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The Root Model 82 with West Bend 820 (134.4 cc) is ready to leave the bench.

Good morning! Been inspecting vehicles and tinkering around the shop. I acquired a side by side that needed a water pump. Just finished it yesterday. It was not fun to replace. Picked up a Echo twin and a Root with a West Bend 820 (134cc) last month. Both are runners.

Around 1959 or 1960.

Not yet, but it looks promising.

Root with a 134cc West Bend 820 Power Bee.

This may sound crazy but you could try going to a local health food store and getting some Oil of Wintergreen. It was suggested to me by a guy that used it to take kingpins out of heavy duty trucks and I used it to get a stuck injector out of an early model Duramax. It's the most aggressive...

EV's are hard to get people interested in. The owner said that this car has operated flawlessly with absolutely no issues. The dealer that he's trading it into said they want nothing to do with it and it's going directly to the auction. Something that took me by surprise on is that it has a...

Good morning! I did an inspection on an interesting vehicle the other day. 2022 Porsche Taycan EV. 600 horsepower with a quarter mile time of 10.5 seconds at 130 mph. The guy was trading it in for another vehicle. Original price $185,000 his best trade-in offer $62,000. Talk about taking a bath!

Had a friend furnish me a parts saw a while back that gave me the incentive to put together a running 5-30.

Good morning! Still inspecting vehicles and tinkering on saws. Been making progress selling some saws to reduce the population. I'm working on making some Homelite's into runners. Just finished a 5-30. I'm three saws away from having runners of the first eight models that Homelite produced.

OH my! That sounds interesting!

Here's the difference between an XL-12 piston and an XL-500 piston

Good morning! Been a while but have been in contact with several of the guys outside of the thread. Always good to hear from everyone. Went to Joplin yesterday to inspect a Peterbilt for an extended service contract. Picked up a Mitchell chainsaw in Joplin and dropped off a McCulloch to Russell...

Good morning! Shipping off 3 more saws but acquired 6 more. So much for my reduction effort. This Homelite Super 2100 was in the bunch that I acquired. Hard to pass up a 114cc Homelite. Didn't take much to make it a runner.