Blue 150 Homelite

[ronaldt]

What year did Homelite start making the 150 auto? I have 2 blue ones but neither have an id tag. Also, when did they switch to red and how long were they built?

[onlyhomelites]

Well this add for the 150 states "new" on the 50th anniversary of Homelite, so that puts it at roughly 1971: www.leonschainsawpartsandrepair.com/uploads/3/9/7/9/39792537/homelite_150_chainsaw_product_specifcation_sheet.pdf

Red would've come in 73 or 74. It looks like the final 150's were produced in 1986.

[undee70ss]

Blue 150’s started in early 1971, they switched to red in 1973/74, they were built till 1986. Very early blue 150’s had a oil flow adjustment, later blue 150’s didn’t. Early 150’s, the ID tag was on the bottom of the saw, later it was moved to the handle bar bracket, later yet, was moved to the case on top.

[ronaldt]

Thanks for the information guys! I think the id tags on mine are long gone. I know that one of them has the oil flow adjustment. It's great to find out all the little differences!