Husqvarna 385

[spudulike]

The 372XP is Walbro so about double the size! Sorry to piss on the fireworks - nice offer though!

[AngrySquirrel]

On 01/05/2020 at 20:42, Toad said:

Yeah I saw that, the end of the crank where the circlip is fitted is damaged, and I just don't feel that enthusiastic about it when they refer to the cylinder as the 'engine'.

theres a piston on flea bay for Husky 58mm if i remember right also had bits for 55 and crank set also barrels and pistons.there was a walbro carb also

[AngrySquirrel]

Just now, spudulike said:

The 372XP is Walbro so about double the size! Sorry to piss on the fireworks - nice offer though!

Can't we snip it down a tad?

[Toad]

10 hours ago, AngrySquirrel said:

Ive one that came out of my 372xp if you want it? it is clean had a new one so stuck that in when put new gaskets in

Thank you! I've got a little pile of old carbs. Hoping to find one that fits or make something up. Looks like someone fitted one that was too large before and poked the tip of a screwdriver through it.

[AngrySquirrel]

5 hours ago, Toad said:

Thank you! I've got a little pile of old carbs. Hoping to find one that fits or make something up. Looks like someone fitted one that was too large before and poked the tip of a screwdriver through it.

Can cut round it with sharp scissors then form over end of biro/pencil etc not pointed end though! or blunt end of a drill thats just under right size of hole

[AngrySquirrel]

It's here if want it though

[Toad]

7 hours ago, AngrySquirrel said:

It's here if want it though

Thank you!

[Toad]

Afternoon,

 

Finished wacking the 385 back together today, all went fairly smoothly. Cocked up filling, drilling and tapping a cover screw hole so had to redo that and learnt a few more lessons. I got a proper gauze filter from Tillotson in the end, rather than mess about with jamming other gauzes in.

 

Anyway, it's in one piece and wearing a 28" bar and chain. I let it idle for a minute or two, shut it off, let it idle and revved it a couple of times then shut it off, did this a couple of times just to let things bed in and then tried it on a few bits of wood. Went really well, and I'm pleased with my efforts so far.

 

I believe it is running a bit lean at the moment though, and I'm struggling a bit with adjusting the carb. The L screw is quite easy to rotate so it's difficult to feel if you've got the screwdriver engaged and you're making a difference. I might try a different screwdriver to see if that engages a bit more easily with that one.

 

I think the coil is limited, its light blue in colour and when I try to set the high screw the tachometer shows 4-6000 rpm, which clearly isn't right, in the cut its showing 11000 ish rpm, so I assume I'm currently bouncing off the limiter. Thinking about the situation, should I richen the H side up until its max revs are below the limiter and then lean it out till the tach shows 13000 rpm or so?

[adw]

Keep the taco away from the ignition unit, remove the top cover and push the taco hard against the hot cap, you should then get a correct rpm reading, if you set the speed up to when the ignition cuts in it will be very rich.

[Toad]

23 minutes ago, adw said:

Keep the taco away from the ignition unit, remove the top cover and push the taco hard against the hot cap, you should then get a correct rpm reading, if you set the speed up to when the ignition cuts in it will be very rich.

Hello! Thanks for your reply!

 

I don't quite understand the last sentance though, might you be able to explain a little further?