If you would like to know what comes in the box from www.huztl.net I did a video showing you each part. There is no building or anything of that natural just a tour of its contents. Mine was packed really well too and had the wrong bearing as well.
Huztl FarmerTec MS380, MS381, 038 Build Kit Start to Finish
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If the pins are on one side of the piston wouldn't that be the intake side?
I could not get a better photo there is a pin to the left of the arrow and one right beside my thumb. They are not equal in distance.
I am not sure why he wanted that info. I mark the top of the piston over the pins with a sharpie so I never have to hunt them again. Hard to see with the little metal hola hoops in place
I am not sure why he wanted that info. I mark the top of the piston over the pins with a sharpie so I never have to hunt them again. Hard to see with the little metal hola hoops in place
Just curious, are the kits complete and how well do the saws hold up?
Steve
Steve
I had it complete and noticed clicking noises when I turned it over by hand. It turned out the wrist bearing that was sent with kit was the wrong one. I notified huztl through their website. They requested photos and sent them. No response so far. I've built several 660 kits, a 365 and a ms440 kit. I think this one is the highest quality kit so far for me.
The husky 365, the ms440, and now the ms380 have had issues to keep them from running. Huztl made good on replacing defective parts but I did have to wait weeks for the parts. I can live with the delay but it might not be tolerated by others. The 440 and 365 had bad coils. The 380 had the wrong bearing.
The kits are complete, like with anything there can be packing errors. How well will you care for the saw likely is an indication of how long it will last. They are not junk. If you had a Stihl in one hand and a Farmertec in the other and was not a purist you would likely would not see a difference. Look at one of the kit videos you can see the parts well enough to judge the quality. You can cut with the best of them.
The cases are made of the same material, you have some freedom with a kit to customize from the start. There is a lot of material to help you. They are copies.
The cases are made of the same material, you have some freedom with a kit to customize from the start. There is a lot of material to help you. They are copies.
I'm not a purist that's for sure, besides having a lot of older Poulans, Mac's and some Echos. Had thought about the Husky model and also the Stihl MS660. Just didn't know if they would last as long as they have and at the price they wanted for them, I just didn't know how durable they would be. Never built a saw from scratch, have rebuild a few.
Steve
Steve
@tbohn is this the way you have your brake configured. I have never seen one like this. It appears different from the 038 service manual I have. The service manual i have is ancient it's written on papyrus.
You of course can't see the spring hidden below the plate that attaches to the handle with the nylon bushing covering the linkage. Could not find an example.
That is one heavy duty brake band.
You of course can't see the spring hidden below the plate that attaches to the handle with the nylon bushing covering the linkage. Could not find an example.
That is one heavy duty brake band.
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Yes. That looks correct.
That arrow is pointing assbackwards, the arrow always (99.999 percent ) point towards the ex.
No saw in the picture, come on now, what's a tub picture without a saw.
Steve
Steve
That's why I asked. You wouldn't want your ring ends pointed toward the hot side..
I am building the saw and only have an IPL and on this one thats tuff and my focus was on the case part. I am making videos. The brake assembly took me much longer than I expected but I whooped it. The assemblies are similar but very different. I wrote them in case there is something we need to know and so they can stop the kits and fix it or put a big note in the box if its an error like it looks.
My bearing should be here tomorrow and I can put the top on. I am going with the arrow is point the wrong way unless I hear from them first. Will advise when I hear.
If you are talking to me I don't have enough to show you yet. But will have plenty to show soon. I showed what I could before it all becomes white noise. That mod to the handle sure made it nicer to work that switch, it just hurt my thumb to move it, it was sharp. No more!
