like your 42 piston style.

I think it's a 42 piston, I think they are NLA at Husky, so something good, special for one of my 42 projects.

Wonder where the true meteor 242 pistons went (seems to be disabled)?

 

[Spike60]

I had a 670 in which someone had installed a now-windowed piston from an open port 268. Saw was a slug and ran like crap. Drove me nuts until I tore it apart and found what was in there. Installed the proper piston and it made a huge difference. Completely different saw now.

So, just suggesting that the same could well apply to the 242XP. Of course the 242 OEM piston is NLA. (Really guys, parts for the 2 series Huskys are starting to disappear, with the exception of the 272 and 288 that are still manufactured in Brazil.) Only AM piston I know of, (but there must be more), for the 242 is from Mako. Not Meteor, let alone OEM, but it's better than a dead saw. I've used a few and so far they have been OK.

 

[Tor R]

I had a 670 in which someone had installed a now-windowed piston from an open port 268. Saw was a slug and ran like crap. Drove me nuts until I tore it apart and found what was in there. Installed the proper piston and it made a huge difference. Completely different saw now.

So, just suggesting that the same could well apply to the 242XP. Of course the 242 OEM piston is NLA. (Really guys, parts for the 2 series Huskys are starting to disappear, with the exception of the 272 and 288 that are still manufactured in Brazil.) Only AM piston I know of, (but there must be more), for the 242 is from Mako. Not Meteor, let alone OEM, but it's better than a dead saw. I've used a few and so far they have been OK.

it's nice to see that you have joined OPE
Your conclussion is the same as I see it. I would like to have window piston.
Dunno why Meteor is advertising 42 piston to be a 242 piston, I've send them two mails without getting any answer from them, not impressed by their custom threatment...
I have to double check with Husky Norway, I think they still may have 242 piston in their stock.