XL-1 Old Red

[lozzie]

Purchased this Homelite XL-1 25years ago. Never gave me a lick of problems. So I owe it. New coil 68716,points 68710,condenser 68711
new kill switch, one or two pawl springs. She finally quit with no spark. Model 50052 Canadian. X18050 on coil. Not a lot of hours on this girl,compression will still break a wrist. Could just junk her but I like the older saws. Let me know if you can help me out to get her going again. Thanks a bunch. Pics if u want let me know.

[MCS]

Nov 2, 2010 20:58:34 GMT -5 lozzie said:

Purchased this Homelite XL-1 25years ago. Never gave me a lick of problems. So I owe it. New coil 68716,points 68710,condenser 68711
new kill switch, one or two pawl springs. She finally quit with no spark. Model 50052 Canadian. X18050 on coil. Not a lot of hours on this girl,compression will still break a wrist. Could just junk her but I like the older saws. Let me know if you can help me out to get her going again. Thanks a bunch. Pics if u want let me know.

The XL-1 is the Canadian version of the Super EZ Automatic. Why do you feel it needs a coil? Although they do fail, in general, the breaker point coils have a good life. Have you pulled the flywheel and checked the points? Do you have an OHM meter? There is a general procedure for testing the ignition - it is under tutorials and is titled Ignition System Testing. There is another one title Magneto Ignition Systems which is some theory.