Homelite Chainsaws

[2broke2ride]

Price drop, $100 plus the ride, someone shoot me an offer.

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Saw is sold and headed to West Virginia.
I'm surprised nobody here wanted it at that price. [emoji1745]

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[svk]

Saw is sold and headed to West Virginia.
I'm surprised nobody here wanted it at that price. [emoji1745]

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Oh I definitely wanted it, but buried in saws ATM.

 

[PogoInTheWoods]

Most people here probably either already have one, or did at one time. I have two or three I'll never get to and would have a hard time giving them away in my area. Only paid $35 for the nice one.

And let's not forget, times are getting pretty rough for lots of folks these days and food is more than likely above 'old chainsaw' on the priority list for many..., even some of us.

 

[2broke2ride]

Most people here probably either already have one, or did at one time. I have two or three I'll never get to and would have a hard time giving them away in my area. Only paid $35 for the nice one.

And let's not forget, times are getting pretty rough for lots of folks these days and food is more than likely above 'old chainsaw' on the priority list for many..., even some of us.

You are likely right. It sold through Facebook and it sounds like the guy intends to really use the saw. He needs something that can pull a long bar but he didn't have much money to spend. Apparently he gets cast-offs from a veneer plant and some of the stuff is quite large.
I explained to him that these old saws are slow by today's standards and are manual oil only but that it would do what he needed it to and he was happy with that so win win I guess.

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[fossil]

Regarding XL-12s and follow-up models--did they all use 12-24 threads for the exhaust? I'm messing with one that has one hole at 1/4" and the other at 5/16". I know 5/16" is wrong, not sure about 1/4".

Hi Chris,

I've never seen anything but 12-24's. I have seen a bunch of stripped holes.

 

[Maintenance supervisor]

On the XL-12s with the all plastic manual oiler button, how does it come out?

 

[Hoggwood]

On the XL-12s with the all plastic manual oiler button, how does it come out?

I've never pulled any of mine as they pump and check well. But, there is a retaining pin held captive by the rear handle cover. Pull the two handle screws and voila.

IPL doesn't show the pin location very well.

 

[Maintenance supervisor]

Thank you I received a parts saw without the oiler button, but it runs.
The motor is good and I have one with a roached piston so.
On the saw with the missing button I see that there is threads a the top of the oiler button hole ? So maybe it take the early oiler button?

 

[fossil]

Thank you I received a parts saw without the oiler button, but it runs.
The motor is good and I have one with a roached piston so.
On the saw with the missing button I see that there is threads a the top of the oiler button hole ? So maybe it take the early oiler button?

Yes. Looks like this one

 

[Marine-piper]

Got a new C series Homelite yesterday, it's a C-72 and minus the exhaust it's complete and running...now!

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[Maintenance supervisor]

Parts from the original XL-12 fit just fine . Btw thank you for the photos of the plastic button assembly also.

 

[Maintenance supervisor]

Here's a new one for me, super XL-12 .
The bar I have mounted on it was really splayed out on the bottom rail so I took my rail closer and tightened it up, but 2 spots are a little bit too tight. Made some cuts and as the bar heated up the rail would clamp down on the chain, stalling the saw.

 

[Maintenance supervisor]

The outside was pretty clean when I got it?

 

[fossil]

Looks like the PO wasn't too particular how sharp their chain was.

 

[fossil]

A little twist with the appropriate screw driver will open the bar channel.

 

[Maintenance supervisor]

Luckily it was pretty fresh and the air compressor took care of most of it, very little brushing.

 

[Maintenance supervisor]

A little twist with the appropriate screw driver will open the bar channel.

Ill have to go through my selection of old blunt flat heads , but that laminate bar is stubborn. I have a length of. 404 x .063 I usually just pound down in a tight spot but it just bounces right back.

 

[xl130]

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The outside was pretty clean when I got it?

I picked up an old blue XL-12 that looked like that. It was beautiful and spotless on the outside. There was grease and junk about 50 years old jammed in under the covers! Hilarious. I guess some people just couldn’t be bothered to turn a few screws to clean them up.

 

[Maintenance supervisor]

I have to admit that a Pro mac 700 I used for milling some cedar got incredibly dirty under the starter housing, in a hurry!
After checking the a "new to me "saw for spark the next thing I usually do is disassemble it for cleaning, that has a way of exposing any defective parts or crushed lines/wires.

 

[fossil]

Ill have to go through my selection of old blunt flat heads , but that laminate bar is stubborn. I have a length of. 404 x .063 I usually just pound down in a tight spot but it just bounces right back.

Those old bars are very hard compared to most made today.