• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     TE = 4st Enduro & TC = 4st Cross

  • Hi everyone,

    As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.

    When he passed, I worked with his kids to gather the necessary credentials to keep this site running. Since then (and for however long they worked with Coffee), Woodschick and Dirtdame have been maintaining the site and covering the costs. Without their hard work and financial support, CafeHusky would have been lost.

    Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working to migrate the site to a free cloud compute instance so that Woodschick and Dirtdame no longer have to fund it. At the same time, I’ve updated the site to a current version of XenForo (the discussion software it runs on). The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.

    Unfortunately, the new software version doesn’t support importing the old site’s styles, so for now, you’ll see the XenForo default style. This may change over time.

    Coffee didn’t document the work he did on the site, so I’ve been digging through the old setup to understand how everything was running. There may still be things I’ve missed. One known issue is that email functionality is not yet working on the new site, but I hope to resolve this over time.

    Thanks for your patience and support!

Damn oil filter!!

alarenzoTC449

alarenzoTC449

Husqvarna
A Class
Am I an idiot or is there an easier way to take the filter out of a tc 449? Magnet perhaps probably aluminum with my luck
 
I have dental tool as well as scribes and a snap-on pick kit using the one with the 90 degree end bend to snatch out the cylindrical stainless steel oil filters (if thats the type you mean on the 449).
 
This might sound crazy, but I drill a drywall screw into the back of them with a cordless drill and then pull them straight out. I have since gone to a stainless filter which comes out in a breeze.
 
Yea, that will work too. Gotta get me a stainless filter, I am really going through these paper filters,
Just bought 4 more, after they are gone, stainless here I come...I will need you to tell me which one
Your using, even if you are a BSer, LOL..
 
James Patton said:
I will need you to tell me which one
Your using, even if you are a BSer, LOL..
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Are you sure you want to take the advice from someone who clearly has no idea what he is talking about? :rolleyes:
SS filter post is in the Technical Reference forum. :)
 
I just use needle nose pliers... once my paper filters run out, I will move on to a stainless filter as well.
 
My buddy has a Honda 250 4 stroke and he said on his bike there is a little spring behind the filter and if you push the filter all the way in and let it go it pops halfway out and it's easy to grab. Wish mine was like that. I have more that two Gs in tools at my work but I only have a hand full at my house. Need to have a toolbox just for the bike with lots of random tools. I have a large socket and wrench set but that doesn't help me get the filter out. I think I'm going to make two hook out of hard wire and Ben the ends like a hook this should do the trick. I didn't want to pry too much with random tools in case I mess with the threads. Thanks for the help again if it wasn't for this forum I would be lost. Thank you thank you thank you much appreciated!!!
 
I use a large snap ring plier that is set to expand. It works great to "grab" the inside of the depression on the filter. They give just enough grab to wiggle the filter out. I used it for years on KTM's also!!

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Soo I got the oil filter out didn't have snap ring pliers would have worked but non the less I used a pick tool from my CZ 858 gun maintenance kit bent the end a little pulled out in a couple of tries. Anyhoo I was going to do oil change and new coolant got the oil in topped up and good to go. Popped the rad cap off unscrewed the drain plug and.........squirt squirt squirt and then nothing. I looked in the rad before pulling the plug but I couldn't see coolant. I haven't checked it in awhile because im an idiot. I put new coolant in it run it then topped it up. Do you think in messed my bike up tell me what you think of the bike and me i can take the criticism
 
alarenzoTC449 said:
Soo I got the oil filter out didn't have snap ring pliers would have worked but non the less I used a pick tool from my CZ 858 gun maintenance kit bent the end a little pulled out in a couple of tries. Anyhoo I was going to do oil change and new coolant got the oil in topped up and good to go. Popped the rad cap off unscrewed the drain plug and.........squirt squirt squirt and then nothing. I looked in the rad before pulling the plug but I couldn't see coolant. I haven't checked it in awhile because im an idiot. I put new coolant in it run it then topped it up. Do you think in messed my bike up tell me what you think of the bike and me i can take the criticism
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about how many ounces of coolant came out and what color was it. The stock coolant isn't very good. You probably ran it hot and boiled it out.
 
Before each ride I check tire pressure, oil level, and coolant level. Now I have a custom coolant recovery system so that part is easy.
 
My dog marks his territory with more pee than was in there. About 250 ml maybe and that's probably too high. The coolant was bright green in color looked okay. I'm running ENGINE ICE in my bike now it's supposed to lower coolant temps by 50F.
 
You're not an idgit, it seems to me that you are an enthusiastic guy who loves his bike and wants to ride the crap out of it. Lessons learned the hard way are those that are learned the best Grasshopper.
 
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