Vintage Chainsaw B.S.- Homelite XL12 - I Can't Believe It!

One can never get enough vintage chainsaw videos Sir.

Wish McCulloch and homelite would make the old saws again that would last and worth rebuilding

Lay over on the exhaust side is a great pointer, thanks 🤙🪓🦅🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

You're the ONLY other person I've ever come across that puts the saw on it's exhaust side to rotate the engine. I also pull mufflers this way to keep carbon etc from entering cylinder.

I have an XL-76 made by Terry for the Canadian market and she packs a lot of punch! Great video👍🏼

Nice vid, nice camera work too. I got one from a friend's barn, put a carb kit and cleaned out the tank (a lot), It does not flow fuel to the carb readily so I squirt some gas fuel into the carb and start it couple times. Then runs great. I offered it to my son who heats with wood, and he said a neighbor had one offered to him, and he turned it down- too heavy. So I kept it. I never thought of the muffler crud being able to be drawn into the cylinder. Excellent tip. mike

Hi my friend!!😀😀 I have a Xl12, a super XL and a 400 automatic. I don't use any of them to actually cut any of my wood. I just pull them out and play with them once in a while. It's funny that all the channels you suggested I'm already subbed to. My dad started cutting pulpwood for a living when I was 5 years old and the saw he first had was a XL12. He wore it out in a couple years and then he began running Stihl saws and him and I have been running them ever since. I'm 54 years old now and he is 75 and he still cuts and sells firewood to this day. I just love your collection of saws. It would be nice to see your whole collection at one time. 😀😀 Take care my friend!!😀😀👍👍 Logger Al

Nice saws there bud...love the old homies myself...thanks for sharing

I was driving down the road yesterday and my neighbor had both a XL12 and echo 302, on the side of the road with a free sign. I took them home and found out they both run with zero issues, an the echo is actually ported!! I’m so beyond excited, an they are both in really clean condition!

Hey great video buddy!! Those are great saws and they are a staple of the Canadian firewood cutters arsenal!!

Love ur homelites my friend great collection. I recently added the xl400 an the super xl925 to my arsenal. Thank you for your time and video. Stay safe and warm.

Here again to learn from one of my Chainsaw Sensei's. Wow, super nice collection and variety of saws that you have there. What shocked me was the Homelight saw and how old fashioned AMERICAN ingenuity changed the looks and operation for the better in just two short years of that Homelight and still cutting the weight about 7-8 pounds. Know that because of your videos along with Buckin Billy Ray, Leon that you mentioned and a few others teachers. I've grown a great appreciation for these vintage American made chainsaws. Especially of the Mcculloch line. In just 3 short weeks. I purchased a Mcculloch 140 which unfortunately arrived with some damage which I'll repair and just yesterday. I bought a like new Mcculloch Timber Bear...This can become a good obsession 😁. Will keep looking for more of your videos Sensei, stay healthy and thank you.

If somebody made an XL12 or Super XL today I would buy me a new one. An exact clone of the late 70s Homelites before electronic ignition failure, I meant to say "module" would be about perfect.

Love it! I had an XL12. She was a real sweet!

Great old saws. I have three of them and still use them. The later model with the reed valves had a little more power.

Lovely vid. Thanks for sharing with us very good delivery😀

oh, interesting and really helpful to know that I should clean the muffler before starting an old saw that haven't been used for a long time. Before I have never thought about this specific task. 2-stroke engine's muffler has two duties, pressure and exhaust

Well done mate.......love all Homelite products...

Smitty sent me! Will be interesting to see that Mac and HL comparison.

Poulan made a 361. Its a copy of the homelite. Those things run forever. Nice video.