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I found this old saw in my gramps garage, its missing the carb and some related parts. I'd like to bring her back to life and add her to the line up. Can anyone shed some light on the date of manufacture?
View attachment 722997 These manuals are all I have. Can’t get parts very easily. Especially electric
eBay for parts but it limited for the 480. The 480 is one of the big block heavy duty husky saws.
They have larger crankbearings like the 298/1100/2100/2101. I like the 480.
I lucked out! Just found a local guy with a complete parts saw with everything I'll need. I'm looking forward to seeing how this compares to my new saws. It definitely has some heft to it but I image she's a workhorse. Does anyone have experience hopping them up?
I found this old saw in my gramps garage, its missing the carb and some related parts. I'd like to bring her back to life and add her to the line up. Can anyone shed some light on the date of manufacture?
eBay for parts but it limited for the 480. The 480 is one of the big block heavy duty husky saws.
They have larger crankbearings like the 298/1100/2100/2101. I like the 480.
The 480 isn't part of the same "model family" as the others that you listed (or with the 185/285), it belongs to an older and smaller "family".
It is in the same family as the different versions of the 180/280/380 (77 cc), 160/260 (58 cc) and 163/263 (63 cc).
The 480 is a bit stronger than the other 77 cc models though, mainly (or only?) because it has a larger carb.
Your right the 480 family is the 77, 180, 280, 380. But what’s confusing is the clutch covers and starter recoil housing is the same as the 2100/2101? Right,
It would be nice to get my hands on some of those manuals, I'll keep my eye on eBay.
With your experience what length bar would you figure she will run stock?
If your going to sell the left over parts email me.
Port it?
Hi Niko, here is a list of 7 ipls. Haven't seen an owners manual for it in pdf.
http://www.barrettsmallengine.com/husqvarna/480chainsaw.html
Sorry, I know of no way to decode those pre 1982 or so serial numbers into time of production. All that tag tells me is that the saw left the factory as a 480CD (4801), and that it likely happened before 1982.
By coincidence 1981/82 also is about the time when the production of this model in Sweden stopped, and the model was replaced by the 181SE in "Western" markets.
As I recall it the production years of this model in Sweden was limited to about 1979 to 1981 - but it was made at the TOMOS factory in Yugoslavia (later Slovenia) after that.
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