Found this old Homelite

[nilzlofgren]

Found this today at work. I think I got it narrowed down to Homelite , but not sure of the model. Its all metal except for the filter cover.

 

[ChuckinOhio]

Looks like an XL Homelite.


Chuck

 

[ray benson]

Believe it is a Super XL-AO last made about 1980.

 

[upandcommer]

looks almost exactly like my xl-12 in red I also have one in blue (older) a great torque"ie" saw hard to stop and hungry but my thumb hurts while useing it because of the manual oiler.

 

[Sprig]

EEK!

Yup, a little XL I think too but smaller then the xl76 I worked on last year, and fer dogs sake help us dial-up dinos out and re-size (all respectful and all )

ANDI thought the little Pioneer 1000-A a friend dropped off the other day was beat-ta-carp ugly, oh maaaaannnnnnnnnnn!

 

[pbuehning]

Based on the Model # 10045A, it is definately a SXL AO.:hmm3grin2orange:

 

[oldsaw]

Based on the Model # 10045A, it is definately a SXL AO.:hmm3grin2orange:

Smart ass, there is one in every crowd...btw, you beat me to it...this time.

I've got one of them. Great old saw, love it to death, but can't wait for it to break so I can get something better. I'll have a long wait ahead unless a seal goes bad. Did I mention that I really do love it?

Mark

 

[wkpoor]

Yep sure is the old SXL. I own 4 of them all in like new condition. One is still new in the box. All but one where made in the early 90's. I think somewhere around 93 or 95 was the last. The one that my friend Earl had at the Ohio GTG he uses everyday, and I really do mean everyday, he bought brandy new 2 yrs ago. Came in the original unopened box. He cuts about 1/2 cord every morning be lunch.

 

[RaisedByWolves]

Mark, Im telling you you not going to ever break it.....





Run it lean, get it hot, drop it in the lake at full revs, let slappy make you an air filter...


You cant kill them, their supernatural.

 

[Eccentric]

Yep. That's an '80s production Super XL-AO. Looks to have lived the gentle, pampered existance that most of these saws were/are forced to endure. I just picked up a sweet running/looking blue-white XL12. Lucked out realy. It's so cherry that I'm now looking for a good later SXL for firewood duty so I don't beat my blue one too much. Don't let my wife read this (not another old chansaw)...

They're a great saw. Built with only minor changes over a 20+ year run. Not fast, but strong with good displacement for the size. They're heavy, but not too bad. My XL12 has "Lightest Chainsaw in the Famous XL Series" on the clutch cover! Lombard, Poulan, and others were 'strongly influenced' by the wildly successful XL12/Super XL family (i.e. they ripped off Homelite).

I didn't think that these saws were made into the '90s. I thought they stopped around '87 or so. I hope they did make them that late. That's one thing that's kept the prices reasonable on these saws. There's still a million floating around, althought they're suffering the same fate as every other collectable machine (chainsaws, motorcycles, etc). They're getting gathered up and parted out for E-Bay. Parts are worth more $$$ than complete units (except for realy rare/desireable things like 090s). Good news for the parts hungry, but bad news for the long term. That's another rant...

Regardless of the cutoff year, they were the last good (great) saws sold by Homelite. One XL12/SXL is worth at least 10 XL2/SXL2 plastic-fantastics and 1,000,000 modern box-store 'Homelite' (in name ONLY) pretenders.

 

[nilzlofgren]

Based on the Model # 10045A, it is definately a SXL AO.:hmm3grin2orange:

Funny you should mention the model number.

UT#:10045A
SER#:400560059

 

[nilzlofgren]

EEK!

Yup, a little XL I think too but smaller then the xl76 I worked on last year, and fer dogs sake help us dial-up dinos out and re-size (all respectful and all

Your not the first one to ask me to resize, but how?

 

[Eccentric]

Funny you should mention the model number.

UT#:10045A
SER#:400560059

By following a "Figuring Out Homelite Serial Numbers" post on a certain Chainsaw Collecting forum that I belong to, I've deduced the following:

1)The saw was made in 1980 (if the second character in the ser# was an 'O' instead of a '0' it would be 1990)

2)It was made in the 56th day of that year. Should be Feb 25th unless I'm a mistaken...

3)The saw was the 59th unit made that day.

10045A, B, and C were all Super XL-AO model #s.

 

[ray benson]

UT# 10045D was last produced in 1994
UT# 10045E was last produced in 1995

 

[Eccentric]

UT# 10045D was last produced in 1994
UT# 10045E was last produced in 1995

Wow. That's good news. I'm shocked that the EPA and the safety police let these saws go as long as they did. Great to hear!!!:rockn:

 

[wkpoor]

Here is some of my collection. The oldest was bought by my father in the early 70's and still looks new. These saws have seen alot of use, but were well cared for. When I transport them to the job site they ride in a towel or on cardboard so the paint doesn't get all scratched up. I still have ne saved back new in the box for later. Probably never get to it though. these will run the rest of my life.

 

[wkpoor]

Here is what Earl does with his SXL Homy. The 3rd row has long been done. One row was used last winter and been replaced. He is on the forth now. Oh and I almost forgot, he is 72yrs old. WOW!!!

 

[Scooterbum]

What's that big blocky looking thing where the noise comes out? That don't look right.

 

[wkpoor]

Later saws had those.Just one of those things to keep the hot exhaust from touching something. Only the older ones doesn't have it. My newer ones do. I gotta say I learned at the GTG that these old homys might be great firewood saws but don't quite stack up like I thought they would. The Stihl equivalent in my opinion is the MS361. I ran several cuts against the 361 and they appeared pretty close. I would love to compare a 925 to some larger Stihls to see how they stack up.

Also does anyone know if the old Homys can be tuned up to run stronger? Heck everybody is jacking up the Stihls and Huskys, what about vintage stuff?

 

[RaisedByWolves]

Also does anyone know if the old Homys can be tuned up to run stronger?

Yep!


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