Homelite Chainsaws

[hoss]

You've got that right Carl. He contacted me not long after my post too. An unexpected pick-me-up to be sure. I've found NOS triggers on feebay, but no carb boxes. Could have gotten it going with the trigger (and much swearing when swapping it out), but the handle/carb box would have been a failure waiting to happen. Much easier to swap it out as a unit as well.

opcorn: Is it finished yet? Let's see this monster roarin agin. (Pushy I know, but I kinda like these saws.)

 

[Mastermind]

Picked up this little guy today for $12 seems like it should run. Thought it was a good deal and in fair shape. Is this early 80s vintage?

Those saws never die. I would guess that more trees have been killed with the XL12 and their various variants than any other saw. :msp_thumbup:

 

[Eccentric]

opcorn: Is it finished yet? Let's see this monster roarin agin. (Pushy I know, but I kinda like these saws.)

It would be Ian............but my whole damn weekend got hyjacked. Been on kid and sick wife (and dog) duty. Yesterday started with the dog throwing up all over the family room (no kidding)............then got better with the wife having an abscessed tooth. Took her to the doctor today and she's on pain meds and antibiotics, and ain't good for nothing right now. She won't be able to get to the dentist until tuesday at least.

Oldest daughter got sick and threw up early this moring (thank God she made it to the toilet). She's ill. Wife's down. Been taking care of everybody. Closest thing to working on saws that I've had was talking on the phone with an AS member yesterday (about 1/2 hour before the dog made things fun) and spending some time here on the computer. Now that the youngest is going to bed, I hope to sneak out to the shop to put the 750 together. Good thing I'm a night owl as I work swings. Signed up to work the holiday tomorrow. That was before everybody got sick. At least the next paycheck will be better.........:help:

 

[wendell]

I may be getting a 360 tomorrow.

 

[Eccentric]

I may be getting a 360 tomorrow.

Pretty good saws. Be ready to order an intake boot. Good news is that they're cheap, and not as hard to swap out as the boot on a 330.

 

[hoss]

It would be Ian............but my whole damn weekend got hyjacked. Been on kid and sick wife (and dog) duty. Yesterday started with the dog throwing up all over the family room (no kidding)............then got better with the wife having an abscessed tooth. Took her to the doctor today and she's on pain meds and antibiotics, and ain't good for nothing right now. She won't be able to get to the dentist until tuesday at least.

Oldest daughter got sick and threw up early this moring (thank God she made it to the toilet). She's ill. Wife's down. Been taking care of everybody. Closest thing to working on saws that I've had was talking on the phone with an AS member yesterday (about 1/2 hour before the dog made things fun) and spending some time here on the computer. Now that the youngest is going to bed, I hope to sneak out to the shop to put the 750 together. Good thing I'm a night owl as I work swings. Signed up to work the holiday tomorrow. That was before everybody got sick. At least the next paycheck will be better.........:help:

I got three kids myself and I can certainly understand the time & effort a sick wife can need. Glad to hear you're still thinkin bout it though. I'm a bit of a nightowl myself too. I always hated finishing a saw late at night and having to wait till morning or the next day to run it.

 

[leecopland]

XL Automatic carb issues

Picked up this little guy today for $12 seems like it should run. Thought it was a good deal and in fair shape. Is this early 80s vintage?

Nice score,

I picked two of those for $25.00. One has good comp (150) but no spark and the other has good spark but only 115 lbs comp. Both need carb work and here is my question. How do you get the carb off? The carb bolts are too long so do you remove the intake manifold. Its bolts appear to be too long as well.
I have an XL12 on which I rebuilt the carb without any problems of removal.
Also haven't been able to remove the flywheel yet to check the points. I've ordered longer bolts for my puller. Both coils are non-blue so I'm assuming points.

Regards,:msp_confused:

Lee from the Great Frozen North

 

[Mastermind]

I may be getting a 360 tomorrow.

Pretty good saws. Be ready to order an intake boot. Good news is that they're cheap, and not as hard to swap out as the boot on a 330.

I did a thread on the 360 awhile back. We even had to split the tanks to clean the black goopy crap out of it. It ended up being a great runner though. :msp_thumbup:

We now have a Super EZ, 360PRO, 450, 650 Super, and a 750. Yeah I like that series.

 

[wendell]

I did a thread on the 360 awhile back.

Really?!? :msp_tongue:

 

[joe25DA]

'75 sxlao

Didnt do too much too it other than take it down a bit and cleaned out 37 year of dead tree from it. The P.O. ran it withoutone of the 2 frot handle brace screws and cracked the mag a bit, nothing major that will affect the saw but it was also easily avaoidable:mad2:. It runs awesome, has the points IGN, I know its a '75 so maybe that puts it towards the last of the points saws? I put a nice HOMELITE 16" replaceable sprocket bar on it that Id been saving. This one has more than enough grunt to pull a 20" tho. This one of my favorite saws all around. Over-built and easy to work on. Too bad they arent building saws like these in NY, CA and LA anymore.

 

[HeRoze]

It would be Ian............but my whole damn weekend got hyjacked. ----:help:

I feel your pain man. We've all had weekends like that, especially with kids. Mine when they were toddlers were mamma's kids (still are, actually). BUT, when it was time to puke they would run towards me and yell DADDY!!! and vomit in my lap. That happened two times per kid that I can recall. Awesome.

