ProudCapitalist
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I bought a Homelite 600D at a garage sale for $15 this summer and figured that I would take it apart to learn something about 2-stroke engines, and it would be cheap enough to pitch if I never got it running. I didn't know jack about chainsaws, but I saw it and thought "this thing is old and American, looks to be in reasonable shape, I'll bet this will be easy to fix if I learn."
I only have one minor question if anybody can help, because I am very naive about chainsaws in the first place. That question is at the bottom of this comment and is about the make of the bar.
I also didn't know jack about engines before I bought this, but a guy at work taught me some fundamentals and I borrowed his granddad's popper. I had a blast reanimating this big fella, and it worked perfect after popping the flywheel and filing/resetting the points on the magneto. I cleaned some corrosion out of the aluminum fuel tank and sealed the side access panel back up with some Hylomar. The brass nut for the fuel filter nipple on the gas tank seems to have been secured in to place with some sort of plumber's putty and it won't unscrew even when you stick it in a machinist's vice and twist. Wasn't much varnish in the carb at all, but I took it apart anyway to check out the construction of it. It came with no spark arrestor and muffler, so I stuffed a tin can with a copper scouring pad and bolted it on to the exhaust port. I've also got about 1/5 of a full grocery store shopping bag full of oil-soaked wood pulp that was caked on to the machine. I won't be cutting anything major with this monster until I buy some chaps, gloves, and a face guard.
It runs good, but I could use some info on the bar if anyone can help. It's a Draper Penfield "WEAR TOUGH" bar, model number 5423S. Uses 063GA chain, I assume this means the chain gauge is 0.063". The bar itself measures 21" in length from front to back. Does this mean that the bar is a 21" bar? The bar is in good shape, but I am not sure what replacement chain in 0.063 ga size to buy.
Thanks
I only have one minor question if anybody can help, because I am very naive about chainsaws in the first place. That question is at the bottom of this comment and is about the make of the bar.
I also didn't know jack about engines before I bought this, but a guy at work taught me some fundamentals and I borrowed his granddad's popper. I had a blast reanimating this big fella, and it worked perfect after popping the flywheel and filing/resetting the points on the magneto. I cleaned some corrosion out of the aluminum fuel tank and sealed the side access panel back up with some Hylomar. The brass nut for the fuel filter nipple on the gas tank seems to have been secured in to place with some sort of plumber's putty and it won't unscrew even when you stick it in a machinist's vice and twist. Wasn't much varnish in the carb at all, but I took it apart anyway to check out the construction of it. It came with no spark arrestor and muffler, so I stuffed a tin can with a copper scouring pad and bolted it on to the exhaust port. I've also got about 1/5 of a full grocery store shopping bag full of oil-soaked wood pulp that was caked on to the machine. I won't be cutting anything major with this monster until I buy some chaps, gloves, and a face guard.
It runs good, but I could use some info on the bar if anyone can help. It's a Draper Penfield "WEAR TOUGH" bar, model number 5423S. Uses 063GA chain, I assume this means the chain gauge is 0.063". The bar itself measures 21" in length from front to back. Does this mean that the bar is a 21" bar? The bar is in good shape, but I am not sure what replacement chain in 0.063 ga size to buy.
Thanks
