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Post by John on Jan 11, 2014 11:59:48 GMT -5
My Husqvarna Rancher55 has no decompression valve, nor a plug to remove and fit a decomp valve. The saw over the last few years has been a pig to pull start, wrecked one starter, a common problem with the saw fitted with this engine..They now fit decomp valves to all their larger saws.
I ordered a new cylinder, it was made in Italy, believed to be one of the best after market cylinders, over sized, so should give more power, came with piston, wrist pin and needle bearing, so will be replacing the Husqy "jug" with the new Meteor "jug" in the next day or two.
My first saw, a Stihl 032 I bought in Australia nearly 30 years back is going to be rebuilt, the ignition module failed, I tried everywhere to get a new or used module, that was ten years back, nobody had one...I got old of a scrap 032 that had a good module, so will be reassembling it soon.. It will be used for "sizing" firewood.
It was always a good saw, started first or second pull, even in cold weather, and it never worried the saw having last seasons fuel to run on either.
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Post by smshogun on Feb 8, 2014 14:15:24 GMT -5
Ironically I have a Husky and Stihl but prefer my Spear and Jackson as its lighter and better working at height, cost £60 (£59.99 if we want to be pedantic) four years ago, much easier to start then either the Husky or Stihl, very high power output for its engine size and it drives its 16 " bar with ease.
Stand it 6 months, no problem; half choke and two pulls sees it running.
Swapped the bar for an Oregon and the chain for Carlton and as my chain supplier is a specialist they are cheap.
Last year alone it cleared over 90 acres of woodland with mature trees up to 30" diameter, every year it logs at least 20 tonnes of timber for me, my neighbour and his log burner, and another neighbour who has a large allotment and two home made log burners I built him from old gas bottles; we have to look after the fresh food supply. |
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Post by John on Feb 8, 2014 14:24:44 GMT -5
Ironically I have a Husky and Stihl but prefer my Spear and Jackson as its lighter and better working at height, cost £60 (£59.99 if we want to be pedantic) four years ago, much easier to start then either the Husky or Stihl, very high power output for its engine size and it drives its 16 " bar with ease.
Stand it 6 months, no problem; half choke and two pulls sees it running.
Swapped the bar for an Oregon and the chain for Carlton and as my chain supplier is a specialist they are cheap.
Last year alone it cleared over 90 acres of woodland with mature trees up to 30" diameter, every year it logs at least 20 tonnes of timber for me, my neighbour and his log burner, and another neighbour who has a large allotment and two home made log burners I built him from old gas bottles; we have to look after the fresh food supply.
That's a pretty impressive chain saw, my old Stihl 032 was always a good starter, even with old stale fuel, not the crap fuels available now though!!!
All fuel below premium over this side of the pond carries 5-10% ethanol... Goes stale after a week!!
It was the contributor of my Stihl 310 seizing up, no mention of the dangers of standard fuel in the manual back then.
Now Stihl and Husqy warn not to use fuels containing ethanol in their saws. |
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Post by tygwyn on Feb 8, 2014 14:43:25 GMT -5
Never heard of Spear and Jackson as chainsaw makers,that`s a new one on me,
Will look them up.
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Post by John on Feb 8, 2014 14:51:23 GMT -5
Never heard of Spear and Jackson as chainsaw makers,that`s a new one on me, Will look them up.
Husqvarna makes their saws for other companies, in fact Husqvarna are owned by Electrolux the washing machine company..
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Post by smshogun on Feb 8, 2014 14:59:10 GMT -5
Their stop switches are prone to failure so you pull the choke out to stop them, if you want a good cheap chainsaw then there are plenty around; their engines are made in Germany and they are not the normal rebadged Chinese items you normally find under a multitude of brand names.
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Post by John on Jun 20, 2015 10:28:02 GMT -5
Well to finish the Husqy story, I finally ordered the carby rebuild kit for it, and a few other small engine parts to rebuild my Stihl and Echo weedeaters. (strimmers)..
Replaced the diaphram, flapper valve and gasket in the Husqy, tuned the carby and the saw just purrrrrrrss like a content cat, very easy to start with the decomp valve depressed..Needs running in now, so will use it for "sizing" wood for the stove.
My Stihl 311 has cut most of our wood for winter, it's just over 2 years old and run in.
Normally I hate small engines, they are so simple, but they can get some annoying hard to located problems, mostly minor air leaks that cause so much frustration.
These were the Husqy specs with the 350.... 49.4cc, cyl bore 44mm, stroke 32.5mm, the Meteor cyl has a 44mm bore so would be around 54cc capacity.
My biggest saw is a Stihl MS310, I repaired it using a high quality Taiwanese short block engine taking the saw to the MS 390 specs 64.1cc. I need to get a 20 inch bar for it, it came with a 16 inch bar new. Then I will be standardized on 20 inch's.
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