Two heavily used abused? Huskies 359

[popopboat]

Found an ad for these two huskies on local "advertisement site?"
listed for 60$ for working one which has a hole in oil tank, but its sealed with rivets and silicone, but guy said that he will send me replacement case for it, other one was 35$, wasnt running and was supposed to be seized.
Didnt take a lot of time for me to decide that i must get them, as i always wanted to get my hands on husky.

** Forgive me for bad picture quality, this is my basement temporary winter setup as my garage is open-style so its quite cold out there**


Both looking fairly well, but that bar has some razor edges!



Intakes are very clean



**Cylinders look much better in person, than on pictures**
Sorry, forgot to take a picture before cleaning cylinders a bit, but there was a sh*t ton of carbon buildup.
Turns out that "seized" one isnt even seized, but has even better cylinder (left), working one is on the right, has 2 shallow scratches on walls (carbon fell off and scratched i suppose) but cannot really feel loss of compression.

 

[cuinrearview]

You suck

 

[popopboat]

More pictures.



Damn, grease your clutch bearings! All of three crankshafts are same, bearing is quite blue. Will see that can i do about this, only one crankshaft has a tiny little bit of conrod bearing up-down play, other two seem to be very fine.


As clutch drum weeble-woobled, it ate a clutch cover almost completely through on one of them, other one seems to be fine.


Both handles have a bulge at gas tank, is this normal or it bloated from seating with gasoline in for quite a while.

 

[popopboat]

More pics.


Something has cracked crankcase on this one, but i doubt it was when chainsaw was running as there is NONE damage on piston/cylinder.



Thats a lot of filth overhere, it even formed ball shaped "things" i guess from vibrations.
Will have some satisfying time cleaning them up.

 

[popopboat]

You suck

Dunno what to reply on this, but depends.

 

[cuinrearview]

It's a common thing here to tell someone who scores a great deal. This qualifies.

 

[popopboat]

It's a common thing here to tell someone who scores a great deal. This qualifies.

Oh, very sorry, im quite new here so i somehow understood it as some kind of an insult, but yes, hehe i guess so!

 

[shadco]

Oh, very sorry, im quite new here so i somehow understood it as some kind of an insult, but yes, hehe i guess so!

You suck comments around here are generally considered a pat on the back.

.

 

[AlfA01]

It's a common thing here to tell someone who scores a great deal. This qualifies.

Dangit Tim. Stop offending the new guys...

 

[ucm931]

At least Tim didn't simply tell they guy "GFY".

 

[huskihl]

Uncle Bill would roll over in his hospital bed if he saw those dry clutch drum bearings.

PS… Be careful sanding on 359 cylinders. I would estimate the plating to be only about .002 - .003” thick

 

[popopboat]

Uncle Bill would roll over in his hospital bed if he saw those dry clutch drum bearings.

PS… Be careful sanding on 359 cylinders. I would estimate the plating to be only about .002 - .003” thick

Yep, honed it for 2-3 seconds just to check how it goes.
Can anyone tell me how "normal" is that bloating of the gas reservoar on handle.

 

[huskihl]

Yep, honed it for 2-3 seconds just to check how it goes.
Can anyone tell me how "normal" is that bloating of the gas reservoar on handle.

Every 3 series Husky does it. It’s why they tip over

 

[XP_Slinger]

Every 3 series Husky does it. It’s why they tip over

Lol! Nap time.

For the OP, it’s normal, this is my low hour 357xp same tank as 359.

 

[huskihl]

Lol! Nap time.

For the OP, it’s normal, this is my low hour 357xp same tank as 359.
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Yep. 390’s are usually the worst. The JB weld from skidder rash lifts the bottom up another 1/8”

 

[qurotro]

You need to replace the plastic intake boot clamp to a metal ones... and not using the plastic you have on pic 1

 

[popopboat]

Very well then about the tank, i thought that they were a gonners.
I will put metal clamps for sure, dont want it get lean.

Damn, had a hard time splitting this damn case, tried torching, pressing, hammering with wooden hammer (as i hammered my 064 easily), but this was STUCK, took this L shaped piece and welded them together, 3 holes and worked like a charm, literally with 2 fingers.
Dont worry, nothing was over-tightened, no risk of cracking a case.



What the hell, never seen so much carbon on bearings.
Hope that other, working one is not that bad.

 

[cuinrearview]

If you split the case replace both bearings and seals. Cheap insurance.

 

[XP_Slinger]

Very well then about the tank, i thought that they were a gonners.
I will put metal clamps for sure, dont want it get lean.

Damn, had a hard time splitting this damn case, tried torching, pressing, hammering with wooden hammer (as i hammered my 064 easily), but this was STUCK, took this L shaped piece and welded them together, 3 holes and worked like a charm, literally with 2 fingers.
Dont worry, nothing was over-tightened, no risk of cracking a case.

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What the hell, never seen so much carbon on bearings.
Hope that other, working one is not that bad.
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Bearings and seals are cheap. If I split a case I replace them unless I know exactly how long they’ve been in there.

 

[popopboat]

Wasnt even doubting about seals, definitely a replacement.
Im thinking to get a normal sealed or unsealed bearing, maybe SKF or slacker and remove plate or seal and put them in, that way im sure that i will put high quality bearings in, anyone done similar?
Bearings should be - 6202 ? Right?