Paleolithic Husqvarna...

[Ty Korrigan]

So... todays client brought this out and asked my advice.

As Spud knows, my advice is only his advice filtered down.

Anyway, it wasn't oiling so I showed and told and whilst I went back to work the client took it apart and found the big white plastic sprocket had worn off the wee teeth which mesh with the axle.

A sliver of aluminium foil as a shim and away it went.

I'll give it wang myself as I'm on site all week.

He's had it since new, bar is original.

  Stuart

 

[spudulike]

Looks like a Husqvarna L65. Some were made in Sweden, some in Yugoslavia as was.

Don't leave it running near anything dry that can catch fire as the exhaust blows downwards on to your dry grass that then catches fire.....interesting design.

[adw]

Oh no Steve that is the A77, the early 65 with the 80cc cylinder, that is why the the plug cap is not under the cover, the 80ccc cylinder spark plug came out 45 degrees rather than 90 degrees, this was the original farmer saw, the L65 was much later, and as you say they sent the tooling to Yugoslavia and they were built in the old Tomas factory, they even fitted a chain break, i got quite nostalgic when i saw that.

[adw]

A word of advise, if the well side plates are missing then it will not send oil properly to the bar, the big screw on the bottom of the crankcase houses the oil filter underneath.

[spudulike]

Oh God, it is like putting horse crap on your roses, give the site an old Husky and up he pops bearing fruit

I think it is "Tomos", having spent many a summer around Croatian marinas I know they make outboards as well. They also made mopeds for Woolworths....and chainsaws

[adw]

And i don't charge for this priceless trivia, i remember the mopeds in Wookworths too, i have the last L65 to come out of that factory but some bugger nicked the chain break off it

[spudulike]

Wookworths, was that after the Chinese takeover?

I don't charge for this either.......we could be the new Morecombe and Wise!