Haha I came to see if anyone asked but i staying for the renovation video.

It is in the tools section of the parts house parts lists. Example: 502 508 101 and 502 504 701. This is one such site, there are many. Find the one with the best prices after shipping and that actually has it in stock: www.ereplacementparts.com/husqvarna-181-198506-chainsaw-parts-c-114486_114487_114927.html

@@MrRioting thank you very much for replying :>

I’ll have to check that out. Haven’t heard of them.

Yes indeed! Works like a champ!

9traktor You are correct! I have been to the factory and this is how they do it, granted, much faster as it is all they do and their design. This was my first attempt to disassemble. Much more research and development on my part in becoming a "skilled technician". I do my own work so the local shops crew of high school kids can't charge me an arm and a leg to destroy unobtainable exotic rare hand made parts. They gotta at least know as much as I do.... you can clearly see the mess that is my workbench. Several different projects from several different "hobbies" I also dabble in. Life is grand and to short to have only one source of fun!

Don`t worry my friend. Sooner or later you`ll make it and master this highly refined fabulous engine. You`re welcome!

what do you need to know about VOR?

It takes an act of God to start the bike.

Adam Shepherd wow, where to start? Did it use to start better? On cold or hot engine? What carburettor do you have? Any jetting modifications? Do you have right valve clearance, good spark plug, how's your decompressor set?

I hadn't heard that. As it turns out, the original piston is still good enough to use, though a bit sloppy, but after 30 years of use, one can't complain. It has no cracks in it, but then again, I used only the factory Husqvarna mix from day one. I am concerned more about the aftermarket piston, actually, having no experience with them. I do like the 88 CCs and the decompression button. :-) I am trying to find the original piston rings to go with the old piston in case I have to use it again. Hard to find! Meanwhile, I am building a 288 from all new, and new old stock parts. I will post that video series once I get it all together. Just for fun, after it fires up, I will put it in the display case. (That's where all teh parts are currently, in their original boxes.)

Wow. WIsh I would have seen this comment 3 years ago! I have been to Chamonix 3 times now, the first time for 2 weeks which was a period of discovery. I gazed at Vallee Blanche from the top of the Piton Nord and wished I could do it. I did laps on all the other fantastic resorts, one of my favorite is Le Verte at Les Houches, which is the race course for the Kandahar Downhill Coupe Du Monde (World Cup), every 4 years. I love that one going full speed like they do. Grand Montets on a pow day is phenomenal. Done laps there every time, however, Like Aguille Du Midi, you need to get an early reservation to make the first trip up the second gondola, and get there way early to get in the huge line to get an early start up the first gondola which all the locals know, so your chances of getting a lot of laps from the top, (phenomenal) are slim. It is, however EPIC, and there are no bad runs unless you go in a cravasse which is totally possible in many locations. I have heard that the best snow in the universe is Grand Montets in SUMMER. The Argentere Glacier allegedly has velvet snow in summer. Haven't been. As for the Vallee Blanche, it is definitely not for everyone, and you can surely die there EASY, as I almost did the second trip to Chamonix when locals told me I didn't need a guide, just follow everybody else around the right side of the "island"... And instead, I followed Mom, Dad and the Kinds around the left side which was fraught with peril and that family were all expert tele skiers and I was on a snowboard. I almost got my self killed. Yet, I went back the third time on a powder day and it was EPIC. This is the video. 2 hours of it have been cut. Had delusions of grandeur that we would make at least 2 trips that day as we were in the 9th car up. after the grueling trip down, and the hike out, we went and ate sushi and drank sake instead. Yes it was worth it! I will do it again someday soon!

See above. You MUST be in good shape, and if you are a good powder skier, as in EXPERT, no problem. If you are NOT, don't waste your time. Folks get helicoptered out of there in stretchers all day long every day. Still, both times I have gone were 2 of the most excellent and epic adventures in my life! It will make you feel insignificant due to it's grand scale and harsh reality and stuning beauty.

like very much to see it run and cut i have a few huskys a 55 /36 /181. i like the 55 just nice size for fire wood

+bill block if you look at my channel, my videos, there is a whole series on building this with addendum a as I started using it, as well as a series of videos using the saw to fell a bunch of drought stricken tall pines that were killed by bark beetles. We are having an epidemic of beetle kills due to low sap pressure from lean water times. As for the displacement, the 181 becomes , technically a 188! It's 88cc with that piston kit. The only differences between the 181 and 281 is the throttle and the vibration dampener on the front bucking spike. The 288 was then the latest model with the embellishment of a larger cylinder comets with a decompression button for easy starting. 99% of parts are interchangeable between the 3 models, and since the crank is the same, the newer larger pistons are made to weigh the same for balancing so they just go right in. Allegedly! In my last video about this build, I replaced the woodruff key that goes on the flywheel as it sheared from undertightening

well done thanks very much good set of vids my big bore will get here soon