vintage saw homelite XL 12 clone?

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Mastermind

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I have a saw that looks just like a XL 12 but no name, no tags of any kind. I can post pics if I get any response. It has good compression, no spark, I can probably get it running. I would like to know what I'm workin' on though.
 
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Just about every manufacturer copied the XL-12. What color is it? Could one of twenty different Lombards, or maybe a Poulan 361/401 series. Pioneer 10- and 1100 series looked like that...... Pics would help
 
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Heres some pics, don't laugh too much I ain't cleaned it up at all, its been in a barn for way too long. My nephew gave it to me. We work together and I've been talking about this damn chainsaw bug that bit me... Well I can't upload pics it says the file size is to big, more searching
 
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Heres some pics, don't laugh too much I ain't cleaned it up at all, its been in a barn for way too long. My nephew gave it to me. We work together and I've been talking about this damn chainsaw bug that bit me... Well I can't upload pics it says the file size is to big, more searching

Search posting pics for dummies (on this forum) :cheers:
 
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My votes for Lombard Commango as well. I got one in a load of junk saws a couple of months ago, looked just like that.
Jim
 
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Do a search for commango and you will find a few threads with some more pics. I like that name ,commango, cant belive any saw named that wouldnt be more popular. Yours looks like it has seen better days. Before and after shots would be cool.:cheers:
 
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Thanks for the responses, I did some searching and with what I learned from you guys and a lot of pics, I too vote for the Commango, lol. Before and after pics... well I ain't sure about fixin' it, won't it be hard to find parts? I might do a vac test on it, go from there. Thanks again.
 
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Hey Jim,

Just how close is a Lombard to a Homelite? Close enough for parts to interchange? Just curious as to how similarly these saws are actually built.
 

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