Homelite Chainsaws

[backwoodsboy]

maybe tonight after a few refreshments
Ive been out plowing snow all week so staying inside may be in store for me......:newbie:

 

[briantutt]

maybe tonight after a few refreshments
Ive been out plowing snow all week so staying inside may be in store for me......:newbie:

Video of it cutting in the dark with beer cans laying everywhere. Sounds funny...:hmm3grin2orange:

 

[backwoodsboy]

and safe as in nothing could ever go wrong:biggrinbounce2:

 

[Eccentric]

hey guys i have a blue homelite c5. any info on it? had it running once a year back with putting gas in carb. any info on these? acutually user pics?
O ya, whats the value
Joey

Nope. Never seen a C5 in my life (don't look at my avatar whatever you do). They're completely worthless. Send it to me for scrap.

16:1 on the gas mix? is this really true? Cause I got motivation to get it running! hopefully I can sell it or trade for another saw. Anyone here interested possibly?

I run all my old stuff at 32/1 with synthetic oil. 40/1 or even 50/1 would be fine with good synthetic oil. I'm just 'old fashioned' and run 32/1 because I always ran that in my dirt bikes. 16/1 is for 30wt motor oil. McCulloch used to advise their customers to run their oil at 40/1 and all other oils (especialy motor oil) at 20/1 in their saws...

Get it running. You'll keep it because it's cool and different. Everybody needs at least one piece of historic Magnesium. Make things easier for yourself though. Drain out whatever stale crap is left in the tank. Refill it about 1/3 of the way with fresh mix. Cap it and slosh the stuff around. Let it sit for a bit. Drain that out. Refill it about 1/4 full. Cap and slosh again. Drain it and refill about 1/2 way with good mix. Cap the sucker and put some good mix in a spray bottle. Open the throttle and choke and spray two or three good spritz's down the throat. Close the choke and pull the rope. Bet she pops and roars for a sec. Do that spritz and pull a few more times....................and she may well keep running on 'er own. You may have to nurse the choke on and off a bit until the diaphragms get to working right again. I've had many old saws easily wake up this way after a long sleep.

If the carb just plain won't cooperate, then you'll need to put a kit in it. RK88-HL for a full kit, or DG5-HL for a diaphragm/gasket kit. If you're replacing the tank-to-carb fuel line, 3/16" ID automotive rubber fuel line fits great, and seals the carb box hole well. 3/16" ID Oregon or Tygon line works great for the inner tank line.

Some folks 'round here don't take too kindly to new members starting things off with "what's this saw worth?" or "anybody want to buy this saw" posts right away. Welcome aboard in any case. I think you'll wanna keep that saw once you get it running. They're really not 'worth' big bucks (very common old saw thankfuly), but they are fun to tinker with. I've never paid more than $20 for one, but minty examples can bring more...

 

[Eccentric]

You fellows hear somethin'????

Oh crap...............I hear Randy comin'...



Better get some Homelite pics up soon before he shows up. Crap! There he is!

At least he's not holding another big old McCulloch!!!:hmm3grin2orange:


I now sit back and await the inevitable....opcorn:

 

[RandyMac]

That pic always makes me laugh. I still have that handtool, different handle though, I put a curve in it to help with chopping in deep undercuts.

 

[backwoodsboy]

Nope. Never seen a C5 in my life (don't look at my avatar whatever you do). They're completely worthless. Send it to me for scrap.



I run all my old stuff at 32/1 with synthetic oil. 40/1 or even 50/1 would be fine with good synthetic oil. I'm just 'old fashioned' and run 32/1 because I always ran that in my dirt bikes. 16/1 is for 30wt motor oil. McCulloch used to advise their customers to run their oil at 40/1 and all other oils (especialy motor oil) at 20/1 in their saws...

Get it running. You'll keep it because it's cool and different. Everybody needs at least one piece of historic Magnesium. Make things easier for yourself though. Drain out whatever stale crap is left in the tank. Refill it about 1/3 of the way with fresh mix. Cap it and slosh the stuff around. Let it sit for a bit. Drain that out. Refill it about 1/4 full. Cap and slosh again. Drain it and refill about 1/2 way with good mix. Cap the sucker and put some good mix in a spray bottle. Open the throttle and choke and spray two or three good spritz's down the throat. Close the choke and pull the rope. Bet she pops and roars for a sec. Do that spritz and pull a few more times....................and she may well keep running on 'er own. You may have to nurse the choke on and off a bit until the diaphragms get to working right again. I've had many old saws easily wake up this way after a long sleep.

If the carb just plain won't cooperate, then you'll need to put a kit in it. RK88-HL for a full kit, or DG5-HL for a diaphragm/gasket kit. If you're replacing the tank-to-carb fuel line, 3/16" ID automotive rubber fuel line fits great, and seals the carb box hole well. 3/16" ID Oregon or Tygon line works great for the inner tank line.

