Friend is asking if I could get this one running. Never seen one before. Good saw? Hard to work on? I would appreciate any thoughts on this before I dive in.
Thanks.
Mathew
Thanks.
Mathew
Husqvarna L77
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cus_deluxe
Commie Satan turd
I would imagine parts would be getting hard to find, depending on whats up with it, may be an easy fix or maybe not. Ive never messed with one either, so not much help haha.
cus_deluxe
Commie Satan turd
Id make sure the fuel and oil tanks arent leaking into each other, i would assume theyre seperated by the case gasket on the thing.
Conquistador3
Le Comte de Frou Frou
Not exactly hard to work on (if you know how to deal with points and condensers) but spare parts range from merely uncommon to Bigfoot levels of elusive.
Most engine parts are shared with the far more common 480 and you'll have far more luck sourcing parts for that saw.
The only cylinder for these saws I've seen in recent time is pure China junk sold at Meteor prices while pistons aren't much of a problem (Golf sells them). It should have a Tillotson HS (cannot remember the exact model) carburetor which will rebuild nicely and for which rebuild kits are available.
Most engine parts are shared with the far more common 480 and you'll have far more luck sourcing parts for that saw.
The only cylinder for these saws I've seen in recent time is pure China junk sold at Meteor prices while pistons aren't much of a problem (Golf sells them). It should have a Tillotson HS (cannot remember the exact model) carburetor which will rebuild nicely and for which rebuild kits are available.
Hopefully, a fuel line, vent, and carb rebuild is all it will need. Maybe a points cleaning.
Solid well built saw. Nice old torquey saw. Easy to work on. Parts may be tricky. But used parts are out there.
It took a while, but I finally got around to finding the parts and starting on this old saw. It needed a muffler, top handle, fuel line, carb kit, and both anti vibe bushings. I replaced the fuel line using standard fuel line and a bushing from a Husqvarna 55 Rancher, I had to create the 2 bushings from 2 Stihl case bushings (one from a 029 another from another smaller saw). The rest I was able to find online. Got it all together yesterday and hope to crank it up tonight.
Whoops, forgot to finish the update on this one. I did finally complete it. I ended up resetting the metering lever (I must have been half asleep when I put it in) and after way too much time trying to tune it, found that the fuel filter had come off and clogged the carb screen. Once I cleaned that off and installed the new filter, it tuned right up. Kinda cool old saw. They certainly don't make them like this anymore.
Bret4207
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I think they were replaced eventually by the 181/281. Husky built some really fine saws back then.
ncfarmboy
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Good running 77 is a torque monster. Pretty easy to work on. They are just heavy being an all mag. saw. Tough as shoe leather.
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