Vintage Chainsaw Collectors Lounge

[Boomer 87]

Although everytime i find a mac muscle saw @astnmacgto winds up weaseling me out of it

 

[Boomer 87]

Dont have a husky muscle saw yet id like to trip over a 2100cd sometime

 

[astnmacgto]

Although everytime i find a mac muscle saw @astnmacgto winds up weaseling me out of it

Yeahhh, about that......... not sorry

 

[Boomer 87]

How would y'all rate the Homelight XL-870? I like the look of them with the two tone orange and green.

Id jump on one if those if you had the opportunity, thats a muscle saw 5 cubes 82ccs, very similar to my super 923 which pulls a 36"bar

 

[CJH]

Take a look at this site:
http://www.leonschainsawpartsandrepair.com/store/c1/Featured_Products.html
Very good parts diagrams, and NOS parts for the old Homelites.

I recently got bitten the bug as well. Picked up a Super EZ auto locally (made in 1973). Runs well after a warm up. Stripped it down for a carb overhaul, fuel/oil lines. Found a crack near the bar stud. Ordered a NOS part from Leon's, very reasonable prices.

 

[heimannm]

To the O.P., you definitely want to focus on Homelite, Husqvarna, Stihl, or Jonsered. No sense wasting any time on made in America saws like McCulloch or Poulan.

I suppose Dolmar and Echo might be worth having if you wanted a saw that was really reliable.

Mark

 

[a. palmer jr.]

I have exhibit A of a non-reliable Dolmar saw. I haven't had it running right since I've owned it and really haven't figured it out for sure what the problem is. It's a 420 and I imagine it's got a bad carburetor but hate to spend the $75 to find out. I have other Dolmars that have been okay though..

 

[CJH]

Resisting the temptation, the guy I got the Super ES from, has as XL bow saw. Carb's apart, $50.

Hmmmm?

 

[svk]

Resisting the temptation, the guy I got the Super ES from, has as XL bow saw. Carb's apart, $50.

Hmmmm?

You'd make a profit just on the bow bar

 

[Kensie1988]

So I ran my SXL this weekend. Is it supposed to smoke from around the muffler and the flywheel? Or is it just oil and sawdust heating up and smoking?

 

[a. palmer jr.]

I've never seen one smoke from around the flywheel....make sure the muffler is on tight and it probably won't be a problem.

 

[Kensie1988]

Yea, the white smoke didn't start coming from the flywheel until it had already been running for half an hour. I looked into the muffler just to make sure and it looked good from what I saw.

 

[a. palmer jr.]

White smoke? Maybe the flywheel was rubbing against something, might not hurt to check it out.

 

[Kensie1988]

Yea I will pull off the cover and check it out next time I get a minute. This saw was really well taken care of, so I will feel really bad if something happens to it now after all of these years. When I pulled the muffler apart I looked at the piston and after 42 years the piston doesn't have any scoring.

 

[Boomer 87]

Those saws are tough as they come im not surprised the piston was clean... btw if you need anything i have a mountain of super xl parts.

 

[Kensie1988]

Those saws are tough as they come im not surprised the piston was clean... btw if you need anything i have a mountain of super xl parts.

That's good to know! I will most definitely hit you up if I need anything! I've been perusing Craigslist trying to find some old saws, I found a couple home lights, both were bigger saws, but one guy wanted a fortune for his "Vintage" Homelight. He was asking like $600. But I don't know that may be the going rate for one with like a 50" bar.

 

[Boomer 87]

It depends on the model... a 650 super or 750 homelite will command those kinda prices.

 

[Kensie1988]

I still have a lot to learn about the values of these old saws that's for sure, now that I look back at it, it's a Homelight 1050 with a 60" bar

 

[Kensie1988]

Correction Super 1050

 

[Boomer 87]

Awesomesaw and the bar makes it worth more but 600 is pretty steep IMO