Thanks for all the replies with your thoughts!
As
@cbfarmall remarked, info on anything Remington brush cutter-ish seems to be non existent. But if not that, than what?
I've cooked up another collage of details and can't really imagine that the clutch/cover would be some home made contraption - looks way to slick for that.
A few things that occur to me now:
- There seems to be no idle screw, with the casing not even being open at that spot.
- Of course it is not needed, and the back handle is non-existent, but I don't see any opening for an oiler pump connection near where it would be located on the back handle either.
- There is no ID plate in the usual place (not even holes for a missing one) but there is some numbers on the housing under the clutch (see image)
That is not a PL6. The muffler determines that it is either a PL4 or PL5. Very interesting powerhead, hopefully someone else can chine in as to what it's purpose is.
Ohhwww, big whoops. It was sold to me as a PL-6 and I never had a closer look, but you are absolutely right, of course. For me the strange angled support under the front handle that the PL-6 and -7 have should have been telling. Also, come to think of it, the engine is quite small to be a 94 ccm.
It not being a PL-6 (big engine) doesn't bother me much - I basically wanted to have it because I couldn't easily find info on anything like this "version".
I'll measure the bore (next week) to see if it is a PL-4 or PL-5 derivative - or are there any other/easier tells?
I have quite a bit of literature but never seen that usually homelite made some stuff and Mac for odd ball applications. I have seen some Remington cut off saws though. And I do have literature on Remington snowblowers but it's probably something rebranded. It was called polar king
Yes, I've found a (1)
picture of a Reminton PL-ish cut off saw too.
Is your Remington literature digitized (as in: could it be easily shared)??
Thanks again for all your thoughts!