Retrofitting decompressor.

[bog69]

Does anyone know if you can retrofit a decompressor to a husqvarna xp281 ??? I have access to machining equipment.

[Dan Forsh]

If you are asking because it's a right bastard to pull over, check that the starter rope spool hasn't split. They can do and it allows the rope to bind on itself making you think the saw has megga compression.

[wyk]

281's and 288's are known for being tough to start with high compression. The timing curve likely isn't helping either. As I once told a woman I dated, 'Take a firm hold of it and pull it like a man!' .

[bog69]

We have a friend of 75 cutting our logs. Just thinking of him really.

[mad matty]

288xp brings back memories of a firm I worked for they had one nicknamed "The Moped"

compression is quite strong but not that hard to start as I remember.

cheers Matty

[Breezeblock]

yep we done it to ours and it worked quite well until it seized years later

[Chris Sheppard]

We have a friend of 75 cutting our logs. Just thinking of him really.

 

 

There's a knack to starting them and once you get it, it's not half as bad.

 

It's a bit like starting a big two stroke bike, you can't just stab at it like a little one - pull it over slowly til it's just about to go past compression and then give it one big pull. Works for my 181 which is pretty much the same saw, just a little older

[bog69]

Cheers for the advice. I've looked at the service manual for a 281xp and it does show one fitted. Hopefully there is a nice area to fit one or even a blanking plug in a ready made hole.