GASoline71
Mr. Nice Guy
Sorry for my absense you'se guys... Been extremely busy with a new job, kids, and girlfriend.
Anyways... An old Homelite Zip, in very, very good condition followed me home today. The pics you see were all from just a brief wipe down and a shot of compressed air. Cleaned up really nice.
It has the original bar on it, which is in excellent shape (bonus!). Not sure about the chain size but Mike's site is calling for 7/16th. The chain on it is brand new and looks to have never never been filed or cut with. The clutch sprocket shows hardly any wear.
The story goes... the lady I got it from said it was her father's. It was bought brand new in the 60's, and was used for about 8 years to cut about 5 cords of fire wood with. It was never used again because her father suffered a serious stroke and was not able to cut wood with it anymore. So about 20 years later it ended up with the gal i got it from. Her father gave it to her husband. Well she has had the saw ever since sitting in her barn. She and her husband had divorced and the saw just stayed with her unused.
So this thing has been sitting around since the 70's unused. It has a nice big fat blue spark, and good compression. You can see the piston looks really good. Some carbon buildup in the exhaust port... but that is expected for a saw this old with the oil it was ran with back then. The bar is bent, but no big deal.
Needs a muffler, a carby rebuild, and a fuel filter and it should fire right up... I will let you guys know of the progress...
Later,
Gary
Anyways... An old Homelite Zip, in very, very good condition followed me home today. The pics you see were all from just a brief wipe down and a shot of compressed air. Cleaned up really nice.
It has the original bar on it, which is in excellent shape (bonus!). Not sure about the chain size but Mike's site is calling for 7/16th. The chain on it is brand new and looks to have never never been filed or cut with. The clutch sprocket shows hardly any wear.
The story goes... the lady I got it from said it was her father's. It was bought brand new in the 60's, and was used for about 8 years to cut about 5 cords of fire wood with. It was never used again because her father suffered a serious stroke and was not able to cut wood with it anymore. So about 20 years later it ended up with the gal i got it from. Her father gave it to her husband. Well she has had the saw ever since sitting in her barn. She and her husband had divorced and the saw just stayed with her unused.
So this thing has been sitting around since the 70's unused. It has a nice big fat blue spark, and good compression. You can see the piston looks really good. Some carbon buildup in the exhaust port... but that is expected for a saw this old with the oil it was ran with back then. The bar is bent, but no big deal.
Needs a muffler, a carby rebuild, and a fuel filter and it should fire right up... I will let you guys know of the progress...
Later,
Gary
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