Anybody near Raleigh NC. can work on mine? the oiler works but oil line is busted and the muffler is shot.
The saw runs great, strong and LOUD!!!!
The saw runs great, strong and LOUD!!!!
XL-12
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You can probably pick up any parts you need at the local hardware store and put them on it yourself. Not too difficult.
Fine saws--I like mine with a bow!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, I put fresh gas in tank that was dry and tried to crank it and would not start. The spark plug is good. It has compression but no start. I thought there was gas filter on a hose in the tank but I can't it fishing for the hose/filter. Any advice is appreciated.
I have the same saw, but you are over a thousand miles away. It has a great muffler, is really loud, and runs strong as an ox. Mine is blue all over. I usually take it to GTG meetings for display and discussion. I believe it's about 50 years old. Nice collector's item, and that is why I still own it.
A couple spoons full of regular fuel mix down the sparkplug hole, reinstall the plug and with the switch on a couple fast pulls over the saw should start for a few seconds. Doesn`t matter if the tank has fuel in it or even if there is a fuel line attache d to the carb. That is what I do to every old saw that comes my way and they number into the hundreds.
Oops! Mine is the XL-101, but it sure does resemble the one OP shows and the one shown in post #11.
Early XL 12's didn't have a line with a filter on it in the tank. They had a felt pickup on the drive side of the tank. I'm not sure what you have there but from the pic where your line is I think that one may suppose to have the line and filter.
The oil lines are easy, they are just 1/8" copper tubing with compression nuts and ferrules. It is not uncommon for those to break.
Ya the oil tubing is leaking.
Cord_Nipper
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I picked an XL bow saw a few years back. Great for bucking!
