Todays snag

[Huskygasaxe]

1996-12th week. What year are the desirable cylinders and carbs on? Thanks

 

[PA Dan]

1996-12th week. What year are the desirable cylinders and carbs on? Thanks

Early 90/91 non decomp KS and HDA 87 carb.

 

[PA Dan]

Still a nice saw and should be a good runner!

 

[Huskygasaxe]

Still a nice saw and should be a good runner!

Yeah this is the second one I’ve seen in my entire area in 15 years. Rare around here. Like a 346xp here. Have not laid eyes on one ever. Lots of 353 2152

 

[PA Dan]

353 will take a 346 top end.

 

[brandonstclair20]

My lawnmower finally did arrive today.

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[bigbadbob]

Yeah this is the second one I’ve seen in my entire area in 15 years. Rare around here. Like a 346xp here. Have not laid eyes on one ever. Lots of 353 2152

I bought a 346 from Ont. cuz there none or very few here, never seen one cept mine

353 will take a 346 top end.

I find a closed port 353 cyl with a meteor is pretty strong,,,

 

[PA Dan]

Snagged this today!

 

[davidwyby]

Posted in Homelite but what the heck

all available except the top handle

 

[Frank bierce]

 

[PA Dan]

O41G...[emoji33][emoji7]

 

[Cooper264]

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Thats heckin cool right there

 

[Yukon Stihl]

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Losing the handbrake hasn’t effected your ability to find gems.
I found a little cleaner version in Dec unfortunately it’s had a case half switched so it has no serial number

 

[Redfin]

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Right on. Runner?

 

[Frank bierce]

Right on. Runner?

Yessir. Put some fuel in it today. 4 pulls and fired on choke...2 more and it was going good. Idling high...but consistent, so likely needs adjusted properly.

 

[Huskygasaxe]

Covered in saw dust from a wood working shop and coffee spilt on it. The owner told me he took it on trade 15 years ago and cut 6 trees with it. I forgot to check out the build year. Does this have a west coast clutch cover?

 

[jacob j.]

Covered in saw dust from a wood working shop and coffee spilt on it. The owner told me he took it on trade 15 years ago and cut 6 trees with it. I forgot to check out the build year. Does this have a west coast clutch cover? View attachment 283085View attachment 283087 View attachment 283086View attachment 283088

That's not a west coast clutch cover but that's a pretty cherry find on an early 385. You can tell it's a really early one by how dark the top cover and air filter cover have gotten.

The early ones were pretty good runners even stock - a muffler mod will wake them right up.

 

[Huskygasaxe]

That's not a west coast clutch cover but that's a pretty cherry find on an early 385. You can tell it's a really early one by how dark the top cover and air filter cover have gotten.

The early ones were pretty good runners even stock - a muffler mod will wake them right up.

Thanks JJ. Did these Early 385xp’s have a strange looking exhaust port? I saw a photo of one with a groove or V on the bottom of the port? Will this saw keep up with a 288?

 

[jacob j.]

Thanks JJ. Did these Early 385xp’s have a strange looking exhaust port? I saw a photo of one with a groove or V on the bottom of the port? Will this saw keep up with a 288?

They need a little work before they'll hang with a 288 - a muffler mod and a little timing advance will just about get them there. They're giving up about 2.5cc on a 288 with a shorter stroke. They're more comfortable
than a 288 though.

There shouldn't be anything too funky going on with the exhaust port - you may have seen a picture of a ported cylinder that someone put a rafter port in.

 

[Huskygasaxe]

They need a little work before they'll hang with a 288 - a muffler mod and a little timing advance will just about get them there. They're giving up about 2.5cc on a 288 with a shorter stroke. They're more comfortable
than a 288 though.

There shouldn't be anything too funky going on with the exhaust port - you may have seen a picture of a ported cylinder that someone put a rafter port in.

pictures of the cylinder, guy claimed was stock OEM. I didn’t think so, never seen port work like this.