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Post by jerseyhighlander on Jan 3, 2018 22:42:22 GMT -5
I've been looking at buying one of these for a while now and was going to plunk down the cash for a new Dolmar but lately having become interested in the Homelites. My primary use is going to be with a diamond blade on very hard stone & concrete but I'm not sure that was the original intention these were built for. Of course I'll want to use it wet to keep the dust under control & keep the diamond blade cool but it doesn't look like these are set up for water.? I'm guessing these were commonly used with just the hose feeding water into the cut instead of a fancy set up to spray water on the blade.
They don't see too much action on this page but hopefully someone with experience can point out common things to keep an eye on? Looks like the XL-98 is the biggest version available?
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Post by onlyhomelites on Jan 3, 2018 23:32:58 GMT -5
I'm no expert on the multi's, but I'd agree that the XL-98's were the most common. I have one that I use every 5 years or so to cut some asphalt and it works well. A wet kit was available at one time, but they aren't too plentiful anymore. A garden hose works pretty well in my experience!
I'd just make sure if you buy one that it is complete. Parts can be hard to find, especially on the cutting attachment. The MP-88 & DM-54 can be a gamble if they aren't running due to a high rate of ignition coil failure and those coils are rare as hen's teeth. Personally I've opt for an XL-98 or a DM-40 as they are the most common and have the most parts still out there.
Hopefully a few other folks have one that can weigh in.
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Post by jerseyhighlander on Jan 4, 2018 0:05:54 GMT -5
I'm no expert on the multi's, but I'd agree that the XL-98's were the most common. I have one that I use every 5 years or so to cut some asphalt and it works well. A wet kit was available at one time, but they aren't too plentiful anymore. A garden hose works pretty well in my experience! I'd just make sure if you buy one that it is complete. Parts can be hard to find, especially on the cutting attachment. The MP-88 & DM-54 can be a gamble if they aren't running due to a high rate of ignition coil failure and those coils are rare as hen's teeth. Personally I've opt for an XL-98 or a DM-40 as they are the most common and have the most parts still out there. Hopefully a few other folks have one that can weigh in. Good information, as usual. Thanks Leon. |
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Post by sweepleader on Jan 4, 2018 7:36:30 GMT -5
I have an XL-98. I searched for the water attachment but decided that if I really needed one it would be easy to fabricate. There are provisions on both sides of the blade guard and it seems to have been a small tube, a valve and a hose connection. The garden hose screwed on right next to the blade guard.
I got some new parts from Parkin before he disappeared, new pullies, belts, air filter if I remember right. I think it still needs rings, it ran before I bought the parts but I never got it started afterward. Go figure, I would not have bought the new parts if I had not been able to get it to run.
PM me if you are interested in it. I can dig it out and refresh my memory.
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Post by sawnami on Jan 5, 2018 7:20:29 GMT -5
I've been looking at buying one of these for a while now and was going to plunk down the cash for a new Dolmar but lately having become interested in the Homelites. My primary use is going to be with a diamond blade on very hard stone & concrete but I'm not sure that was the original intention these were built for. Of course I'll want to use it wet to keep the dust under control & keep the diamond blade cool but it doesn't look like these are set up for water.? I'm guessing these were commonly used with just the hose feeding water into the cut instead of a fancy set up to spray water on the blade. They don't see too much action on this page but hopefully someone with experience can point out common things to keep an eye on? Looks like the XL-98 is the biggest version available? When you find one, take off the air filter and look for concrete or stone dust in the intake that might have bypassed the filter at one time. They could have had a "running bore job" from someone trying to finish a cut after taking off a clogged filter then the filter gets replaced later. I've seen it happen several times. |
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Post by undee70ss on Jan 5, 2018 7:32:45 GMT -5
When you find one, take off the air filter and look for concrete or stone dust in the intake that might have bypassed the filter at one time. They could have had a "running bore job" from someone trying to finish a cut after taking off a clogged filter then the filter gets replaced later. I've seen it happen several times. Correct!!! Concrete saws require more maint than chainsaws on the air filter. Running one without a filter insures a short life for the saw. If possible pull the muffler and have a look at piston. |
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Post by sweepleader on Jan 5, 2018 7:45:56 GMT -5
I figure that is likely why mine won't start now. I never cut with it but I will have to check the compression at some point. Probably needs a cylinder and/or piston. It does have a new filter, after the horse got out likely.
There have been a couple listed on line over the last few years. At least one was NOS as I recall, with steel case and all the paperwork including the cardboard packing inside the steel box. Big money, very nice.
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Post by White Trash on Apr 21, 2022 1:47:14 GMT -5
It's been my experience that low compression is a culprit of too much oil or very cheap oil! And short run time and not getting the saw up to operating temperature! Which I am very guilty of doing to my Husqvarna 266xp that is set on kill mode! It is such a barking little bastard after an exaust mod and i went from a 224 to a 255 and it sings for it's supper! It was manufactured in Tomos Slavaina Yugoslavia! The parts are stamped West Germany! But If i remember correctly!It was right around the time that the saw was made in 1986, That Mr Ronald Reagan convinced them to tear down their wall and Husqvarna made a bead line for the boarder!! Now here is another thing that I see alot! Running too cold of a sparkplug! Or a gasket seal sparkplug in a tapered fit or the other way around. If it's cold and rainy like it is in the fall months in Northern Oregon where I live, I go down one number which makes the cylinder temperature increase from 70 to a hundred degrees difference according to NGK sparkplugs! Except for Bosch plugs are the opposite! There heat range goes up for each number that goes up. They forgot to tell you when you were learning how to operate a chainsaw that everytime you turn the kill switch to the off position that the piston is still traveling up and down a few more revolutions with no spark to burn the fuel/oil mixture that now needs to go somewhere! It literally fouls the sparkplug everytime you shut the damn thing off! So enstead of sometimes pulling the pullstarter rope till your tongue is hanging out of your head! I pop out the sparkplug and give it a little heat to dry off the fuel and I give it a very little squirt of starting fluid! And yes I know you have been told to never use that horrible stuff on your chainsaw! But men have a way of over doing it on the damage report! But a quick shot ain't gonna hurt nothing! And it almost always makes the saw fire up! Also making you the hero of the day!😉
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