Take care and get some saw time in if you aren't beat.

vic

 

[mweba]

Display I ran accross this weekend on vacation. Homie 26LCS that apparently led the way of mechanization, killing many a rain forest in its path......so it read anyway:msp_unsure:


DSC_0183 by mweba1, on Flickr


DSC_0181 by mweba1, on Flickr

 

[67L36Driver]

Nice score,

I picked two of those for $25.00. One has good comp (150) but no spark and the other has good spark but only 115 lbs comp. Both need carb work and here is my question. How do you get the carb off? The carb bolts are too long so do you remove the intake manifold. Its bolts appear to be too long as well.
I have an XL12 on which I rebuilt the carb without any problems of removal.
Also haven't been able to remove the flywheel yet to check the points. I've ordered longer bolts for my puller. Both coils are non-blue so I'm assuming points.

Regards,:msp_confused:

Lee from the Great Frozen North

Use a 5/16", or better yet, an 8mm open end wrench. Take the H & L jet screws out. Remove the side of the handle (two screws and they will be tight!) so you can disconnect the throttle link.

Visit the hardware store and get a couple or four #12-24 x 2 or 2 1/2 long round head screws for your puller.

Junk saws are the only place I've found to get the hex head #12-24 s.

1/4" pop rivit washers make good #12 flat washers.

 

[homelitejim]

Display I ran accross this weekend on vacation. Homie 26LCS that apparently led the way of mechanization, killing many a rain forest in its path......so it read anyway:msp_unsure:


DSC_0183 by mweba1, on Flickr


DSC_0181 by mweba1, on Flickr

must have been in the hippie museum of anti communists, who's mission it is to convert idiots into conscripts.

 

[mweba]

must have been in the hippie museum of anti communists, who's mission it is to convert idiots into conscripts.

They did have Starbucks in the lobby

 

[psuiewalsh]

must have been in the hippie museum of anti communists, who's mission it is to convert idiots into conscripts.

Did they have a good sized poster of that. I would like one for my workshop.

 

[leecopland]

Use a 5/16", or better yet, an 8mm open end wrench. Take the H & L jet screws out. Remove the side of the handle (two screws and they will be tight!) so you can disconnect the throttle link.

Visit the hardware store and get a couple or four #12-24 x 2 or 2 1/2 long round head screws for your puller.

Junk saws are the only place I've found to get the hex head #12-24 s.

1/4" pop rivit washers make good #12 flat washers.

Thanks muchly, I've ordered the long machine screws and I'm on my way out to get a 5/16 or 8m, wrench. I thought the closed end might be better but I'll see what's available. I hate to buy 20 to get the 1 you really want.

Regards,

Lee

 

[Eccentric]

Didnt do too much too it other than take it down a bit and cleaned out 37 year of dead tree from it. The P.O. ran it withoutone of the 2 frot handle brace screws and cracked the mag a bit, nothing major that will affect the saw but it was also easily avaoidable:mad2:. It runs awesome, has the points IGN, I know its a '75 so maybe that puts it towards the last of the points saws? I put a nice HOMELITE 16" replaceable sprocket bar on it that Id been saving. This one has more than enough grunt to pull a 20" tho. This one of my favorite saws all around. Over-built and easy to work on. Too bad they arent building saws like these in NY, CA and LA anymore.

Yep. Won't see saws like those coming from Port Chester, Shreveport, or Los Angeles again I'm afraid. I have a good running SXL exactly like that plus two parts saws of the same vintage (both with smoked P/C's). What part is cracked? Is it the upper handlebar brace? I've got spares of those. Heck, whatever SXL part is cracked..........I have spares of. Let me know whatcha need and I'll send it with your P/C. Would've pulled that P/C last weekend, but I got a bit sidetracked....:msp_unsure:

I feel your pain man. We've all had weekends like that, especially with kids. Mine when they were toddlers were mamma's kids (still are, actually). BUT, when it was time to puke they would run towards me and yell DADDY!!! and vomit in my lap. That happened two times per kid that I can recall. Awesome.

Take care and get some saw time in if you aren't beat.

vic

Thanks Vic. My oldest puked on me quite a few times when she was a baby. Sometimes at bedtime she'd work herself up crying until she spit up all over the crib. My wife can't handle that kind of mess (I'm unfortunately somewhat better at it), so I'd strip to my skivvies, pick up Hannah, and take her with me right into the shower to wash both us off. Then I had to go clean up the crib after we dried off. Yucka...

I'm indeed beat from the weekend. No saw time yet. Worked last night, and got up much earlier than usual today to take Jenn to the dentist. I work nights, so an 8:30 appointment is EARLY for me. She's there now, and I've got both the girls. Waiting for the call to go pick her up (dentist is 12 minutes away). Then it's off to work again.....

 

[67L36Driver]

C5 points coil.

Been having trouble with intermittent spark on my latest C5 project. Finally decided to change the plug wire and discovered the mounting surface under the pole piece was covered with 'white death' and the coil insulation is turning to mush. Soft like a Knerff ball.

Anyone see any thing like this before?

I'll have to find another coil.

Yikes! 73 USD on evilbay.

 

[Hedgerow]

Something showed up in my garage the other day, so I figured you guys would be the ones to ask if it's worth messing with... It's an XL800... Best I can tell is it's 82cc of Homelite metal... Good compression and runs on prime... Leaks fuel like cheesecloth... Previous owner has made a feeble attempt to repair case leak with something resembling fiberglass??? Is this something worth messing with? Or offer it up as parts?
I got plenty of other saw projects going on...

Funny thing is... For a saw of it's age and displacement, it ain't that heavy!!! :msp_confused: