So as said on other threads, I have my XL2 dual trigger. Is that just a smaller motor version of the Super 2?
Yes, other than the slight difference in the motor size, the XL2 and Super2 are virtually the identical saws; says it right in the owner's manual!
I have beat the snot out of my old Super2 so much over the past 30+ years that I am quite surprised it has never given me a bit of problem. I REALLY love that saw, so much that I have begun to worry about wearing it out (it is the saw I grab first for all the light work). I have started casually looking for another Super2, or better yet, and XL2 with short bar, to back it up. Unfortunately, I live in a small remote mountain community, so not many options for finding used stuff.
That was my first saw, and I knew virtually nothing about taking care of it. The old manual from the 80s says to use Hoemelight oil at 32:1, or other 2-cycle oil at 16:1, so for 20 years of sometimes hard use with a 16" bar, that saw got nothing but OMC boat oil at 16:1 and seemed to love it (also kept the mosquitoes away!). The only repairs that saw has ever needed are the tank caps and fuel lines replaced once. I think I replaced the spark plug for the first time just two weeks ago! And I didn't do it because it was running bad - just doing general maintenance on all my tools.