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Mike Gudgeon

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Just scored a 2100CD - well, paid for it and have just started waiting for it to arrive. lololol Waiting is going to be torture 'cos I love those things!
Not too sure about the condition (from the photos) but I know those things inside out and back to front. A long time ago I assembled them (along with 41's, 444's, 61's, 162's and 480's) for Husqvarna. Must have assembled a few thousand (of those model combined) over the years I worked for 'em. The 2100XP's (as they were back then) and the 444's were my favourites. All the saws I made got a good deal of love and care as I assembled the buggers. Used to take care with even stuff that probably doesn't even matter - like having the rounded side of washers facing outward) and other silly stuff 'cos I just loved those buggers! Even raced 'em later during my time with Husky.
Anyway, more than 40 years later I have my own 2100 on the way! WooHoo!

Been out of chainsaws for a long time and haven't kept up with stuff at all.

The reason I'm posting this is out of interest as to the differences between the CD's and the XP's. The 2100XP's I/we made all had CD igniters anyway (Iunlike the 380 vs 480's). Might be some other things like filter variants, muffler variants, starter housing, carb. and clutch and brake improvements etc but I really have no idea. Anyone know whether there was anything major?

Cheers,

Mike
 
Putting the round side of the (cut) washers outwards, results in the sharp~burr side being against the part.
Not a good thing as the square~burr tends to dig into the part and can lead to cracked parts.
 
LegDeLimber said:
Putting the round side of the (cut) washers outwards, results in the sharp~burr side being against the part.
Not a good thing as the square~burr tends to dig into the part and can lead to cracked parts.
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Ha ha ha! I guess you have a good point! Given enough removal and replacement of parts it might wear the material out too! Never thought of that either (till now), but I'll bear those things in mind!
Cheers
 
Mike Gudgeon said:
Just scored a 2100CD - well, paid for it and have just started waiting for it to arrive. lololol Waiting is going to be torture 'cos I love those things!
Not too sure about the condition (from the photos) but I know those things inside out and back to front. A long time ago I assembled them (along with 41's, 444's, 61's, 162's and 480's) for Husqvarna. Must have assembled a few thousand (of those model combined) over the years I worked for 'em. The 2100XP's (as they were back then) and the 444's were my favourites. All the saws I made got a good deal of love and care as I assembled the buggers. Used to take care with even stuff that probably doesn't even matter - like having the rounded side of washers facing outward) and other silly stuff 'cos I just loved those buggers! Even raced 'em later during my time with Husky.
Anyway, more than 40 years later I have my own 2100 on the way! WooHoo!

Been out of chainsaws for a long time and haven't kept up with stuff at all.

The reason I'm posting this is out of interest as to the differences between the CD's and the XP's. The 2100XP's I/we made all had CD igniters anyway (Iunlike the 380 vs 480's). Might be some other things like filter variants, muffler variants, starter housing, carb. and clutch and brake improvements etc but I really have no idea. Anyone know whether there was anything major?

Cheers,

Mike
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Mike, congrats on the finding of a 2100, nice old saws.
When you left building Husqvarna's- you didn't happen to pop the clutch assembly for one of those 444's into your pocket did you?
 
Bob Hedgecutter said:
Mike, congrats on the finding of a 2100, nice old saws.
When you left building Husqvarna's- you didn't happen to pop the clutch assembly for one of those 444's into your pocket did you?
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Ha ha ha! I used to find ALL SORTS of things when I changed my pants! lololololol You'd be amazed! But no, I don't have one. I was lucky just to find one of their old orange tuning drivers in an old tool box the other day. Still have some nice 't' drivers too.

Are those clutches hard to get these days?
 
Mike Gudgeon said:
Ha ha ha! I used to find ALL SORTS of things when I changed my pants! lololololol You'd be amazed! But no, I don't have one. I was lucky just to find one of their old orange tuning drivers in an old tool box the other day. Still have some nice 't' drivers too.

