old blue xl 12
ArboristSite Lurker
Have an blue xl12and the muffler is unbelievably loud, any thought where to get a new one and any idea of price?
Homelite XL12 muffler
- Thread starter old blue xl 12
- Start date
Help Support Arborist Forum:
nnero
ArboristSite Guru
If its the stack muffler its gonna be loud. Its basically not a muffler lol
Like he said, Just the way they are and nothing short of not running it will quiet it down. Ear plugs are in order with these as with most all saws if you do want to say Huh? in the future.
Can you post a pict of what you have? I have a ton of old XL`s sitting around for parts.
Later ones looked like this,
Later ones looked like this,
Unless that muffler has been changed the blue XL 12's were the early ones. I grew up with Homelite as my Grandpa was a dealer in the 50's an on. These saws are just way louder than the current ones.
This saw is a 1974 model
Unless that muffler has been changed the blue XL 12's were the early ones. I grew up with Homelite as my Grandpa was a dealer in the 50's an on. These saws are just way louder than the current ones.
This saw is a 1974 model
Yes the light blue ones were the early versions but they had a fairly long run of production over many years. The earliest light blue XL`s just had a stack type muffler, really not a muffler at all but over the years the mufflers changed up to hollow box types and the last of the light blue ones had a baffle type like the one on my saw. The red models came next and ran until the SXL came out which used the same muffler at least for a while.
We have a couple XL automatics around here as well and they were red white and green. I always remembered snickering as one of them said the lightest chainsaw with an automatic oiler. By today's standards, it was a steamroller. Lack of plastic will do that I guess.
I was actually given a couple of the red white and green ones, I only took them as they were different color wise from the light blue XL 12, red XL12`s and the Super XLA`s that are often offered to me for free. Very few people want to bother running those great old saws anymore so when a fuel line or other simple fix gives out they are ready to toss them out.
cobey
Addicted to ArboristSite
Sad deal
Their day has come and now gone for the average non mechanical homeowner/ firewood cutter. Shop rates and scarcity of parts keeps most from being repaired and a shiny new Poulan looks much nicer than a beat up ole Homelite or other old all mag saw. I only know of two individuals that own just one Homelite each and they still cut their annual firewood with those saws. One is a XL12 and the other a Super II, I have kept each one running so far.
Little Al
Addicted to ArboristSite
God Bless Magnesium
Mark71GTX
ArboristSite Operative
I love my SXL. It is the first saw I ever bought.
ChoppyChoppy
Tree Freak
Shop worked on an XL12 a few weeks ago (actually get quite a few old Homelites...the shop used to be a dealer).
Yeah loud isn't a lie! I figured the muffler was blown out, but nope, never really had a muffler.
Yeah loud isn't a lie! I figured the muffler was blown out, but nope, never really had a muffler.
old blue xl 12
ArboristSite Lurker
This it the muffler guess I will have to live with it
ChoppyChoppy
Tree Freak
Yup, it's just a "deflector", no real muffling. I'm sure a good part of the reason old timer loggers go "huh?" And put the TV loud enough to hear down the street.
If you value your ears get the latest Super XL muffler, they're usually plentiful around here. It's the biggest muffler they put on these saws but they still aren't as quiet as a newer saw.
Compared to some of the monsters they made back then it was a lightweight.
Dad says he remembers guys coming in who used them as a climbers saw. That would wear you out fast but you have to respect someone who could do that day in and day out. Like you said it was all they had at the time.
