My brother and I took my Dad's old Homelite Super XL and gave it a carb kit/tune-up a while back and finally got to put the old saw to work cutting some firewood. This saw was bought new in the mid 70's and is red in color. It has cut tons of firewood over the years, but until recently had been setting on the shelf in favor of newer Stihls, Echos and Poulans.
Firstly, the muffler looks like an empty box. I think the only thing in it was a spark arrestor screen. I'm thinking that back when this saw was made, mufflers were more of an ornament than a functional piece AND when we fired-up the saw in the woods, there was no mistaking someone was running a chainsaw! Ear plugs most definately required.
The saw started and ran like a new one. It had been many years since I had been around the saw when it was cutting firewood and we had a sharp chain on it - with a 16 inch Homelite bar. WOT was slow compared to my Stihl MS210, but the old Homelite cranked out a steady stream of chips and never seemed to bog while cutting oak firewood.
The saw has a manual oiler too. As a teenager, I think I always pumped oil onto the bar. This time out while running the saw, I had to remember to pump a bit of oil after using saws with automatic oiler.
There's a lot of life left in my Dad's old Homelite and after running it again, I'm thinking it's to bad these saws can't be bought new again, what a great saw.
Bill
Firstly, the muffler looks like an empty box. I think the only thing in it was a spark arrestor screen. I'm thinking that back when this saw was made, mufflers were more of an ornament than a functional piece AND when we fired-up the saw in the woods, there was no mistaking someone was running a chainsaw! Ear plugs most definately required.
The saw started and ran like a new one. It had been many years since I had been around the saw when it was cutting firewood and we had a sharp chain on it - with a 16 inch Homelite bar. WOT was slow compared to my Stihl MS210, but the old Homelite cranked out a steady stream of chips and never seemed to bog while cutting oak firewood.
The saw has a manual oiler too. As a teenager, I think I always pumped oil onto the bar. This time out while running the saw, I had to remember to pump a bit of oil after using saws with automatic oiler.
There's a lot of life left in my Dad's old Homelite and after running it again, I'm thinking it's to bad these saws can't be bought new again, what a great saw.
Bill
My XL-12 has one on it, and I like it much better than the bulky can muffler.