Are those clutches hard to get these days?
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I have a nice 444SE with a ruined needle bearing and clutch- I believe they are model specific- but will keep looking for an alternative.
Have not been able to find a genuine one for sale anywhere, so guessing they are no longer available.
 
Bob Hedgecutter said:
I believe they are model specific- but will keep looking for an alternative.
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As the link Woodlasher shows, they are the same as the 44 clutch, maybe some of the newer stuff too, but I don't know. Top little saw!
You could try ringing around some of the dealers over there, one might have one up the back somewhere.

I'd ring the local dealer here for ya, but he's a duck! :)
 
Mike Gudgeon said:
As the link Woodlasher shows, they are the same as the 44 clutch, maybe some of the newer stuff too, but I don't know. Top little saw!
You could try ringing around some of the dealers over there, one might have one up the back somewhere.

I'd ring the local dealer here for ya, but he's a duckhead! :)
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As are most of ours! Have reached out to most, but most dealers here are part time Husqvarna and most time Tractor or ATV agents.
No great rush- the one linked will only cost another US$25 on top to ship which is about the same as the saw cost me- NZ$50. :p
 
Bob Hedgecutter said:
As are most of ours! Have reached out to most, but most dealers here are part time Husqvarna and most time Tractor or ATV agents.
No great rush- the one linked will only cost another US$25 on top to ship which is about the same as the saw cost me- NZ$50. :p
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Still, that would make a top saw! How are the barrel and piston?
 
On the subject of clutches; ever had one chase you? I had it happened to me a couple of times (slow learner) in the test room. If you don't have a clutch cover fitted (or a test bracket to contain the clutch) they can spin off the crank. In my case they whizzed around the room and even climbed the walls! Scary as buggery. A couple of fellas were actually killed by e'm in Sweden! They spun off, the springs let go and the weights apparently got 'em in the heads!
 
Mike Gudgeon said:
On the subject of clutches; ever had one chase you? I had it happened to me a couple of times (slow learner) in the test room. If you don't have a clutch cover fitted (or a test bracket to contain the clutch) they can spin off the crank. In my case they whizzed around the room and even climbed the walls! Scary as buggery. A couple of fellas were actually killed by e'm in Sweden! They spun off, the springs let go and the weights apparently got 'em in the heads!
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Yes, in the past- had some "white faced" funny feeling in the pit of stomach moments after a clutch bundle takes a rather fast trip from near your body to smash into the nearest solid object in their flightpath.
 
Bob Hedgecutter said:
Yes, in the past- had some "white faced" funny feeling in the pit of stomach moments after a clutch bundle takes a rather fast trip from near your body to smash into the nearest solid object in their flightpath.
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lololol I started writing a bit of a post about some of the fun stuff we used to get up to, but most of it was sheetfully dangerous (and bloady spectacular) and it's probably not a good idea to describe certain procedures 'cos some folks might take it as an instructional! lolol
 
Mike Gudgeon said:
On the subject of clutches; ever had one chase you? I had it happened to me a couple of times (slow learner) in the test room. If you don't have a clutch cover fitted (or a test bracket to contain the clutch) they can spin off the crank. In my case they whizzed around the room and even climbed the walls! Scary as buggery. A couple of fellas were actually killed by e'm in Sweden! They spun off, the springs let go and the weights apparently got 'em in the heads!
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Yep, mine was on a 2100, actually. I test fired it with no clutch cover and watched the clutch, drum, and bearing shoot across the back lot. One good used bearing later and I was back in business! Scared the shite outta me, though.
 
Woodslasher said:
Yep, mine was on a 2100, actually. I test fired it with no clutch cover and watched the clutch, drum, and bearing shoot across the back lot. One good used bearing later and I was back in business! Scared the shite outta me, though.
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lololololol Fun Fun Fun :) :) :):surprised3:
But seriously, folks really have been killed! Recently I just muck around with spacers that won't interfere with the tensioner and put the chain cover on without a bar when I'm mucking around with testing. Also, not hard to make a little bit of bent steel that can sit outside the clutch and be bolted onto the bar studs.
 

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