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Wasn't somebody on here after one a while ago for felling a tree over a fractured gas pipe

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Just to update the saw's up and running now:thumbup1: after buying a non genuine piston for just over £20 off ebay from Garden Hire Spares, I think the make was golf. The non genuine piston seems to be the same and comes with ring, gudgeon pin and clips. I salvaged the cylinder with acid and fine grit emery. The crankcase needed cleaning out due to the saw being stripped by the owner before being cleaned off, so I swilled it out with petrol a number of times untill the fuel came out clean. It is still in need of a decent carb (currently it's fitted with one off another saw). I have contacted husqvarna about the carb issues and their response is; "Further to your recent communication Unfortunately without examination we cannot diagnose the cause of failure. Please take the product to a registered Service Dealer with a copy of your proof of purchase, if the failure is due to a manufacturing fault the repair will be carried out under the terms of the guarantee." Don't think I'll bother A mate of mine bought a 357xpg at roughly the same time as this, it never ran right from day one. After being returned to the dealers twice, it was still the same. The saw got stolen out of a landrover in the end, still running like sh*t. 357's a good powerfull saw when they are running, but the problem is when and for how long! Bring back the 262xp:thumbup:

How about these

I agree totally on buying genuine saws for quality, performance and reliability over the years. I wouldn't waste £10 on one. I wander how many people have bought these thinking they are genuine and had bad experiences with them - slating stihl or husky to their mates when all along it is a chinese saw badged up Productivity figures are scary too, 20000 units a month!

Check out the looks of these chinese copys, easily mistaken for the real deal by the untrained eye or ebay bargain hunter Chain Saw, Chain Saw Catalog - China Chain Saw manufacturers

Put in galvanised landrover chassis and save it in "saved searches" and you can get an email off ebay whenever one is listed, it saves looking every time:thumbup1: I would say it has gone for scrap though, £210 p/t around here so unless it is chained down with a nasty dog attatched it has a tendancy to go missing:mad1:

They sell them on the bay or google "solway feeders" They are good for scaring the sh*t out of people even if you aren't around to hear them go off alarm mine items - Get great deals on Sporting Goods items on eBay UK!

EGR valves I have one on a 54 plate 1.7cdti astra van, done under 70,000 miles and you guessed it egr valve needs replacing, it cannot be stripped down and cleaned as its a sealed unit. Approx £300 quote to replace it, a step backwards in reliability in my mind.

Hi, I have had a lot of trouble with my 357xp which is an older model, 2005 I think of hand. It has had a new carb, a new partition wall and metal clamp and an auto decompression deletion, along with new fuel lines, fuel filter, plugs etc whilst trying to fix the problem. It is now ok after hours of work and money spent on it. The saw pictured here was not mine, it was off a bloke who I used to sub for. I have used it many times in the past and it hasn't had a great deal of work or been left idling for any period of time. It has mainly been used for copicing and firewood cutting on small stuff. (13" bar fitted from new) It has always had measured two stroke mix, never guessed mix or cheap 2 stroke oil used, always stihl or husqvarna. This is one of the last that had the walbro 199a carb. the zama was introduced from serial numbers: 357XP - 083800001 and on the 359 - 084500001. Husqvarna fail to admit the carb was a problem and say the zama was introduced to improve tick over and there is no recall as such issued. Some of the 199 carbs have been ok, most are a waste of time. As for what has caused the damage I would say running lean due to having a crap carb:001_smile: I know a lot of people with 357's and most have had trouble with them Edited to say that a replacement part for me was an ms361w

Picked this saw up today, it's serial number starts 08 02 (built 2nd week of 2008) It has the dreaded walbro 199a carb which if left to idle badly and run lean leads to this damage:thumbdown: The decision is whether to buy new pot, piston and zama carb which would be around £200 with the vat, or keep it for spares and swap the heated handles with my 357xp

Beautifull chinky copy, "donedeal" is that because you will have been done buying this shite :lol:

Couldn't of put it better myself Apart from don't bother with manual decomp either, even if never used they still leak a small ammount - plug the cylinder with part no. 503552201 cheaper and hassle free

On a different note here is some squirrel control that I did earlier this year

Good idea of splitting logs in an old car tyre to stop them falling over:thumbup1: As for the axe I would sooner have a gransfors anyday:001_smile:

Mowmaintenance in Stoke. However I did buy the 357 second hand but it shouldn't matter if it is a recall.

I have also had the dreaded 357xp trouble. Firstly mine had the automatic decompression valve fitted, which was the first thing to leak and be replaced with a blanking bolt and cap and clip(genuine husky parts). After which it ran ok for about a week! Then it would not idle and it ran lean as though it was running out of fuel. So a new intake boot and metal clamp was ordered and fitted between the cylinder and the carb. Result - still the same. I did a bit of research into the fuel trouble and found that the walbro carbs were replaced by zama units. My local dealer wanted £85+ VAT. Me being tight didn't spend the £100 and got hold of a new carb (bought years ago for a jonsered turbo and never fitted) free of charge from a mate of mine:thumbup1: This fitted perfectly, I just wound the tick over screw out a couple of turns and the saw ran as it should and from that day (over 12 months ago) the saw has been great and cut a hell of a lot of timber. But while the saw was playing up I needed a reliable saw to work with and so put off by the reliability of the husky I went and purchased a new stihl ms361W. As for the recall issue I had to pay for all parts and do the work on the saw myself. The dealer never mentioned any recall or that husky would pay for the parts With after sales service like this husky don't deserve customers......

Sorry, meant to say 50mm diameter piston not 70mm. I have measured my old yellow splitter ram also and this is only a 38mm piston but there hasn't been much that it wouldn't split. Anyway here are few pictures of work so far. Just needs a valve and hydraulic hoses and I may add a bolt on log table and some bolt on legs so it will stand about waist height

I am currently (well have been very slowly for the last 6 months:blushing:) building a new log splitter. I am using a ram off a silage shear grab which has approx 14" of travel and a good size piston which is about 70mm diameter. My old splitter, which was rescued from a farm scrap pile, has about two foot of ram travel but as I only split my own logs I have never needed to use the full ammount. Here is a pic of the old splitter part way through restoration, it needed a new valve a bit of hydraulic hose fixing and a coat of bright yellow paint Since this picture I have made the block that pushes the logs taller and wider to split awkward shaped logs a little easier.

I agree totally on both these statements. For the diy user the bar size is the only factor when comparing saws. I am running a 15" on my husky 357xp, an 18" on my stihl 361W and a 28" on my husky 385xp. Small bars are nice and quick to sharpen and are ok until you get a difficult tree that you can only gain access from one side for example:001_rolleyes:

Ash, oak, silver birch and a few bits of hawthorn - all well seasoned:001_smile: After that runs out I have some more ash and damson and a small ammount of sycamore, all only cut about 6 weeks ago though! Having another clearview stove delivered in a day or two. That will eat a hole in the log pile with two stoves going

Hi from another newbie. My name is Mike and I live near Crewe. I have cs30 + 31 and a handfull of saws and a couple of log splitters. My main line of work is fencing but in the current climate anything is considered. Regards antipesto