My New Old Homelite C5

[Farm_Boy_61]

Homelite C-5

I have a C-5 as well. I traded my cousin for it. They are nice sounding saws that makes the ears ring after you are done with them. I am working on my new paint and a few new parts. I think it needs a set of rings only 105 lbs of comp. They are well built saws just a little heavy, but fun to use.

 

[Meadow Beaver]

Yeah they definetly sound cool. I think mine has a thin ring piston because I've never seen a saw that old with rings that thin.

 

[Farm_Boy_61]

Rings

Yeh mine arent real thick. But these are good ole saws. Just need to do right thumbs exercises to get it in shape for that manual oiler.

 

[Meadow Beaver]

Or have stupidly long thumbs like me. Mine has about 165psi

 

[Farm_Boy_61]

C-5

I have ordered a set of rings. Gonna put them in. Mine has a 16" roller nose bar and needs new chain. Hope the rings fix the bogging problem. I know its not the clutch bcause its not racing the motor just wanting to cut out like it has no power.

 

[BIGBORE577]

They're kind of tubby but, pull well with their bulk. It only gets better with others in their vintage. 72's, 91's, etc.............

 

[Jacob J.]

My grandpa had one of those and when I was a kid, I called it the "Alley Oop" saw because it looked like it belonged to a cave man.

 

[Meadow Beaver]

I thought about modifying mine but I'll wait until I know more about it. Besides it's in too good condition to screw around with.

 

[Arrowhead]

I would say a muff mod is out of the question. :hmm3grin2orange:

 

[Meadow Beaver]

I was thinking about doing a woods port w/ a cartoon pipe. :hmm3grin2orange:

 

[BIGBORE577]

I would say a muff mod is out of the question. :hmm3grin2orange:

I must concede on that point.

 

[Farm_Boy_61]

C-5

I don't want to sound like a moron. I have only recently gotten into chiansaws (mainly becaue of more money), but still learning about them. But what is a woods port?

 

[Meadow Beaver]

A saw modified for a full working day in the woods, made to perform on a daily basis. It all depends, I have my own way and other people have theirs.

 

[Jacob J.]

Woods porting is the basic dressing down of the intake, exhaust, and transfer ports in modern piston ported saw motors to get a little more oomph. In the reed valve saws a guy can dress down the exhaust and transfers and modify the reed cage/intake or fit a bigger reed valve and reeds. There's a lot of info in the archives.

 

[Farm_Boy_61]

Thank you. I did not know. How much would you want to to do to the exhause and transfer ports to get a little more oomph out of them. i wanna go mild.

 

[Meadow Beaver]

Yeah we could go on for days if we talked about what you can do.