373 husky air filter question

[glens]

That 'runner ain't parked under a berry tree, I take it.

I don't know you, Wedge, and I absolutely don't want to offend you or your sensibilities by suggesting to you that with the winter flap open the "air injection" mechanism is merely so much dead weight.  In any case, were I in your shoes I'd fetch a flocked filter element pronto.  I'm betting you've already done it.

Would you care to let it be known if you bought your saw out of a brick-and-mortar store or was it shipped to you from somewhere?  I guess what I'm wondering is that in another couple of threads here recently there's been a link to very attractively-priced 372XPs and whether they may be so priced in part because they're equipped with the "lesser" air intake gear.

Thanks,
Glen

 

[ricksvar]

Well I not bashing anything.I just want to know where that winter warm air passage flap is on my 372?

Rick

 

[glens]

I ain't bashing either, Rick.

I fetched the PDF manual (both of them, actually) and didn't see anything there.  ???

Try visiting <a href="http://www.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?action=showpost&postid=104967">this post</a> for possible help in the meantime until someone else gets here.

[(this is added later via edit post) Rick, I don't think it'll be absolutely necessary to plug off the normal inlet to the airbox in order to achieve the goal of warmed air ingestion, but I just might be wrong.]

Glen

 

[ricksvar]

I think what Dennis is referring to in your link is the optional winterizing kit.It's a cover that mounts on the starter housing.Still I don't know about the plug he mentions.

Rick

 

[ricksvar]

.....but it may be on the kit(starter cover plate).

Rick

 

[glens]

Obviously I don't know about your saw model specifically, Rick, but there's usually a cover or flapper or plug of some sort in, on, or around the surface of the airbox which divides it from the cylinder shroud; usually on the right-hand (shroud exhaust) side where the air would be warmest.&nbsp; When said adjustment is made, it allows for the introduction into the air box of warmer and usually very dust-laden air.&nbsp; It may be in your case that you'd need to opt to break out a perforated section and then when spring comes, fill it with the plug which comes in the winterizer kit.&nbsp; I thought sure I'd seen a swinging flap covering a hole in a mid-sized Husky saw once.

Good luck, especially now that it's almost a moot point for the season for us southern northerners.

Glen

 

[glens]

I love you too, Brian.

So let me get this straight.&nbsp; You berate me for not knowing the specifics of the saw model, then attack my abilities in general without any personal knowledge whatsoever, then pretty much offer the exact (though in a greatly condensed fashion) information that I did, and finally tell him about something totally impertinent.&nbsp; And he doesn't know any more about it than he did before as a result.

Have I got that right, squirrel?

Glen

[Fri Feb 27 15:33:14 EST 2004
no edited content above, simply this addition:

Brian evidently has done some soul-searching and has gone and deleted some of his recent abrasive posts, and since I didn't quote him, my expression of love towards him is likely to be grossly misunderstood.&nbsp; He'd posted between this one and the one above it.&nbsp; I don't want to drag this thing through the dirt, but the remainder of my original (this) post above should definitely be read to provide the proper context for the first sentence.&nbsp; I don't believe in removing things I'd said after the fact, and if I edit them, I make every effort to make it clear just exactly what I've changed or added.&nbsp; Brian, if you read this and if you aren't the one who deleted the post then I apologize and feel sorry that you haven't been shown due respect by whomever did delete it.]

 

[bwalker]

I agree with Glens. the winter conversion on stihl, husky and dolmar saws makes the filter get dirty much quicker.
Also keep in min that the air injection sytem works by inertia so it does remove bug dust well.

 

[wedge]

actually i looked, theres no flap on my 372 cause its an xpg

 

[wedge]

we got the bashing that you where worried about

 

[glens]

What can I say, Wedge?&nbsp; I reckon it's just my bash magnetism, sorry.

So you're keeping your flap shut; about what type of source you used for your saw?&nbsp; And if you're keeping your flap shut to the airbox, how's the bug-dust getting in there?&nbsp; Inquiring minds and all.

Glen

 

[wedge]

no flap at all on my 372, it has a electically heated carb. im not sure how the crud gets in.

 

[wedge]

im not sure what you mean source for my saw? if you mean where i bought it i got it from a forumite( also the nicest guy ive ever met) its a 2001 model xpg