Homelite Chainsaws

[rocketnorton]

yep
them china sockets is good fer somethin
coffee can here myself

 

[501Maico]

My Super XL noodling some black gum that is crazy unsplitable. I bought this saw used in the 70's and it was roached out. Did a split the case rebuild and painted it up like new. This was my only saw up to around 10 years ago and it's still my go to 20". Looks a bit rough now but it's tight and still runs strong.

 

[Wildman1024]

Which new bars are the easiest to adapt to a homelite 450/550?

 

[redunshee]

I have made them by finding a socket that fits inside the holes then put pins in the hole,weld pins to socket.
I always have a tin of sacrificial sockets

I did something similar. Cut a 1 1/8 socket and cut three legs into it so it fits inside each clutch shoe. The three holes in the clutch are threaded so I didn’t want to ruin them by inserting a pin. Plus there so small, something like 6/32, I doubt the would hold up to any amount of torque.
On another note. Is the supposed to be some sort of screw, or whatever, in the end of the oil pump. Hole is threaded, which makes me wonder.

 

[Marine-piper]

So I took my big girl for a fun run yesterday and as usual she didn't disappoint!

Homelite enthusiast in training [emoji879]

 

[joe25DA]

Better yet, I reviewed my purchase order. Senior moment. It was advertised for a Husky 350. I clearly didn't thoroughly read the description, closely enough. Sorry for the confusion. On a positive note, I can use it on my Husky 346.

You find one Bob? If not I might have one in my spike box

 

[heimannm]

Does anyone have experience replacing the spark plug wire on a C51 coil? I had one come in last week and I took the coil from a saw I had in the attic but I would like to make my donor saw whole again. Along that same line, is the cover on the coil supposed to be soft and rubbery? I may be looking for a replace coil if anyone has one available.

Mark

 

[xl130]

Does anyone have experience replacing the spark plug wire on a C51 coil? I had one come in last week and I took the coil from a saw I had in the attic but I would like to make my donor saw whole again. Along that same line, is the cover on the coil supposed to be soft and rubbery? I may be looking for a replace coil if anyone has one available.

Mark

I have replaced the wire on a couple of those saws. It can be very unpleasant. They are usually glued in with a yellow epoxy.
If you grab the coil in one hand and the base of the wire in the other you can get lucky and twist it out in one piece. Counter clockwise to get the wire off the screw. Possibly heating it up a bit might help soften the glue?

If it breaks off…..and it probably will you need to pick it out and expose the screw in the bottom of the coil so that you can twist on the new wire. 5mm if I remember correctly. The coil plastic has been very brittle on the ones I fixed so care should be taken if you need to pick out any wire bits.

I used clear silicone to seal the new wire in place.

I don’t recall the coil plastic being soft ever.

 

[heimannm]

The wire unscrewed very cleanly and the yellow epoxy just fell out. My problem is, there is no screw/stud in there for the wire to attach to, or at least none that I could see and I am pretty sure I know what to look for. For future reference, I bought some hollow screw extractors from Rockler that work very well for removing the remnants of a plug wire when they twist off in the coil.







Left hand twist too...

Mark

 

[xl130]

That looks very handy!

Now that I think about it the screw is more like a pin. Very small and hard to see without a light and a magnifying glass.

The last one I did was similar to what you described. I thought that the pin was not there but I still needed to remove a bit more wire.

I believe that you would know what to look for though so possibly it ripped out and is no longer in its proper place.

 

[Maintenance supervisor]

Local shop has a couple C51s on the wall, I want to replace a cracked air filter cover on one of my 1050As . I'll see if one of them has a coil ,I can send you.

 

[heimannm]

Thanks guys, I may not get to look at that one again for a few days as other projects have gotten in the way.

Mark

 

[PogoInTheWoods]

I believe I can cover you on the coil if Ira can't and you still find yourself in need.

 

[heimannm]

 

[Roanoker494]

Nice little 925 that I picked up off marketplace. Rebuilt carb and new fuel line is all it took to make it a good runner.

 

[PogoInTheWoods]

Nice score. Good to see you back around.

 

[joe25DA]

Nice little 925 that I picked up off marketplace. Rebuilt carb and new fuel line is all it took to make it a good runner.View attachment 934846View attachment 934847View attachment 934848

Very nice. I was going to replace my 923 with a 925, then I looked and realized it has the thin ring piston and oval ex port. Evidently some late 923 saws were super XL 925 sold as an XL 923.

 

[Roanoker494]

Has been a good day to be a Homelite around my house. After the 925 I put these three XL-12's back to work. I went 4 for 5 today on getting saws running. Unfortunately I didn't have any Walbro kits so a little Homelite EZ had to go back to the shelf.

 

[joe25DA]

Has been a good day to be a Homelite around my house. After the 925 I put these three XL-12's back to work. I went 4 for 5 today on getting saws running. Unfortunately I didn't have any Walbro kits so a little Homelite EZ had to go back to the shelf.
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All your missing is an SEZ, for the HOMELITE 3 saw plan.

 

[Roanoker494]

All your missing is an SEZ, for the HOMELITE 3 saw plan.

I tried but the EZ had to go back on the shelf. Need to restock my carb kits to get it running. This one is just marked E-Z automatic but I do have a SEZ somewhere in the pile. Also have a running 360 and 550.