Dried out fuel lines on Homelite Super XL 925

[Ax-man]

I recently took in 5 925's, can make two decent saws out of the all the parts, got one of them done and is running, only after disturbing the old fuel line it is sucking air between the metal line coming from the tank and the carb inlet fitting, can't or won't seal good enough at either end for the saw to run right.

Is there a way to rejuvinate these old dried out rubber parts before disassembling them, or am I just SOL and have to think of another way to solve this little problem. I messed one line up already and I am down to my last two, their all in about the same condition.

I'm not a Homelite expert, but one of these saws is a newer updated model that is really nice looking compared to the other four, the piston and cylinder are junk. Would engine parts from the older saws interchange with the newer model??

Any help would be appreciated.

Larry

 

[Al Smith]

Well,old bud,the rubber lines are toast.Once they start to deteriate,there is no saving them.I have used newer plastic fuel line as a replacement.Heat the ends up ,with a hair drier[in my case,I have a commercial heat gun],and install.Can't say much about the interchange of parts,sorry,but someone can.

 

[Ax-man]

Thanks for the tip Al, figured I was SOL on the lines, I do have a good heat gun for heat shrinking electical connections, just found another use for a tool I didn't think I would be using that much.

Larry

 

[weimedog]

I bought NOS fuel lines from Randy's Small Engine repair (posts on Ebay). Got mine running real quickly after replacing those lines. Great running saws. The XL800 I have and my 925 are my two favorites for real work..especially in the cold as they START!!! really easy as compared to anything else I have. As for those fuel line..I would like to try another approach...put a fitting where the lines exit the tank. The rubber they have is a real pain to install and my bet is the new gasolenes will attack that rubber and soon put me right where I started.....If someone has done that already I would be interested in the bits and peices used before I go and inovate.