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  1. mechanizm

    Vintage Homelite To The Rescue

    yes but when you are trying to get a job done the last thing you want to do is take your chainsaw apart. even so I looked at it and what a mess. I was in no mood to try to fix it. it's now in a landfill somewhere. yes, i know but it pissed me right off that they put covers over the...
  2. mechanizm

    Vintage Homelite To The Rescue

    I decided to clean-up some of the limbs of a fallen tree due to hurrican Ian. (all the big, old-growth oaks have been blown over in North Port, Fl and likely everywhere else in Iran's path...). I hadn't started any of my chainsaws in about a decade so I wasn't hopeful that I'd get one running...
  3. mechanizm

    firewood cutting with a bad back

    it's supremely important to lift weights as you grow old. when I stop, my back starts hurting because i'm a pool player and bend over hundreds of times daily on shots. what many think is a bad back is really just a weak back. start off slowly with light weight though....
  4. mechanizm

    Want to Sell VINTAGE JOHN DEERE GAS LEAF BLOWER

    i found this cool, vintage, john deere leaf-blower and had to buy it. shipping is going to be high . make me an offer... i squirted gas/oil mix in the carb and it started right up. it will probably need a good carb cleaning. i don't have the time to look at it in detail.
  5. mechanizm

    McCulloch PM605 At a Local Thrift-Store for $75.00

    it's in-the-case and looks, well, as good as it can...... just don't know if i want to pay $75.00 for it. this Sunday is 50% off so maybe i'll wait. if it's still there tomorrow, i'll take a pic.
  6. mechanizm

    Homelite Super XL Automatic For $10.00 WITH CASE & NEW CHAIN!

    thanks for noticing... that dog was the love of my life, Shimi (spot in japanese). she died in 2001. i rescued (stole) her from a mexican fighting ring along with puppy chow-mix with a cut off paw with bones sticking out. i went back and stole their chickens too.
  7. mechanizm

    Homelite Super XL Automatic For $10.00 WITH CASE & NEW CHAIN!

    it has good compression and was well maintained so i'm bettin that it will run well. today i used the craftsman (Husqvarna) to cut some big limbs for a friend. after some cursing and tweaking, i got the saw running/idling well. almost killed myself though but alls well that ends well...
  8. mechanizm

    Homelite Super XL Automatic For $10.00 WITH CASE & NEW CHAIN!

    i thought of that but wasn't sure. since i don't know you well, a smiley would have helped...
  9. mechanizm

    Homelite Super XL Automatic For $10.00 WITH CASE & NEW CHAIN!

    what does that mean exactly?
  10. mechanizm

    Homelite Super XL Automatic For $10.00 WITH CASE & NEW CHAIN!

    i found this gem today at a thrift-store for ten bucks. it's in the original case and comes with a new chain.
  11. mechanizm

    Wal-Mart agrees to contribute $25 million to settle gas can explosion lawsuits

    anyone remember the "old ironsides" gas cans that walmart used to sell? i bought one from them in 1987 and still have it. like the saying says; they don't make them like they used to... those plastic gas can suck and YES they do swell-up in the sun and shrink in the cold. i don't trust...
  12. mechanizm

    Thrift-Store Find John Deere 2E Leaf Blower

    no markings on it whatsoever.... good call on the PB210. haven't had time to get it running but i'm sure that it will run.
  13. mechanizm

    Thrift-Store Find John Deere 2E Leaf Blower

    i found this at a local thrift-store for five bucks. it has good compression. i think it'l run!
  14. mechanizm

    McCulloch Titan 2300 String Trimmer

    i bought one for $4.00 today at a thrift store. it' looks good, the pull-starter is fine and it has good compression. tomorrow i'll try to bring it back to life. well, after i rebuild the forks on my motersickle and mount a tire BUT after that, well after i chip the encrusted mortar from a...
  15. mechanizm

    Found A Montgomery Wards Model 65 Today

    holy cow! but spark arrester mufflers are for whimps. :chainsaw: maybe i should ebay my saw....
  16. mechanizm

    Found A Montgomery Wards Model 65 Today

    my wards 65 is so simple and easy to work on, i had it running in no time flat. no need to rebuild the carb. just take it apart and clean it but make sure to run wire though the passages in that brass screw that holds the float-bowl et. also blow it out with compressed air to be sure that...
  17. mechanizm

    Found A Montgomery Wards Model 65 Today

    It lives! i got my Wards #65 running really well! all i had to do was clean the carb and soak the chain and bar and clean some old gas out of the tank and this thing fired right up!!! it's ready to cut wood. all it needs is an air cleaner and a pull-start cord adjustment. video coming...
  18. mechanizm

    Found A Montgomery Wards Model 65 Today

    cutting wood with antique saws is the fun part...:mad:
  19. mechanizm

    EPA and saws

    LMAO!!! EPA threatened our candy-ass, local leaders to institute smog testing on ALL cars/trucks (except diesels :jawdrop:). they put my 50mpg honda civic THROUGH HELL every motherPhuuccking year! without going into detail, i realized that this was noting more than a way to take money out...
  20. mechanizm

    EPA and saws

    i've found some really nice saws that were scrapped for their weight in metal that just needed some carb adjustments. EPA has the manufacturers tweaking these carbs sooooo lean that eventually they starve for fuel. after the owner gets out of breath pulling that cord, he says "PHUUCKIT" and...
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