Husky 365 special no start

[alabamatriker]

Working on a 365sp that was a former logging crew saw. I was in a pile of stuff I got from a logger that wanted it gone. No history on it. It was complete except for sprocket and clutch cover. Muffler bolts were (still are) frozen in cyl. Cant get them out. Pulled cyl. piston looks fine, no scratches or scoring. Ring was worn thin. Replaced ring. New fuel line and filter. Cleaned decomp. Havnt put a comp gauge in it yet but comp is way up after ring replacement. It has good spark. It will not even hit with mix dribbled into carb. Fuel is getting to plug, you can smell fresh fuel on it. What do I check next? Will a bad crank seal make it not run at all? Can't do a vac/pressure test bc cant get muffler off. Thoughts?

 

[cuinrearview]

I'm having a similar go'round with a 372 I just put together. My next thing to try is a coil. I get good spark but I'm not sure under compression.

 

[blsnelling]

Sounds like it's flooded. Also, pull the flywheel and check the key.

 

[Gord404]

had one in the other day, flywheel key was sheared, unfortunately the key is cast into the flywheel and requires replacement.- put a slight concave washer off a 390 on first in case it was just tightening the nut all the way down and not just bottoming out on the crank???

 

[butters_mcfeely]

I had the same issue with a Jonsered 2165 just the other day. Had spark. I thought it was maybe getting flooded. Cleaned the carb, checked all the lines, etc. etc. Then I realized I'd pretty well eliminated everything else, so I swapped a known good coil on from one of my Husqvarna 350s to try and, bang. That was it. So it was the old "doesn't get spark under compression" issue that I've always read about but had never seen in action before. The coil from the 340/345/346XP/350 series fits, though the wire was short so I had to route it "incorrectly" to get it to reach the plug. I hope that helps.

 

[sunfish]

I had the same issue with a Jonsered 2165 just the other day. Had spark. I thought it was maybe getting flooded. Cleaned the carb, checked all the lines, etc. etc. Then I realized I'd pretty well eliminated everything else, so I swapped a known good coil on from one of my Husqvarna 350s to try and, bang. That was it. So it was the old "doesn't get spark under compression" issue that I've always read about but had never seen in action before. The coil from the 340/345/346XP/350 series fits, though the wire was short so I had to route it "incorrectly" to get it to reach the plug. I hope that helps.

I believe you can change the coil wire. Just unscrew it and screw the longer one in.

 

[Chainsaw Jim]

Did you put a new kit in the carb? It sounds like a stiff diaphragm flooding it out.

 

[butters_mcfeely]

I believe you can change the coil wire. Just unscrew it and screw the longer one in.

I hadn't thought of that! Thank you!

 

[alabamatriker]

Will try and get back on it this weekend. Thanks for all the replys and suggestions.

 

[alabamatriker]

Pulled the 365 out yesterday. It fired on the first pull and ran on the second. Guess I had just flooded it.

 

[b fish]

Nice

 

[b fish]

They are A Great Saw!

 

[alabamatriker]

It has been thru a few heat cycles now. Starts easily and runs good. Haven't put it in the wood yet. Need a few more parts to finish it out. It just seems happy its commercial logging days are done and it gets to hang out with my other lazy saws.