Anyone have a pull starter for this old girl homelite vi 125
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dieseldod
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dieseldod
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not any answer to this ?where have all the traffic gone from this site?
Here’s a well used VI 123 recoil cover on eBay. I think the VI 125 was made in Canada. Have you tried contacting Leon at Leons Chainsaw Repair? He’s a great resource for parts & info on Homelites.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1440904455...peVeDIOSG6&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1440904455...peVeDIOSG6&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
Shipping will cost more than the saw is worth.
I didn’t look at his location
That’s pretty much par for the course on my projects, lol, but I enjoy it.
Some of us will sink far too much money into a project saw just to satisfy the urge to repair and not toss a machine, I for one am very guilty of doing such with many oldies sitting on shelves than there is no chance of ever recouping costs on but it`s my hobby to rebuild instead of toss out. Most consider cost before diving into projects as I have far too often.
Jeff, I think the VI 125 was actually made in New York, the saws like it made up here were all called Super Mini`s when made under the Homelite Terry machinery collaboration in Point Claire Quebec
I feel the same. I don’t have as many saws as most but have far more than I ever expected to have (over 30). They all get run & if something is not right it gets fixed. I have a McCulloch 47 gear drive that I got to fire but not run. It’s been shelved a few years but that deserves to get repaired.
So the VI 123 was the Terry version? I just rebuilt an XL-123 Textron. Needed way more than expected but is basically a new saw internally. Pretty good runners.
The 123 is a Textron model, the Terry saws had no numbers only Mini or Super mini as far as I know, the ones I have seen were that way. The Homelites made in New YORK were designated Textron and the ones made in Quebec Canada were designated Terry, that is what I was told and led to believe. I will admit I am no expert on Homelites, have repaired a few but as far as owning and operating them, few and far between.
dieseldod
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good lord, ive got all the details today, thanks very much lads. i,m. guilty of spending too much for bits on old saws as well, but i wont do the same for them plastic ones,lol never seen one like that over here and i didnt know its worth . thanks again
I take that as you found a cover? Good for you if you did. I can’t imagine too many of those saws making it to your part of the world.
I have a Super EZ & this XL-1 that I bought from BC. Full wrap with auto oiler. Homelite sure put out a lot of variations.
dieseldod
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altatim
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I have the same saw in red, nice little thing.
At one of the repair shops I worked at there was 9 of them sitting there,the owners wouldn`t spend more than $25-$30 on repairs,they likely went to the refuse bin when they closed their doors for good.. Rotted fuel lines and gummed up carbs for the most of them but all of them were accessed over the $50. minimum the shop charged for any repair carried out there on premises.
Amen. You get so much sunk in and then have to spend more and more. You get it fixed and after a year or two you forget what you spent sort of eases the blow.
farmhard
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I have been doing very well on those saws lately. My VI200 Super went to Leon and he was VERY happy to get one.
I have 2 VI 123's left, one with no bar and dull paint that would be fine with a clearcoat. The part on eBay was pretty destroyed. I would suggest the OP buy a complete parts saw.
Judging from his location he may be very limited in finding another saw like it for parts and shipping a whole parts saw across to Scotland would cost a pretty penny, a starter side /recoil had cost me $56. and change like 3-4 years back to send it just a bit further, shipping costs have risen crazy amount since the Covid scourge.
