Sorry for your problems... Just an observsation, Christmas to New Years is the worst time to get ahold of a manufacturer. Even when you do the first thing they will do is refer you to an authorized dealer.
Now you understand why that other brand gets away with selling a weaker lineup- better dealer network.
HF
Being a member here for as many years as I have, I'm not surprised at some of the mis-information and conclusions being drawn here. So often things on sites like this get magnified way out of proportion to reality. "It" becomes "they", and a problem with one saw has guys thinking that "they all" have the same issue. Similar to a guy posting that "a" 346 beat "a" MS261 and concluding that "the" 346 beats "the" 261, as in all of them every time. Followed by 5 pages of Husky vs Stihl arguing.
I have seen some bad carbs on AT saws. No more or less than on regular saws. The problems requiring replacement have been carb and not AT related. The issue with the OP's saw might be corrected by resetting the factory fuel settings, but it might just be that the carb is junk out of the box. Can't figure it out on a chat site and calling Husky will do no good as they will refer you to a dealer. Distance between the OP and a competent dealer is beyond the control of anyone. Have you contacted the people you bought it from? That would be the first step IMO. Making things worse with AT is the voodoo mentality where anything and everything that goes wrong is attributed to auto-tune. "I swear I used to get better radio reception before I put that auto-tune saw in the truck with me"
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Have you contacted the people you bought it from? That would be the first step IMO.
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"I swear I used to get better radio reception before I put that auto-tune saw in the truck with me"
God I'm glad I have older saws. NEVER going to buy any OPE with that ever-screw you EPA.Page 32 of this manual gives the initial run procedure:
If that fails I have ordered the diagnostic tool and plan on taking the saw along with software and cables to a dealer the next town over who seems to be helpful but who doesn't have the tool yet. I don't foresee any problem in learning how to use it. Once at the dealers hopefully they can enter their code into it and reset the AT, and if that doesn't help they can order a new carb or whatever they need to do.
Thanks Spike, unless of course I get word that I can just return this saw to who I bought it from. They said that their Husky rep had been out due to the holidays and that they would speak with him and get back to me soon.
fingers crossed
$125 is what I got it for, shipped. I know it's a lot, but then again what does a good tachometer cost. either I'll keep it as a curiousity that can provide me with little tidbits about about saws or will donate it to a local dealer who will have a better use for it than I-- ahh no I'll let them see it, use it and hopefully they'll get figure out it ain't all that bad and get their own.....How much is the diagnostic tool?
I know, I know, but I'm a patient sort that gives the benefit of a doubt more often than not. I like to think they are working on it and have my best interest in mind. I don't have to give them my business in the future, if they make it right, I will---- If they don't, I won't. Simple. I may lose a little but they stand to lose more. I'm calling it a litmus test or sorts.What???????????? That's what they told you? That's BS. They put you in a holding pattern until they talk to the rep who's on vacation? Come on. I mean shipping would have to be on you, but it's clearly their responcibility to repair that saw. There's no reason to talk to the rep anyway. He's not in a position to do anything and probably doesn't know much of anything either. Should it be necessary for them to contact Husky, it's a call to tech service. And even more stupid is that they can't call tech service if they DON'T EVEN HAVE THE SAW! Tech will ask some questions; what are they going to tell them? This is nuts, and not the way things work.
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