Assembly Finished of my Frankensaw XL Automatic Plastic Body
Oct 22, 2023 1:43:51 GMT -5
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Post by james64 on Oct 22, 2023 1:43:51 GMT -5
So tonight I finished the assembly of my XL Automatic I built from spare parts. I bought a short block and the cylinder and piston were in perfect shape. I ran the pieces through my blast cabinet and got everything cleaned up. I replaced the crank seals and resealed the crankcase. The body and pull start cover I found on Ebay. they were both new OEM NOS in perfect new shape. The pull start has a new spring, rope, handle, and double wide pulley. I bought three OEM NOS exhausts and put one on this saw. It has a crankcase pulse oiler so no messing with that dredded oiler diaphram. Its also got the electronic ignition system. I replaced the sprocket with a new one along with a new 16" bar and chain. Its about as close to new as I could get it and this will be the cleanest it will ever be. Tomorrow I'll fire it up and see how it runs. I find it satisfying to take bits and pieces and making a running working machine. I have a local sticker shop reproducing the round XL decal, the Textron decal that goes on the top, and the serial/UT label. I was able to find pristine decals to use as examples to reproduce from. I hope they are able to use the same type or similar foil type material the originals were produced on but I'll confirm that with them on Monday. I'm having 25 each made up so if anybody is looking for fresh decals for your projects let me know. I have six other saws to refurbish and put up for sale but this one is the one I'll keep for myself. My only delima now is what serial number and UT do I assign it. I don't know the UT of the short block I bought so if any of you have suggestions please feel free to add your suggestions. It's modeled after the 10655 so I may go with that. Oh and that blue spark plug boot has got to go so I have a black one on the way. Anyway, here's a few pics of the finished product.
