Husky 298xp?

[stuking94]

Hi, I'm looking at getting this 298. It was listed as a 298xp but on the tag it just says 298 is there two different models or are they same and it just doesn't say XP on the tag? Thanks.

 

[A100HVA]

The saw pictured has been converted from a 2 dawg starter to a 3 dawg starter. the 298 was lighter and had no manual override oiler plus it was a ***** to start (because of 2 dawg starter) the 298 was just a lighter version of 2100

 

[Bob Hedgecutter]

As far as I know, the 298's were only XP's and only made for a couple of years (1986-87).
These had the silver tag and that tag (to the best of my knowledge) did not carry the XP moniker- the top of the air box would have XP (as yours does) and the original plastic recoil cover (another weight saver) would have the small square blue on silver 298XP decal.
As stated above- the lightened starting system and no decomp used to lead to starter failure on these and a lot were swapped out for magnesium cover 2100 starters- mostly from CD models so the recoil XP decal was lost in the process.