Ok , me and my guy that ports a lot of saws watched this video and me personally if I was paying you to port my saw and you just took a Dremel or wut ever you use to put those little v shaped grooves in the lower transfer ports id be a pissed man,
Amazing how well it ran with "only" putting a few grooves in the neck of the cylinder. You two seriously think I tore the whole saw down to "only" do that?
Wow....!!! have been looking for the 1st. person to assist us all here on u-tube with a take down rebuild modify .. Just got mine for the cabin about a month ago , and like most of the owners we want this beast to unleash its full power opportunity .. Thank you , Thank you for the assistance .
I still have my 335xpt T handle from early 2000's and my 540xp from about 2015 and I love them both. I never changed a thing on either one and never felt the need to do so...if you're semi-serious about cutting and processing wood, neither of these saws should be alone in the shed. Many guys buy these saws with the wrong idea of having them cover all the size spectrums of felling and cutting.
As far as the holes in that bar being over sized , it helps with oiling , two that bar fits other models the required those holes that size , that metal clip that came out it's an issue that Husqvarna is dealing with I bought that model saw and it locked up and destroyed the cylinder and everything inside the saw so keep that in mind
Husqvarna is really on to something with the MK3 that saw is a beast I think we finally have a new top dog in the trim saw world it puts my 200t to shame
Nice runner Mr. Flagg sounds good too! You can put a little dab of Hylomar universal blue on the intake boot clip to secure it in place it’s good insurance I know of a couple that have come loose at max rpm and wrecked the saw makes a bad day for a builder! And If you ever do any machine work to the 540 iii cut the cylinder skirt about .010 more then the total you removed from the cylinder including the gasket and match the chamfer back, The cases have tapered dimples that won’t let the cylinder go down if this is not done. 👍🏼
My only pet peeve with the T540 Mark III or could be the .043 chain too, is when I threw a chain with it, it completely shredded the plastic where the clutch sits. Saw still functions fine, probably more cosmetic but you would think Husqvarna could come up with something a little better!
On the bright side that piece of plastic is not expensive. I'd order one or two and replace it soon. Without the "dust shield" in place ur gonna get a bunch of crud caked to the engine. Same thing happens on the 201 if it makes ya feel any better
I'm a Stihl guy who recently got my first ever husqvarna, the 540 XP Mark III (rear handle) and I love it except for that stupid chain tensioner mechanism built into the cover rather than the body.
They only run for half a day I use to switch out saws at lunch and then in the morning it would run good again the filters would get clogged up there so fine I don't know but they don't like the heat
The one I had was a piece of shit. It would not start hot and would always loosen the chain and chain cover nuts. I had the whole cover come off and the chain came off and cut my saw pants. Didn’t matter how tight I did the bolts or chain. I sent it back and got a 201
