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Post by edju1958 on Sept 6, 2020 23:01:01 GMT -5
Yeah,I think I just bought an XL-123,at least it looks just like the 123 I already have.I got it from the seller on eBay from Vt.I think I got a good deal depending on what the piston & cylinder look like. As a footnote,please send your thoughts & prayers to the husband of the seller (Nancy,AKA ladybug007),he had a stroke last month.
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Post by kevin1980 on Sept 8, 2020 21:34:36 GMT -5
Always eyeball her Saws for sale, most of her homelite Saws seem to be Terry built Saws, would buy some from her but shipping to Edmonton Alberta is a little pricey
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Post by edju1958 on Sept 8, 2020 22:41:48 GMT -5
I'd have to say that I've bought at least a dozen saws from her & have had good luck with about 98% of them.The very first saw I bought last yr.was a junker (it was a Jonsered) & it went right back.A guy can't really lose out with free returns.She's good to work with too,if there's a problem,rather than take the saw back she'll give a partial refund.I don't look for anything like that,or to try to get a "free" saw.I'm an honest buyer who looks for an honest deal.I have noticed though that since she's been on eBay the price of saws has skyrocketed.Maybe it's just coincidence?I know she likes to try to get top dollar for saws that should probably get taken to the scrapyard.I can't believe that she finds all of these saws at estate sales.I've noticed too that a lot of her saws are Terry made,probably because she's so close to Canada,living in Vt.
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Post by edju1958 on Sept 22, 2020 16:39:25 GMT -5
I received the saw today & as far as I can tell it's NOT an XL-123.It doesn't have a DSP & I don't believe it has the SDC 32 carb that was put on the XL-123s.The saw is in really good shape & I don't think it was used much.At this point it has no spark & it desperately needs a new fuel line.I'll post pics when they arrive in mt email. Edit:I've narrowed the saw down to an XL-120 or XL-122,those were the only 2 saws that did not have the compression release.The 113,114,& 123 all had the DSP.The saw looks identical to my XL-123.
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Post by ronaldt on Sept 22, 2020 17:27:46 GMT -5
Nice score Ed!
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Post by xl130 on Sept 22, 2020 18:35:50 GMT -5
What is the part number on the cylinder?
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Post by edju1958 on Sept 22, 2020 19:06:08 GMT -5
I wouldn't know that since I haven't pulled it apart.The 113,114,120,122,& 123 are all the same size at 57cc.(according to Acres' site).The more research I do,I'm leaning towards the XL-120AM.If my pics ever come in maybe someone here can help identify the model.I'll also know more on pulling the carb to rebuild & find out what model the carb is.Accorfing to the research it should be an SDC21.
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Post by edju1958 on Sept 23, 2020 18:49:27 GMT -5
I was going to clean the points & get a new condenser for the saw,but I figured that since I already had a chip here I'd try that.The old condenser had seperated from the mounting bracket,the solder must've not been very good,but someone was in there before me because there was no felt for the cam to get lubed.I put the chip on the saw & got spark,but I couldn't get the saw to fire on a prime.This was driving me nuts till I decided to do a compression test on it & it came in at 118 psi.I think it's time for a ring job.So I guess we'll find out the part # of the cylinder after all.I won't be tearing this saw down for a while yet,I've got a couple of saws to get caught up on first & I've got another saw coming at the end of the week (Mac 5-10,70cc.)
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Post by edju1958 on Sept 24, 2020 19:19:57 GMT -5
I did have a little progress today on this saw.I put oil in the cylinder & pulled the recoil a few times,the compression came up 20 lbs.to 138 psi.I tried to fire the saw with an NGK in it & it wouldn't fire.I put the Champion plug that came in the saw back in & the saw fired.First time I've ever had a bad NGK plug.I tried to get it to fire on a prime again,but no dice.I filled the cylinder with Liquid Wrench (I've never had any luck with acetone & ATF) & I'll leave it set overnight.I think the rings are sticking.Funny thing - Homelite calls the rings U rings,A seller on eBay & Leon call them L rings,which ones are they,U or L?
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Post by edju1958 on Sept 25, 2020 16:48:18 GMT -5
I've got the compression up to 125 psi now.I pulled the reed assembly off today to have a look to make sure there wasn't a problem there & all is OK.There are 3 screws that hold the spacer on & the top 2 screws were quite rusty.I put some oiol on them when they went back in.Something rather strange about this saw - I pulled to carb to have a better look at it & first of all it's not a Walbr as I thought,it's a Tillotson HS125A,secondly it didn't have a fuel inlet screen & the brass cotter pin was replaced by a thin steel wire.The carb settings were way too lean which could explain the low compression.If I can get the saw to run I'm hoping the compression will come up.
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