Old homelite sxl-ao

[fun175]

I inherited an old sxl of my uncles after his passing.
its cut most all my firewood this year....heavy...loud..and obnoxious....i love it!!!
curious about its age?? i'm thinking he bought it in the early 80's...not sure.
UT 100451 SER 4908201XX
How did Homelite date code them???

 

[Eccentric]

Welcome! There's an old thread here somewhere covering the Homelite SN date decoding deal. I think it was also reposted in the Homelite thread. That UT# is indeed for an early '80s SXL-AO if I'm not mistaken. Does it have a Zama C2 or Wabro/Homelite SDC carb? Is the manual oiler button one long plastic piece, or is it a plastic button on top of a brass stem that passes through a threaded seal body? This saw family was built continuously from late 1963 through sometime in 1994. Yep. Over 30 years. Fantastic old saws...


Edit:

I found a paper where I'd printed the decoding thing out.

Looks like your SXL-AO was built on the 82'nd day of 1979. Should have a Walbro/SDC and the brass multipiece manual oiler setup.

 

[Arrowhead]

Fantastic saw. True classic. :msp_thumbup:

 

[madhatte]

I used to have two, but I gave one to my brother. Yep, they're good 'uns.

 

[Roanoker494]

Here is the information page that Eccentric mentioned, feel free to download.