andrethegiant70
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Hi, Peeps! In the spirit of "learning stuff about saws" I thought I'd share this with you.
Among the chainsaw junk I recently purchased, I got a Husqvarna 45 and a Jondered 2050. Neither of them was complete, but I did know that they were mostly the same chainsaw and, together, I had nearly all the parts to build a whole saw. Mind you, this was really the first time I had mucked about internally with a Jonsy of the this vintage, and it was my first foray into the Husky 40/45/49 as well. I didn't have much time to do a big project (the 026 is waiting for a nice relaxing block of time) so I though I'd see what I could do with these little guys.
I knew they were homeowner models and, as such, they have a plastic cradle that holds the crankcase, but check out the pic. The plastic cradle actually forms the bottom half of the crankcase! I realize this is old hat to some of you, but I was surprised that they chose to do it this way and I was even more surprised that it works! I would have though the difference in materials expansion would be a big obstacle.
The good Husky 45 piston/cylinder/upper crankcase half went into the Jonsy just fine and after fooling with a rather difficult intake setup (sheesh!) the saw assembled well. It got a new fuel line, starts easy, runs well, and has great compression. I am having a bit of trouble with the throttle cable, as it does not take up enough slack to pull the carb butterfly valve open to WOT. The cable is routed down and back along the spine of the back handle and is a bit odd in itself.
The saw is complete but for a chainbrake...if anyone has one floating around, I'm interested.
Anyhow, we don't hear much about these saws on the site, and I thought a few of you might find this interesting.
Among the chainsaw junk I recently purchased, I got a Husqvarna 45 and a Jondered 2050. Neither of them was complete, but I did know that they were mostly the same chainsaw and, together, I had nearly all the parts to build a whole saw. Mind you, this was really the first time I had mucked about internally with a Jonsy of the this vintage, and it was my first foray into the Husky 40/45/49 as well. I didn't have much time to do a big project (the 026 is waiting for a nice relaxing block of time) so I though I'd see what I could do with these little guys.
I knew they were homeowner models and, as such, they have a plastic cradle that holds the crankcase, but check out the pic. The plastic cradle actually forms the bottom half of the crankcase! I realize this is old hat to some of you, but I was surprised that they chose to do it this way and I was even more surprised that it works! I would have though the difference in materials expansion would be a big obstacle.
The good Husky 45 piston/cylinder/upper crankcase half went into the Jonsy just fine and after fooling with a rather difficult intake setup (sheesh!) the saw assembled well. It got a new fuel line, starts easy, runs well, and has great compression. I am having a bit of trouble with the throttle cable, as it does not take up enough slack to pull the carb butterfly valve open to WOT. The cable is routed down and back along the spine of the back handle and is a bit odd in itself.
The saw is complete but for a chainbrake...if anyone has one floating around, I'm interested.
Anyhow, we don't hear much about these saws on the site, and I thought a few of you might find this interesting.
