Thread: Starting a husky chainsaw?

Originally Posted by isuzurover

A husky I bought off ebay just arrived. Now I have never owned one of these new fangled saws (only an old metal bodied one without a chain brake). So before I hassle the seller because the say won't start, what is the correct procedure???

And what is the red button above the choke for?

Ok now i am confused i thought a husky was one of two things, a dog and a bloody good strong winch made by superwinch

Originally Posted by Reads90

Ok now i am confused i thought a husky was one of two things, a dog and a bloody good strong winch made by superwinch

Husky is (also) short for Husqvarna - maker of high quality chainsaws and dirt bikes.

Originally Posted by isuzurover

Husky is (also) short for Husqvarna - maker of high quality chainsaws and dirt bikes.

Oh yeah silly me more sorry

Know what you mean now they make sewing machines ,

on the right hand side above the pull start is a little black button, decompression, dont try to start without pushing it in.Pull the blue lever out for choke and that activates the red lever to run mode, give it a few pulls til it fires and stops. Reset the decomp button and pull again until it runs, push red lever down to stop.

Originally Posted by crump

on the right hand side above the pull start is a little black button, decompression, dont try to start without pushing it in.Pull the blue lever out for choke and that activates the red lever to run mode, give it a few pulls til it fires and stops. Reset the decomp button and pull again until it runs, push red lever down to stop.

Who says you are not mechanically minded

Originally Posted by crump

on the right hand side above the pull start is a little black button, decompression, dont try to start without pushing it in.Pull the blue lever out for choke and that activates the red lever to run mode, give it a few pulls til it fires and stops. Reset the decomp button and pull again until it runs, push red lever down to stop.

Going outside to try this now - can't remember a little black button. Do I need to hold the trigger on while starting or not? My old saw allowed you to lock the trigger on for starting.

Mine is relatively new, about 6 yrs old,you may not have it.Pulling the blue lever out and activating choke sets the throttle to start mode seting, you dont have to click or hold the throttle lever.The decomp button isnt obvious, I had to read the manual to find it.Also, the choke deactivates automatically as the engine fires.

Originally Posted by crump

Mine is relatively new, about 6 yrs old,you may not have it.Pulling the blue lever out and activating choke sets the throttle to start mode seting, you dont have to click or hold the throttle lever.The decomp button isnt obvious, I had to read the manual to find it.Also, the choke deactivates automatically as the engine fires.

Mine is a 357XP - supposed to be 4-6 years old. Still can't find a decomp button...?