Any muffler style better than the other on a Homelite Super XL AUTO

[kentuckydiesel]

I picked up a $7 Blue Homelite Super XL Auto last weekend. To my surprise, even though the muffler, bar, and chain were rusted to nothing, I cleaned the little saw up and it runs great.

Now I need a muffler. I have seen three styles. The one on this saw has 3 slotted openings on the outer cover which is held on by two screws (and a third inside the muffler body). I have also seen them with one opening and three screws on the outer cover, and a third style with a three screw outer cover and sort of a heat shield over the opening on the outer cover.

I hope all this makes sense.

Is one style better than the others?

Thanks,
Phillip

 

[kentuckydiesel]

Never mind. Fabricating a muffler tomorrow morning.

-Phillip

 

[workshop]

I had a couple of early XL12's that had stack mufflers on them. They ran the best but very loud.

 

[mattinky]

I had a couple of early XL12's that had stack mufflers on them. They ran the best but very loud.

I have a early blue one with the stack on it, runs great but it sure is noisy

 

[Warped5]

Never mind. Fabricating a muffler tomorrow morning.

-Phillip

Pix or it didn't happen!

 

[kentuckydiesel]

Pix or it didn't happen!

I know, I know.

-Phillip

 

[kentuckydiesel]

Pics or it didn't happen...

Okay, here they are.

Decided to use an old Super EZ Auto Muffler as the starting point. Of course, that muffler has too small a port, mounting holes aren't spread wide enough, and it needed more depth to the muffler.

Here's the saw with the old bar and muffler
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Here's one showing the gap between the jug and the stock SEZAO muffler:
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Disassembled the old SXLAO Muffler and cut the mounting/port portion off it use as a template:
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Here you can see the "template" next to the SEZAO muffler with a tracing to show me what metal I need to mill out of the SEZAO muffler:
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-Phillip

 

[Jimmy in NC]

I had a couple of early XL12's that had stack mufflers on them. They ran the best but very loud.

I really like my XL12 with the stack. A sound that no one can miss!

 

[kentuckydiesel]

I milled an adapter/spacer plate out of 8ga mild steel and welded it onto the SEZAO muffler...but I forgot to take a picture of that...dang it.

Cut the outside guard/baffle off the SEZAO muffler and found that it actually had enough holes at a large enough size to equal about 100% of the exhaust port. Mounted it up to the saw and it fit like a glove.
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Here's the saw with it's new muffler after cutting some wood. Also has a new bar (Thanks to ModifiedMark!!) Running great. It's about as loud as it can be, but after richening it up a bit, it is 4-stroking as it should.
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-Phillip

 

[Yamamonster07]

The worst thing about this site is that the pictures stop working at some point

 

[Yukon Stihl]

I see you weren’t around for the
Linkbucks hack.
The pics didn’t Stop working, they were lost during a hack that shut the site down for a while.

 

[Yamamonster07]

I see you weren’t around for the
Linkbucks hack.
The pics didn’t Stop working, they were lost during a hack that shut the site down for a while.

Oh I see. That's unfortunate