Hey folks, New to the saw community here! So I recently acquired this older Husqvarna 50 special from my girlfriends father. Serial number “0060201”, I believe this would make it a 1990, week 6, unit 201, it also has the 300 year anniversary sticker on the top cover.
It ran horribly and never cut very well, It had terrible compression and was super hard to start and keep going, so I took the jug off and the piston had a bad ring and scratches everywhere. Thats when I noticed it was a 45mm piston and cylinder making it the special..(I never knew this when I first received the saw) where as the normal 50 had the 44mm piston and cylinder.
I’ve spent the last few weeks cleaning and restoring this saw to much better condition than I received it in.
I bought a new aftermarket 46mm piston and cylinder kit (note: when I put this on the crank case I never used a base gasket), a carb rebuild kit, fuel filter, new chain, spark plug and countless hours of cleaning and reassembly I got this saw running again, and I’m super super impressed at how this saw is in the wood compared to when I started with it. So so much better than stock and eats my girlfriends dads 51 any day when compared side by side.
What I was aiming for when I started was a nice reliable work saw that will last and has some nice power and I think I got what I was looking for for sure!
Feel free to give your thoughts or have any questions about my build ask away, happy to share!
It ran horribly and never cut very well, It had terrible compression and was super hard to start and keep going, so I took the jug off and the piston had a bad ring and scratches everywhere. Thats when I noticed it was a 45mm piston and cylinder making it the special..(I never knew this when I first received the saw) where as the normal 50 had the 44mm piston and cylinder.
I’ve spent the last few weeks cleaning and restoring this saw to much better condition than I received it in.
I bought a new aftermarket 46mm piston and cylinder kit (note: when I put this on the crank case I never used a base gasket), a carb rebuild kit, fuel filter, new chain, spark plug and countless hours of cleaning and reassembly I got this saw running again, and I’m super super impressed at how this saw is in the wood compared to when I started with it. So so much better than stock and eats my girlfriends dads 51 any day when compared side by side.
What I was aiming for when I started was a nice reliable work saw that will last and has some nice power and I think I got what I was looking for for sure!
Feel free to give your thoughts or have any questions about my build ask away, happy to share!