JP

you can buy the tools on ebay... i would like to see the EPA prove anything.. and they are worried about chainsaws? when they have hundreds of millions of cars on the roads pumping crap in the air??

comical... i love the "canned answers" that husqvarna posts on this site... I am a hard core husqvarna guy but this site is a joke.. and the people that "run it" are nothing short of mouth breathers.

if a shop cant get a chainsaw to run, NEVER go back there.  they need to be out of business if they truly cannot get it to run.

they might just be pulling it apart  and tell you "i dont know whats wrong with it" and then "buy one of our saws".

honestly, they are morons and should be treated as such. stay away from stupid people.

perfect example of another "corporate answer" that provides NO help to anyone. Good Job Husqvarna..

" I have adjusted the high and low jets to no avail."

also, that is normally an indicator of an air leak somewhere.. the intake boot between the carb and the cylinder or a bottom end gasket or crank seal leaking..

a local shop should be able to do a leak test for you.. i would not spend anymore money on parts if you cannot get it to change when adjusting higha nd low speed screws.

If husqvarna wants a market for throw away chainsaws, that is why they make/sell poulans (husqvarna owns poulan)..... nothing against anyone that owns one..but they are priced right to throw them away.

I do not wnat to throw away my 480CD or my 444SE or my 61, or my 2101XP because I cannot buy a screw or gasket.

Karla, you are right about the knock off parts portion... I do have a meteor cylinder and piston in my 372XP because it was priced right.  They are making complete Husqvarna 362XP saws in china, even labeled as Husqvarna up to include the data plate saying it is real.   I would think that Husqvarna could fight that kind of baffoonery by simply making replacement parts for saws that millions / tens of millions of people already own. Saws that they can pass down to their children.

You are correct about making money part but eventually the raw materials and the ability to process those raw materials are going to dry up. I think at some point MFGs have to do what is right by the environment  as well(believe me, i am NOT a tree hugger) but people have to realize the amount of energy it takes to create a new chainsaw (for example) compared to making a gasket.

At the end of the day, the customer is much happier to pay someone to repair the saw for 50 bucks than to buy a new one for 700 bucks. Eventually that $700.00 saw will be "old" and hard to get parts for as well and then there is an endless cycle until the owner is dead and the kids get the saw and auction it off for 10 bucks.

Look at Dubai.. they knew that the oil is drying up so they use revenue they gain now to build islands and build houses on the islands so that they can continue to survive after the oil is gone.   Husqvarna is NOT of the same mindset apparently.  

I have a 3120XP that I cant even get certain parts for and they still sell the same saw!!!!!!!!!!! how is that possible? 

I also have lawnboy 2 cycle commercial mowers... 33 years old and still running strong.. why is that? Is there a Husqvarna lawnmower that is built today that is engineered to last 33 years??????????????? I would sadly have to guess NO...

Maybe someone here @ answerarmy.com can pass this up their food chain and see what the bosses say up top.. That is, if the bosses up there are not concerned with their yearly bonus's. 

I would not replace it. it is a perfectly good saw for what it is... i would say that you would be dissapointed by getting a "new saw" for the sake of getting a new saw.

i have a 351, 372xp, 2101, 61, 480CD, 3120xp...