Looking for some fast advice. Husky 395 for sale. Owner says it starts fine but will not restart when warm/hot. Any clues? I would think electrical like a coil or something. Wouldn’t mind buying it and fixing it up. Get a mill
If it is the coil it would just stop while using when it got hot. I think the muffler should be pulled to verify the piston is not scored. It could also be a carb problem and could be a simple adjustment or in need of a kit put in it. Also look and see how dirty the intake filter is and check the spark arrestor. I worked on a saw one time that after running a short while it would get hot and then quit running. It would not start back up until it sat for awhile and it cooled back down. Turned out to be the fuel filter. Had me faked out for awhile. I thought it was a temperature problem.
Likely just a fuel/carb issue...or possibly he just isn't using the proper hot start procedure? Will certainly want to verify compression though.
You’re pretty much spot on . However , I have seen one instance of coil causing a no restart issue when hot , but ran fine before shutting down . It was heat soaking on shutdown . Apparently it received enough cooling air when running to eep it from failing . But , that’s a rare failure mode . At any rate , if the piston/cylinder look good ,and the $$$ are reasonable , I’d snap it up . Great saws ,and built stout .
Appreciate the replies. You know how it is. When something pops up on marketplace for a very reasonable price I like too jump fast. Well I didn’t jump. Looking very close this morning without beer goggles and CAD I’m sort of glad. Maybe I’m missing a great deal but I see a few red flags I didn’t notice while drooling on the computer. First, it’s hard to tell but some of the plastics have been replaced. Namely the recoil and grip. Not recently but somewhere along the line. The top plastic shows signs of being dropped or dragged. I get the impression this spent a good amount of time in a mill already. Speaking of the muffler it looks like it’s been crushed inward quite a bit. That could cause lack of flow,,,maybe,,,which could cause overheating,,,which could cause internal piston issues. I think I’ll let it slide. I’m not a good enough chainsaw mechanic to take the risk. Could be a dollar fix, could be a new top end for all I know. Thanks folks.
To much for me. If it was on a mill it could be all clapped out without showing as much visible wear and tear.
