Hello,
I have poked around on this forum a bit over the last few years, and finally decided to do my own chainsaw rebuild. My grandpa gave me his old Homelite Super EZ Auto a few years ago, and I finally went through it this summer. Grandpa and I were using the saw back in 1995 cutting some Autumn Olive brush, and the recoil spring turned loose. It went on the shelf that day, and we just didn't use it anymore. He was moving a few years back, and gave it to me. I was curious so I put in a new recoil spring, gassed it up, and it ran. Hadn't been started in about 14 years at that point, but ran half decent. It wouldn't idle and was hard to start but ran great in the cut. Well, I forgot about it for a few more years, and finally tore it down this summer. I did more work than needed to be done, but it was fun, and I wanted it to run good for another 40 years. I put in new bearings, seals, piston, and rebuilt the carb.
The saw runs great now, and seems very aggressive for a 2.5 cube saw. I was very impressed with the fit and finish of this machine, and the construction was very interesting. I would say the hardest part is just getting the carb out of the air box. Anyway, I have a lot of memories of tagging along in the woods as a kid while grandpa ran this saw. He cut a lot of firewood and cleared a lot of brush with this thing. He took down several oaks over the years that were some 30 inches in diameter with it as well. When his more modern saw wouldn't start, he always counted on the old Homelite. I decided not to paint the saw as I think it looks best as a working saw.
Best,
Peter
I have poked around on this forum a bit over the last few years, and finally decided to do my own chainsaw rebuild. My grandpa gave me his old Homelite Super EZ Auto a few years ago, and I finally went through it this summer. Grandpa and I were using the saw back in 1995 cutting some Autumn Olive brush, and the recoil spring turned loose. It went on the shelf that day, and we just didn't use it anymore. He was moving a few years back, and gave it to me. I was curious so I put in a new recoil spring, gassed it up, and it ran. Hadn't been started in about 14 years at that point, but ran half decent. It wouldn't idle and was hard to start but ran great in the cut. Well, I forgot about it for a few more years, and finally tore it down this summer. I did more work than needed to be done, but it was fun, and I wanted it to run good for another 40 years. I put in new bearings, seals, piston, and rebuilt the carb.
The saw runs great now, and seems very aggressive for a 2.5 cube saw. I was very impressed with the fit and finish of this machine, and the construction was very interesting. I would say the hardest part is just getting the carb out of the air box. Anyway, I have a lot of memories of tagging along in the woods as a kid while grandpa ran this saw. He cut a lot of firewood and cleared a lot of brush with this thing. He took down several oaks over the years that were some 30 inches in diameter with it as well. When his more modern saw wouldn't start, he always counted on the old Homelite. I decided not to paint the saw as I think it looks best as a working saw.
Best,
Peter
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