Homelite 450 and 750

firebrick43 · Mar 2, 2005

I have used a crappy poplan for a few years and it finally blew. Now that I have bought a place out in the country and am out of the military I want to get serious about cutting wood. I live in warren county indiana and want to cut wood for heat and also get an alaskan mill to cut beems for another shed and an addition. Well the gentleman I bought the property from left an old homelite 450 and it appeared to be in great shape so I took most of the covers off and cleaned it up. Looking down the intake and exhaust ports on the cylinder I see nothing out of the ordinary and it has very good compression. I couldn't figure out how to check for spark because of the coil built into the cover cap until i thought of running it on propane. If fired right up and ran for a sec until i removed the propane. Well it is missing the top cover but it is still available.

I have found nothing at all on this saw except for the specs on the chainsaw collectors corner. Is it worth putting 90 dollars into for an air cover, air filter, carb rebuild kit, carb connector boot, plug, and fuel lines or should I look into a new saw.
Also my uncle has offered a homelite 750 which is huge. It runs but is very difficult to start(has been setting for years). It undoubtably needs a carb kit as well. Would this be a good saw for a mill?

Any thing good or bad about these saws would be greatly appreciated

Jay Moyer

John in MA · Mar 2, 2005

Very large, very powerful, somewhat valuable. $90 is reasonable if the saw is in good shape. Check the rubber intake boot on both saws. If they're cracked or rotted at all they must be replaced. It's the root of many late-model pro Homelite problems. The big one should be a fine milling saw.

Dadatwins · Mar 2, 2005

Welcome to site, be careful running 2 cycle chainsaws with propane or anything except fuel mix, Propane and starting fluid do not have cylinder lube and it is real easy to score a piston. Definitley check the carb boots and fuel lines on both those models, they are suspect to dry out and split. 750 a nice 100 cc model saw still sought by quite a few folks on this site. If you decide to get rid of it, post it here and I am sure you will find some takers. Good luck with them both.

Lawn Masters · Mar 2, 2005

If you decide to get rid of the 450, I'll take that saw. same for the 750, if the price is right.

chainsawworld · Mar 3, 2005

they are a little heavy and do have some issues. check the fuel lines, intake manifold and mounts. snatch up all the new ignition parts you can find. they will always be worth something to someone. marty

firebrick43 · Mar 3, 2005

I prelubed the piston and it fired maybe a whole second, probly less. I just wanted to check for spark not ruin the saw. I went ahead and ordered the parts, hopefully it will run like a raped ape!

Jay Moyer