Some folks 'round here don't take too kindly to new members starting things off with "what's this saw worth?" or "anybody want to buy this saw" posts right away. Welcome aboard in any case. I think you'll wanna keep that saw once you get it running. They're really not 'worth' big bucks (very common old saw thankfuly), but they are fun to tinker with. I've never paid more than $20 for one, but minty examples can bring more...

Hey man thanks alot on the tank cleaning idea. I was thinking something along the lines of that but ive never tried it. Dont think i will have to replace gas lines, because it fired for about few seconds last year, just woldnt idle steady

And sorry asking about the value and things, I didnt sign up to flip things for money. Ive been on lots of forums for along time(mostly 4x4 toys, ive got some german cars also:biggrinbounce2 but i guess that was the :newbie: in me. I have had a few saws, polan woodshark, stihl 270? a mac that the air filter came loose and locked up, a few other ones, currently I have a ms310 and a c5!

LIke i said this is my first 'saw site, and I think I have a new addiction
and im suprised there that common. being made only two years doesnt seem long.

Anyways I wanna cut wood already!!!!!!

 

[Eccentric]

Hey man thanks alot on the tank cleaning idea. I was thinking something along the lines of that but ive never tried it. Dont think i will have to replace gas lines, because it fired for about few seconds last year, just woldnt idle steady

And sorry asking about the value and things, I didnt sign up to flip things for money. Ive been on lots of forums for along time(mostly 4x4 toys, ive got some german cars also:biggrinbounce2 but i guess that was the :newbie: in me. I have had a few saws, polan woodshark, stihl 270? a mac that the air filter came loose and locked up, a few other ones, currently I have a ms310 and a c5!

LIke i said this is my first 'saw site, and I think I have a new addiction
and im suprised there that common. being made only two years doesnt seem long.

Anyways I wanna cut wood already!!!!!!

Glad to see you here for 'fellowship' and learing, as opposed to info on how to make a quick buck. We've had a rash of 'those guys' here lately.

C5's were an extremely popular 'farmers' saw (as were the C51 and C52 variants that followed, with only minor changes). That's how they were marketed, and it worked well for 'em. I see at least 10 C5/51/52 saws for sale around here for every C7/9/71/91/72 saw from that family. I think every ranch within a 100 mile radius of here had either a C5/51/52 or a McCulloch 200/250/300/280 on it at one time or another...

 

[wigglesworth]

Just something else to trip over in the shop.......

 

[RandyMac]

ARRRR!!!
That be a 5-20?

 

[wigglesworth]

ARRRR!!!
That be a 5-20?

Yep. 5-20L to be exact. It's complete, but locked up. I havent even looked to see why yet. Cool thing is the muffler cover is on it, which I understand seems to be the first thing to disappear.

 

[RandyMac]

Yep. 5-20L to be exact. It's complete, but locked up. I havent even looked to see why yet. Cool thing is the muffler cover is on it, which I understand seems to be the first thing to disappear.

Second thing to disappear, the pulley cover is first.

 

[wigglesworth]

Second thing to disappear, the pulley cover is first.

LOL... your right. I didnt even notice.


What say ye about dem 5-20's?

 

[RandyMac]

LOL... your right. I didnt even notice.


What say ye about dem 5-20's?

They are a solid piece of machinery, the level of craftmanship is excellent, the materials used are high grade, one of Homelite's best of that time.

It could be seized and more likely, the clutch is stuck full of old oil. The starter is a Homelite classic gizmo, don't break it.

 

[little possum]

Wiggs you branchin out into antiques now?

That thing looks awesome!

 

[Wildman1024]

Sweet score jeremy. Be careful with that starter...I have broken all 3 of the ones I have. :monkey:

 

[sawbones]

Sweet score jeremy. Be careful with that starter...I have broken all 3 of the ones I have. :monkey:

you break everything you get your paws on junior

 

[Wildman1024]

you break everything you get your paws on junior

I've been known to break a few things. Part of learning I guess

 

[turtle561]

C-71

got my first big homelite last week. it is a C-71 that hadn't run in 16 years. was sitting in an old welding shop gathering dust. it was stuck, but only lightly, more like a hesitation. put some blaster in it and got a ratchet on the flywheel nut and it moved with the first pressure. guess the pull start just didn't have enough leverage. whew. next is the points, no spark there, but at least the flywheel came off easy. the carb box looks clean and bright but it's the tank that worries me. i can see the fuel pick up is embedded in a layer of goo that reminds me of the la brea tar pits. there has got to bea 1/4" of stuff in there. i can't pry the filter out of it so may do some soaking like eccentric referred to earlier. may have to pull the front of the tank off. any other ideas on this ? here's a pic of the bar and the number on it. i get the feeling it doesn't have a lot of time on it. now i have another 80cc saw to go with my l-71 mcculloch.the piston looks clean, no scoring. i want to hear this thing run.

 

[Mo Wood]

muffler mod on a bran new homlite

on sale now for a $100 model UT10540 should i buy it i wanna do my 1st muffler mod with the help of you guys. My saws Stihl 028 MS 180 015Av Poulan 4000 all runnin like a naked virgin whats up with this homelite 4 a $100Thanks