1100 CD

[Bob Hedgecutter]

Is around $160 too much to pay for a complete (if somewhat well used) 1100CD Husqvarna that apparently still has spark and good compression?

 

[ballisticdoughnut]

Sounds like a complete saw that probably needs very little to get running again. I’d buy it.

 

[Mad Professor]

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[Bob Hedgecutter]

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I wholeheartedly agree and as soon as it arrives I will take some bloody photos- patience is a virtue.

 

[Bob Hedgecutter]

Sounds like a complete saw that probably needs very little to get running again. I’d buy it.

Thats what I thought to- wee bit worrying the old ignition might show a spark, but wont run when warm or something equally simple with a unicorn part.

But hey, worst comes to worst- spare top end and crank for my 2100.

 

[SimonHS]

I would buy it at that price.

 

[Bob Hedgecutter]

Okay, I might have over spent, might have done the online risk taking buy and not really won this time- but its here.




Oil cap is busted, horrible 3 screw starter with what feels like shagged pawls.
Kind of reasonable compression on the rope- but not 100cc reasonable (was sold to me as not running- good piston and cylinder).
Did get it to fire- so it has spark, I just had to dribble a heap of straight oil on top of the piston to take up the slack and get good compression.

This does not look too promising.



Thats a big old chunk of the mid land missing between the rings!
So not so good piston, possibly not so good cylinder.......

 

[Bob Hedgecutter]

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There you go- be happy!

 

[Bob Hedgecutter]

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[HumBurner]

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Better than not running!

 

[Bob Hedgecutter]

Better than not running!

True that- if it had no spark, my intentions were spare 2100 top end- but it looks like it is just as well it has spark!
No way (yet) to stop that spark though.

 

[Bob Hedgecutter]

Just for kick and giggles- I carted some kind of moly coated 56mm piston kit for the saw from the States at an attractive $36NZ, moved on to checkout to calculate shipping = another $58NZ thanks, so could we please have $94 of your dollars to send a cheap aftermarket piston to your door in about the next month or so for you to fit into a saw that only cost you twice what the piston will cost you?

Got to love International shipping!

I found a new set of 56mm piston rings, know I have a reasonable 2100 piston (somewhere!) and if all else fails I have a new in box, new old stock 2101 piston kit..........

Otherwise it is cleaning up well, found a tidier clutch cover, bar adjuster and gave the saw a damn good clean up- should have taken before and afters of the air filter- but as arrived you could not tell it was white, or even meshed.
Has the mainly black ID tag still in place that just says Husqvarna Sweden and serial number- no model, so in my mind this makes it an earlier saw but has the later style air filter, not the grey flat top of air box cover. Still be nice to think it was a 1973 model and now half a century old!

 

[Bob Hedgecutter]

Does have the old school emblem on the top cover- so might be one of the old ones.

 

[Bob Hedgecutter]

So been cleaning the old saw up a bit to enable it to be worked on, cleaned up the flywheel and it says SEMA on the front of it.
Without pulling the flywheel to check- I am assuming some previous owner has already swapped a non sparking Femsa unit and flywheel for the 2100 Sema unit?

 

[ballisticdoughnut]

Does have the old school emblem on the top cover- so might be one of the old ones.

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Gotta be early to mid 70’s, my 140S is either a 73 or 74 model has the same emblem on the top cover.

 

[Bob Hedgecutter]

Even found decal transfer on the top cover!

 

[Bill G]

Just for kick and giggles- I carted some kind of moly coated 56mm piston kit for the saw from the States at an attractive $36NZ, moved on to checkout to calculate shipping = another $58NZ thanks, so could we please have $94 of your dollars to send a cheap aftermarket piston to your door in about the next month or so for you to fit into a saw that only cost you twice what the piston will cost you?

Got to love International shipping!..................

You folks need to figure out your duties and taxes with your government. I am sure I could ship you the parts much cheaper UPS over USPS but then your government nails you in taxes. For all the folks that complain about the USA I have NEVER paid a duty or tax on any package I received from 6 continents.

 

[Bob Hedgecutter]

You folks need to figure out your duties and taxes with your government. I am sure I could ship you the parts much cheaper UPS over USPS but then your government nails you in taxes. For all the folks that complain about the USA I have NEVER paid a duty or tax on any package I received from 6 continents.

How do you figure it is to do with our duties and taxes? I believe you have to try and import something of much more value before import duties are due here. Same place will ask for $18 of your dollars to send a standard letter postage envelope with a couple of decals in it- no tax on that.

 

[Bill G]

How do you figure it is to do with our duties and taxes? I believe you have to try and import something of much more value before import duties are due here. Same place will ask for $18 of your dollars to send a standard letter postage envelope with a couple of decals in it- no tax on that.

I go off what folks in other countries tell me. They always want things sent USPS instead of UPS because they say the duties and taxes are cheaper. I had a situation a good number of years ago in your land sending 084 parts. He wanted them sent USPS as cheap as possible. They ended up in France. If you think about simple geography from Illinois to Australia the box needed to go west not east. It was several months to get it straightened out. I sent parts to Germany two weeks ago via UPS for 50% of USPS rates and they were there in 4 days, Thursday I sent a 70lb box to Germany for way under USPS. I am worried about it though as it is a heavy bogger. It is supposed to be there Tuesday. It was nearly a month sending a 1lb box to Canada USPS to save duties. It ended up costing me $62 in shipping.

 

[Bob Hedgecutter]

I don't live in Australia- but good to know you know more about our importing of goods system than I do- I am not buying to moly coated piston anyhow- I will use a spare 2100 one I already have.