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jbarrick82

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I just bought a Husky from craigslist. The guy that I bought it from said that it was a 181. After looking at a few photos of 181's I am thinking that it may not be. Any help would be appreciated.


 
Kennygee

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Not Sure But?

One way to tell is to pull muffler andtakt a piece of very thin wire or solder and measure bore size, easier to do with plug out also.
A 56mm would be an 1100 which top cover and muffler seem to indicate. I have never seen one with the decomp valve though?
It may also be part of 280,380,480 family as top covers are also about the same ,
I am sure some one here will set us both straight! Nice looking saw though!
 

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I'm thinkin' 480 is most likely. Yes, pop the muffler and use solder or a narrow popsicle stick to mark the bore and measure it.

I don't think that decomp is original, somebody added that.
 
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I'd say 480CD as well, with a compression release modification.....Cliff
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I just bought a Husky from craigslist. The guy that I bought it from said that it was a 181. After looking at a few photos of 181's I am thinking that it may not be. Any help would be appreciated.



Looks very similar to my XP298 except that mine has a metal chainbrake handle and no decompression release (I wish it had). Mine also has the stacked gas and oil caps and the single large bumper spike on the left side of the bar. Muffler also looks the same.
 
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I just bought a Husky from craigslist. The guy that I bought it from said that it was a 181. After looking at a few photos of 181's I am thinking that it may not be. Any help would be appreciated.



Hmmm, that looks just like a saw listed on craigslist today. (The first pic was the one used for the craigslist ad.)

It was passed on to me that the fellow selling the saw said he purchased it at a farm auction a while ago and that it was too big for his use.

Something's not adding up here.
 
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