Husq 444se

[stihl waters]

My neighbour a very active 80 has a barn find 444 in vg condition. He took it to the local shop for a tune -up. They removed the hose that comes out of the tank and connects to the vent and replaced it with what looked to me to be a vent system out of the 2054 2055 Jred family. I started it after he brought it home and it blew that hose right out of there, gas was pouring out.
As luck would have it he had purchased a $20 yard sale beater 444 se last fall so I took the vent and hose out of it and it started up and works fine. It'll do for now but does anyone know if or where I could find a new hose that fits in the tank and connects to the vent thingy.

 

[ncfarmboy]

Those vents are NLA from Husky. An old dealer might have one. 240se, 44 use the same vent. I have one but it's NFS. Got a lot of this series saw gotta figure out a different vent for some of mine. Parts saws are best source.
Shep

 

[wyk]

Mine uses a vented cap. I think Baileys has em. Here I am manually venting it before the last cut coz mine no longer works either.

Husqvarna 444SE chainsaw. Ported, piston popped, timing advanced, 230PSI, carb bored 1mm - YouTube

 

[Nye]

Vent line

For the vent line I used a piece of straight gas line about 1.5" in length. Inserted a fine thread machine screw into one end, almost until the head bottoms out. Insert the other end the vent hole.
The screw acts as a "grub screw" and allows air in, around the threads, and gas does not pour out.

 

[ncfarmboy]

For the vent line I used a piece of straight gas line about 1.5" in length. Inserted a fine thread machine screw into one end, almost until the head bottoms out. Insert the other end the vent hole.
The screw acts as a "grub screw" and allows air in, around the threads, and gas does not pour out.

Duh! Don't know why I didn't think of that it's what I do on 021-025 Stihl's and my 2800-3300 Poulans. That type vent line is OEM on the Stihl 021-025 and a few other Stihls.
Shep

 

[Nye]

Right On Shep

I crowed that idea from seeing the one on 025 Stihl !

It is not as good as the OEM vent on the Husky 44 - it is a one way valve - fairly high tech in my opinion.

But nothing beats making something work from stuff that is laying around.