New-to-me: Homelite C-72 and Skilsaw 1616

Chris J. · Jun 3, 2011

I took a little drive today, and came home with two saws, a Homelite C-72 and a Skilsaw 1616. My camera batteries started dying before I had a chance to photo the 1616.

Model Profile: C-72

The C-72 has compression, and pulls over pretty easily. This surprises me because the Homelite 450 (Craftsman 4.5) that I had would try to tear my arm off. The P&C look good through the exhaust. The piston has some very light scoring, and in the only piston photo that came out well you can see some darkening on the piston, which I'm pretty sure (hoping) it's just carbon marks.

I haven't put any fuel in it because it was stored with fuel, which smelled like varnish, the tank will need a good cleaning. There's also lots of carbon build-up in the exhaust, which will also need to be cleaned. When I pulled the AF the carb area was nearly spotless, unlike the rest of the saw. I'm not sure what that means, guess I'll find out when I get farther into the saw.

Chris J. · Jun 3, 2011

More on the Homelite C-72.

The bar has big chunk missing, the rakers are tiny nubs and the teeth aren't much better, & the sprocket rim needs replacing.

I'll add the Skilsaw 1616 info once I get some photos.

Duke Thieroff · Jun 3, 2011

Chris J. said:
More on the Homelite C-72.

The bar has big chunk missing, the rakers are tiny nubs and the teeth aren't much better, & the sprocket rim needs replacing.

I'll add the Skilsaw 1616 info once I get some photos.

Chris,

Cool find, I have a C71 and a C91, the 71 is a runner, the 91 has a beat up P/C, I've got some parts if you'll be needing any.

Chris

CM76 · Jun 3, 2011

Nice score Chris. The C-72 looks good and should clean up well. I really like these series Homelites - just good, reliable and simple!

Well done :clap:

Regards,

Chris.

Chris J. · Jun 3, 2011

Thieroff said:
Chris,

Cool find, I have a C71 and a C91, the 71 is a runner, the 91 has a beat up P/C, I've got some parts if you'll be needing any.

Chris

Chris, thanks for the parts offer! As far as I can tell the saw is complete, except for needing a b&c, and I probably have a spur sprocket that'll fit it.

CM76 said:
Nice score Chris. The C-72 looks good and should clean up well. I really like these series Homelites - just good, reliable and simple!

Well done

Regards,

Chris.

Thanks, Chris, this was a deal too good to pass up.

I wonder how many other Chris' will post in this thread

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Duke Thieroff · Jun 3, 2011

Chris J. said:
I wonder how many other Chris' will post in this thread ?

Not too many Chris' out there, but plenty of wannabes, especially when we're all holding old mag and iron.

Chris

Eccentric · Jun 3, 2011

The light scoring is probably from hard carbon buildup in the exhaust port. Carefully clean that out and you'll be fine. The 4.5/450 has a much smaller starter pully than a C-Series saw (less mechanical advantage) an a higher compression ratio. The C/XP family isn't too hard to pull over until you move up to a healthy XP1000-1130G or 2000/2100/3100G.

cbfarmall · Jun 4, 2011

Chris J. said:
Chris, thanks for the parts offer! As far as I can tell the saw is complete, except for needing a b&c, and I probably have a spur sprocket that'll fit it.

Thanks, Chris, this was a deal too good to pass up.

I wonder how many other Chris' will post in this thread ?

Did somebody call???

Hey Chris, if you want to unload that C-91, I've got one I put a good slug and jug only to discover the crank was bad. Still haven't gotten around to finishing it.

Chris B.

homelitejim · Jun 4, 2011

Easy starting good running saws. If fuel was left in it you will probably need to replace the fuel line in the tank.

Eccentric · Jun 4, 2011

Chris Overload!!!

Once we get Daddy66 (Chris C) we'll just about all of them methinks. Almost as many Chris's as Randy's here...

Chris J. · Jun 4, 2011

Eccentric said:
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The C-72 will take an RK-88HL kit and uses 3/16"ID automotive fuel line from the tank fitting to the carb. 3/16" ID Tygon type line works fine inside the tank.

Eccentric posted the above info in the Homelite thread. I thought that I'd quote it here since not everyone follows the HL thread.

Chris J. · Jun 6, 2011

And now for the Skilsaw 1616 images (I hope).

Nope, photos won't "load" correctly--Once the photos "load" I get a red ! and the messages says not a valid image file. The images are JPEG files.

Edit--Still getting "This is not a valid image file."

I'll try later.