It's not a negative term for me Jeff. Also just about impossible to nail down exactly what model the saw actually was.............especially if it was put together (or rebuilt) from parts. Homelite changed back and forth between several charactaristics throughout the XL700/800/900 series run. The saws were all built with the same stroke, but went back and forth between 2.0" and 2.125" bores......sometimes in the same model. There were both 5.01 and 4.71 ci 925's for example. The last SXL925's were 4.71ci..................even though most of the earlier 925's were 5.01ci. The info for this saw series on Acres site is particularly sketchy and error filled. That's understandable, as this saw series is probably the most chaotic of any that Homelite produced. I doubt there's a man alive today that can make sense of it all with 100% certainty.
Homelite played with ignition systems (both phelon and wicco points systems, then prestolite and possibly other electronic systems), compression releases (or the lack of 'em............with the last saws again not having 'em), manual oiler pump locations (some in the C-5 type location.........and others in the XL-12 type location), starter cover designs (some with slots, others with the 'shaver' grilles), exhaust port shapes (some bridged, some oval), intake manifold shapes, paint and accent/trim colors, compression ratios, piston ring types, and other things I can't even remember now. Some charactaristics came and went. The model # system made no sense. I have a frankensaw XL 900 series project saw that appears to be an XL 903, yet has charactaristics that supposedly aren't "right" for that model. Chris T has an XL 700-ish frankensaw as well.
