old homelite chain saw

larry@stinescorner · Feb 27, 2010

this was my dads homelite chainsaw I have it in my shed. I used it when I was young to cut firewood. It has been sitting for a long time, nothing was wrong with it bit hasnt started in 15 or more years, it is gummed up now. Should I get it started or am I thinking stupid, I am not so young anymore but I have young ideas, I have a large tree that needs to be cut down at the farm.

ff in mich · Feb 27, 2010

it shoudl start, clean out the take, make sure the fuel lines are good,little staring fluid and you good to go

LeoinMI · Feb 27, 2010

Had one of those saws when I worked for the County Airport. They are a man-killer. Heavy saw to say the least,.but they are tough and if you get it running good it will cut through a good size tree. Hard on your back lugging it around and to cut with.I"m too old for that saw,..I have a lighter 20" Craftsman for around the yard.

JR.Frye · Feb 27, 2010

LARRY my goood Friend: I have learned in my 61 yeas of living, if I feel like I want to do somthing and it looks like a lot of work I will go head and do it,and if it may me longer to do it
SOOO WHAT, no big deal. At least your hands are busy and your mind is still working.By the way if it gumed up if you clean it up it will run.
Hows mom Gota Go
JR.Frye

Flurette Farm · Feb 27, 2010

Or, you could do like me. Get it running, look at the tree and hire someone with his own saw to come and cut it........

Gary from Muleshoe · Feb 27, 2010

If you just use it every 15 years or so, I would say get it running and use it. Then before you put it away for the next 15 years clean the carb good and drain the gas, or leave the gas in it but start it about once a month.

JMOR · Feb 27, 2010

(quoted from post at 17:01:57 02/27/10) this was my dads homelite chainsaw I have it in my shed. I used it when I was young to cut firewood. It has been sitting for a long time, nothing was wrong with it bit hasnt started in 15 or more years, it is gummed up now. Should I get it started or am I thinking stupid, I am not so young anymore but I have young ideas, I have a large tree that needs to be cut down at the farm.

Got one that looks almost like that....probably a model or two older. Used it about a year ago & then again this last weekend. A little starting fluid & it was running in 3 pulls. On my gas cap (aluminum, not plastic) it states 3/4 pint oil per gallon of gas.........real close to 1:10 & a much richer oil mix than today's engines. Even with modern oils, Dad & I always used 12 oz per gallon as per Homelite gas cap.

JDemaris · Feb 27, 2010

I was a Homelite mechanic back when those things were still common. I still have a red 1949 20MCS and a red 1955 4-20. Not much different then what you've got. Gear drive with a 3 1/2 to 1 ratio and cuts extremely slow with 1/2" chain.
Can't tell from the photo if it's a Wiz or Super Wiz. Homelite started used blue instead of red around 1958. Made the gear-drives like your's until the middle 70s. The earlier ones were red with a number naming. E.g. 4-20, 5-30, etc. First number for horsepower and second for how many pounds it weighed. The blue Wiz or Super Wiz it based on older red 4-20.

ric · Feb 27, 2010

my grandpa had one that looked just like that same color to.i dont know what ever happened to it.him and the saw both have been gone for about 35
yrs i guess.as soon as i seen your saw wow the memorys started flowing in.that old saw is one of those things in your past life that is burnt in my memory forever i guess. RICK

wolfman · Feb 27, 2010

I have a red Homelite that is not light. I think it's a 5-30, a monster that sounds like an old chevy truck without a muffler. It is from the early 50's.

shaun wallace · Feb 27, 2010

I have a blue Zip model. Was new in 63 or 64. Havent used in several years.

VernMN · Feb 27, 2010

Hmmmmm, brings back memories. Dad had one and used it many years, and traded it for XL 100.I was in high school and I bought the BUZ from the dealer for 30 bucks. Cut pulpwood at 10 cents a 100" stick for money. Courese gas was 17 or 19 cents a gallon.

MF165farmer · Feb 27, 2010

I got a saw or two around the house simaler to that one Those saws where some heavy saws

Mike (WA) · Feb 28, 2010

That brings back memories. We had an old monster like that, and one Christmas when I came home from college for vacation, my dad was "sick abed" with pneumonia, and he said "We're about out of wood, and those heifers are getting into the hay in the barn- I tried to do something, but just too sick to do much good. Sorry to dump this on ya', but we need help."

We were having about 32 degrees and freezing fog- I've never been so cold, my whole life. Mom would bring me out some coffee or cocoa, and I kept pluggin' away. Took me about 3 days, but I got the woodshed filled and built a decent feeder for the heifers. Felt pretty good about myself, when it was done (didn't whine).

Worst thing about the Homelite was that it didn't start well when warm- so couldn't take rest breaks very often.

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