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Congrats WM, I know youve been looking for a while. I still havent been back to the ol Homelite shop :(

But like Hoss said- HURRY up already

Well here it is! I haven't run it yet since it's 12:48am here but I got her all put back together. Looking really good to but i have a few things i wanna tweak 1st before I call her finished. I gotta strip the green and 1/2 missing paint off the handle bar and look for another flywheel cover. I reused the old one since it was not broken but its fun faded to an orange color and the rest of the saw is red and IMO looks like crap.

I have a new loop of stihl .404 skip here I got with the bar but its to long and needs a few links taken out. Other then that I think she is ready to cut wood.

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Congrats!

Wildman, WOW :jawdrop:

Time well spent, you've really got something special there.

I hate to ask.....she gonna be a runner or a showpiece? Really is a thing of beauty. :clap:
 
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That sob looks great! :clap: I have that same Cannon bar in the Pioneer mount, mines a 32".

Wildman, WOW :jawdrop:

Time well spent, you've really got something special there.

I hate to ask.....she gonna be a runner or a showpiece? Really is a thing of beauty. :clap:

She is gonna be a runner but only every once in awhile. She was a runner before but the thumb would get tired if you know what i mean. I'll use here here and tehre but plan to keep in pristine condition! I actually bought a 1050 recently to use as my runner cause it the same saw with an auto oiler built in already.
 

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Well here it is! I haven't run it yet since it's 12:48am here but I got her all put back together. Looking really good to but i have a few things i wanna tweak 1st before I call her finished. I gotta strip the green and 1/2 missing paint off the handle bar and look for another flywheel cover. I reused the old one since it was not broken but its fun faded to an orange color and the rest of the saw is red and IMO looks like crap.

I have a new loop of stihl .404 skip here I got with the bar but its to long and needs a few links taken out. Other then that I think she is ready to cut wood.

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Got the nos muffler cover going too huh? Well i'd say you have that saw set up about as well these can be set up. You have a real gem there. I know you'll enjoy it.
 
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Got the nos muffler cover going too huh? Well i'd say you have that saw set up about as well these can be set up. You have a real gem there. I know you'll enjoy it.

Thanks Hoss. I'm really happy with it. Once i get the handle bar cleaned up and a non sun faded orange flywheel cover i'll be happy with the finished project. I'm pretty happy as is though. That oiler and bar really make the saw. :clap:
 
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I have a new loop of stihl .404 skip here I got with the bar but its to long and needs a few links taken out. Other then that I think she is ready to cut wood.

sounds like I grabbed the wrong loop. I thought I sent the full comp loop that fit it.

I had that longer loop of skip that needed shortened hanging with that set but sent you the wrong one.

do you need a repair set ?
 
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sounds like I grabbed the wrong loop. I thought I sent the full comp loop that fit it.

I had that longer loop of skip that needed shortened hanging with that set but sent you the wrong one.

do you need a repair set ?


It's ok. I'll bring it to the local stihl dealer and just have it shortned. I stopped and saw cuttin Scott today and had a few other chains sharpened and lengthened/shortned. He didn't have any stihl chain stuff though
 
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Here she is basically complete! I still gotta tweak the carb a little bit, Strip the green paint off the handle cause it's 1/2 missing anyways and get a new fan cover. I just bought that one to replace a broken one but of course in the picture it didn't look "sun faded".
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I know a guy with a bunch of SP-125s...

I hear of a bunch of people that do but I never see any materialize if you know what I mean.

This is a cool saw no doubt. I'm glad I got to play with the oiler but I have replacement saws to use and cant see it sitting on a shelf when I like to run them. Atleast I can say I had one.

If I dont get the right offer though I'm not gonna give it away and it i'll look at it on the shelf ya know.
 
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The good thing about that is you have a one-of-kind part that are very hard to come by.

I think the reason you don't see many 125s materialize is because they're a fun saw to run and they have the best of everything- huge displacement and power, auto oiling, vibration control, and they sound so freakin cool.
 
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The good thing about that is you have a one-of-kind part that are very hard to come by.

I think the reason you don't see many 125s materialize is because they're a fun saw to run and they have the best of everything- huge displacement and power, auto oiling, vibration control, and they sound so freakin cool.


That's all the reasons why I want one. The are just bad azz
 

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