Homelite VI-955 Build

[onlyhomelites]

It took me a lot longer than anticipated to build up a VI-955, but the new decals from Sugar Creek Supply arrived today, so she's finally done. What I started with was a dingy, cobbled together mess that wasn't even vibration isolated anymore  The saw I started with had a lot of broken body parts, terrible paint (what was left) and the front handle was scabbed on from a XL-925 (so it wasn't even isolated!).  I decided to locate as many NOS body parts as possible, which of course did take a while.  I used a cylinder from a XL-924 so that I could add the decompression feature normally only found on the VI-944.  Locating a proper front handle bar was the most difficult, but it was worth the wait.  These aren't the most sought after Homelite, but I'm happy to have one in the collection.

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[img src="farm6.staticflickr.com/5791/22857904595_36e0e40bd3_n.jpg" src="Homelite VI-955 Chainsaw (g) by Leon Crouch, on Flickr" alt="
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[sawnami]

Very nice job! Will you run it or will it be for display?

[Brian VT]

Very nice.
If you run it we'd love to see and hear it.

[onlyhomelites]

Thanks guys! Good to see you're still hanging around Brian! She runs just fine, but it will be a shelf queen. I'll post a video ASAP.

[onlyhomelites]

Jul 19, 2015 20:51:19 GMT -5 Brian VT said:

Very nice.
If you run it we'd love to see and hear it.

The idle wasn't totally fine tuned, but you'll get the idea!

[Brian VT]

Cool. Great sound.

[Supercharged86]

Looking good buddy! Nice legs too, lol. Steve

[onlyhomelites]

You are sick man Steve!