Got to work on my Homelite 330

[RED-85-Z51]

Figured why not start with the smaller of the pair...verified spark, compression good, discovered previous owner tried to do something and lost the carb screws and it was all loosely sitting there. That's fine...whatever. The fun part was splitting the saw horizontally in half, all the hidden screws and antivibes. But as figured, the intake boot was missing in action. Reeds looked good, i just ordered a new upper gasket set, pair of screws and a new clutch.

Piston is immaculate, not a single mark on it.

I give it maybe a 14.836% chance of ever running again...

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[RED-85-Z51]

New rings and coil going in. Compression was below spec at 105psi...piston and jug were mint but the rings were long gone.

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[Wood Doctor]

Red, I imagine when you are all finished, it might look like this one:
It might take some work. I think this one was a shelf queen -- hardly a scratch on it. Dang good little saws.

 

[RED-85-Z51]

Won't be so pretty but it should run. Went to put the coil on and the mount was different. But i swapped cores over..should work.

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[Wood Doctor]

Won't be so pretty but it should run. Went to put the coil on and the mount was different. But i swapped cores over..should work.

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I never painted the one I restored. It was seldom run and had very few hours under its belt and wound up at an estate sale. I almost bought it from the guy who asked me to restore it. But, I'm running out of shelf room these days.

 

[Jasonrkba]

Some people hate them. I like them. I've never broke one down that far. Thanks for the pictures.

 

[RED-85-Z51]

Honestly it was pretty easy. From running to that point in about 25 minutes tops. Ive got to do some cleaning and hopefully the piston and rings show up tomorrow...and well see if the replacement coil has any life in it. Kinda wish id ordered seals now.

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[Jasonrkba]

If I'd went that far I'd definitely do seals.

 

[RED-85-Z51]

If I'd went that far I'd definitely do seals.

Looks like the seals people are selling are nearly as old as the saw...i cant find any cross ref to a new seal. These didnt leak...but id liked to have swapped them.

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[Woodslasher]

I was just given two of these, condition's unknown, any tips on common things to look out for or helpful disassembly tips?

 

[Jasonrkba]

Intake boot. Leon has a video on YouTube that helped me a lot.

 

[Marine-piper]

Or maybe these!

Homelite enthusiast in training.