Homelite Chainsaws

[sledrat]

Beautiful SAWS! Never really liked homelites till i read this thread!
here we go again!

 

[rms61moparman]

Beautiful SAWS! Never really liked homelites till i read this thread!
here we go again!

They made some pretty darned fine chainsaws...If you can't get lime green!!!


Mike

 

[Warped5]

They made some pretty darned fine chainsaws...If you can't get lime green!!!


Mike

Watter you doin' over here? :msp_ohmy:

 

[homelitejim]

Of the half dozen of that series that I have only the 923 has the decomp.

 

[67L36Driver]

What's the story with the bumblebee and the clutch cover hole?

Carlee (7) and Brody (4) came up with a 'seal of approval' for grandpa.

I can't speak about the sticker.......but the hole in the clutch cover happens when those little clutch plate screws back out and drag against the inside of the cover. That's a common 'feature' on Homelites with those little screws in the clutch.

That reminds me to get three hex socket button head cap screws at the hardware store and replace those phillips heads. Seal them with Locktite.


Yup, that pup is a bear to pull over just like my 'Fisher-Price' XL-800. No comp. release.

 

[67L36Driver]

Carlee wanted a princess sticker and Brody wanted it to be a Handy Many. Grandpa talked them into the bumble bee.

 

[fossil]

They made some pretty darned fine chainsaws...If you can't get lime green!!!


Mike

I think both of them sitting together reminds me of Christmas.

 

[leecopland]

xl9xx decomp

Of the half dozen of that series that I have only the 923 has the decomp.

Well that's very surprising to me.

 

[Eccentric]

This will keep Randy and Fraser off our backs...

Arrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!

Homelite 2000A that I just got in trade. Haven't had time to mess with it yet. Will make a good runner with some minor work. First over 77cc C/XP/2000-3100G series saw that I've gotten that actually has an MN/SN tag. I have a STACK of C-5 tags in addition to the two that are on saws...

 

[Mr. Bow Saw]

Nice saw Aaron....:msp_biggrin::biggrinbounce2:

 

[homelitejim]

 

[schudairy7-21]

Arrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!

Homelite 2000A that I just got in trade. Haven't had time to mess with it yet. Will make a good runner with some minor work. First over 77cc C/XP/2000-3100G series saw that I've gotten that actually has an MN/SN tag. I have a STACK of C-5 tags in addition to the two that are on saws...

Nice saw Aaron gotta love those 7 cuber's

 

[ChainLightning]

Finally got to my weird ignition XL-12 today.

Picked this one up a few months ago and it ran great for 5 minutes after I bought it until I cleaned the carb. Then it would just not start at ALL. I pretty much had to clean it because the carb case was packed and I do mean Packed with grease and dust. So after looking over the carb adjusting it in a million different positions it would not do anything. Not even with a shot of gas. So I cleaned the points, set and gapped them and still nothing. Finally had enough of it and threw it in the pile. Today I grabbed a parts blue Super XL from my pile and tore the whole points, condensor and coil out of it and popped it on this red XL-12. Cleaned and gapped them, slapped it back together and she runs good. Did I mention all the dust and oil packed in the cylinder fins? Lets just say that you could not even see the cylinder at all. So the reason someone must have got rid of this if anything was probably the excessive overheating :msp_unsure: :hmm3grin2orange:
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[fossil]

VI922 vid. Finally got it running

I finally got the VI922 running. Works pretty well and the power feels decent.

Here's a vid of a try out in some wood. 20" bar, semi chisel chain.

 

[Eccentric]

Good job Tim. Glad to see that you got it running right. If it's like my SXL-925W, it'll run the same speed with another foot of B/C on it........cutting big wood.

 

[struggle]

The over 100 cc cube Aaron ban has been lifted

I have your twin to that one. Except mine currently runs STRONG:msp_w00t:

 

[fossil]

Good job Tim. Glad to see that you got it running right. If it's like my SXL-925W, it'll run the same speed with another foot of B/C on it........cutting big wood.

Thanks Aaron. I had to put a vid up becasue this thread was showing signs of bleeding yellow.

 

[huck01955]

I finally got the VI922 running. Works pretty well and the power feels decent.

Here's a vid of a try out in some wood. 20" bar, semi chisel chain.

Works real nice :msp_w00t:

 

[fossil]

Works real nice :msp_w00t:

Thanks! Pulls strong. I'm impressed by the Homelites. They seem to be good runners. I wish I had three hands sometimes when working in those carb boxes though.

 

[Warped5]

Runs nice, Tim!

You started it pretty easily for a geezer! :jester:

Where'd you ever find that Aussie Homelite bar?