Hi guys! Finally found you all and glad to be on the new site! Hope you've all been well! I've got a friend 445 and I'm putting a fuel line in tomorrow. I'm not a fan of the Husq 445/455 carb assemblies, and this is the first fuel line I'm putting into on of these saws. Configuration is tight and less than ideal - I'm going to cut and pull the original - any advise on getting into those tight spots to tease the new line in? I'll be just trying to use hemostats to tease the line into the space between the air box and tank, but sure is tight - wondering if it's work dropping the tank from the saw first. Any advise appreciated. Again, great to see all of you guys again - was wondering for a long time where everyone had gone! Cheers! Jacques
Yep - I think it might be worth it - real tight space - might give it a shot without dropping the tank and if it becomes a PITA, I'll drop it. Thanks MM - Cheers, Jacques
Fuel lines on homeowner grade saws.... not fun, several beer job for me! Pretty sure you are just asking about location and ease of access... can't help there... but I'll give you my story anyways: The last trick I used on my neighbor's p.o.s. was to give myself about half an inch of tube excess, and with that half inch I cut it in half along the tube (if tube is laying flat, cut along one side 1/2" up the tube, repeat on the other side, and trim the snake tongue off on one side.) When done, it looks like this (((((((((((((((`````` and you can use the smaller piece as an easy to grab section that doesn't tear. Before that I tried angle cutting and lubricant, electrical tape, electrical tape and bailing wire; all to no avail. That was a terrible explanation and you now think I'm nuts.
20lb. fishing line snaked from the top down in and then out of the fuel cap hole. Cut the new fuel line at an angle. Poke a hole through the tip of the fuel line and attach fishing line. Lube it up real good and pull it up through enough to grab with hemostats....... this usually works like a charm, but last time I did it, it was a PITA, but persistence paid off.
Thanks cnice and Bryan - thought the fuel line was coming in today - planned to do it tonight - no luck. I'm guessing this will be a PITA - they made an easy procedure pretty tough on these saws with the space they give you. I've had 2 455's that I tore down for parts, now this one for repair - not a fan of these saws in terms of working on them - the earlier models are much simpler. Thanks again! Cheers! Jacques
Ha - you got it brother - piece of cake on the 55 and 61 - on the 445, not so much! I'll report back when it's done to pass along any advise. Cheers!
Well, not nearly as bad as I thought - it's a tight workspace, but not bad. The main PITA was not know that I had to have the OEM fuel line. I bought a generic fuel line spec'd for a 445 with filter from eBay, but the line was far to small in diameter for the opening to the tank - gas would have poured from the tank (and did!). Had to run to the Husq dealer the next town over and buy the OEM line with a grommet that seals the line to the tank - should have just done this at first, but figured I'd save the time and trip. Not sure why the eBay seller would sell this line for the 445 - would never work. Oh well, I have other saws, etc., where I can use the line - it'll come in handy at some point. Cheers!
I did HDRock - I wanted the seller to know that the line doesn't work - not looking for $ back, I can use the line later, but hoping they don't sell any more of the lines for the wrong models - just won't work. A good seller too (in terms of sales and feedback) - probably a detail that fell through the cracks I guess. We all make mistakes! Cheers!
