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Homelite Super XL 925 resurrection.

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So I wasn’t gonna mess with this one until summer when it was too hot to be outside. I got the 2050, 2159 and the 395 running, waiting on bearings and seals for the 2139. Got all the part to put the 2255 back together, but I couldn’t resist fiddling with the 925 tonight.


I had left it soaking hoping the rings were just stuck and tonight I went back and checked spark, dumped fuel in the carb, and could only get it to blow flames out the exhaust port (muffler guts out) a couple times. Compression is still 90 psi. Rings seem free but the upper one feels like it’s down in the groove. There has to be a reason the mechanic sold it to me out of the junk pile for $10. I’m think it needs rings, y’all? Oh, one good thing...check this chain out!
 

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So I wasn’t gonna mess with this one until summer when it was too hot to be outside. I got the 2050, 2159 and the 395 running, waiting on bearings and seals for the 2139. Got all the part to put the 2255 back together, but I couldn’t resist fiddling with the 925 tonight.


I had left it soaking hoping the rings were just stuck and tonight I went back and checked spark, dumped fuel in the carb, and could only get it to blow flames out the exhaust port (muffler guts out) a couple times. Compression is still 90 psi. Rings seem free but the upper one feels like it’s down in the groove. There has to be a reason the mechanic sold it to me out of the junk pile for $10. I’m think it needs rings, y’all? Oh, one good thing...check this chain out!


I know a logger that runs nothing but 395s with chains like that.
 

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@Onan18 that sounds slow...I'm excited about it 'cuz we have a bunch of dirty euc and stumps all around here.

@Spike60 there seems to be Homie action on the House of Homelite forum. One nice 925 rebuild thread that's gonna help me a lot. Also, Leon has videos and parts, etc.

So ya guys think pull it down? Maybe ATF in the intake side of the Cyl...? Exterior is filthy crusty. In the desert, vehicles and equipment get covered with a coating of dried up grease/oil and dirt. Longer it sits, worse (harder) it gets. For heavy stuff like bars, the vibrating parts washer is awesome, pics in the random pics thread. Gotta work Saturday (Ag Expo), big tree job Sunday to get ready for today, gonna be busy for a few days.
 

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I have a cylinder that fits an xl-98 chop saw, but I recall seeing somewhere that it would also fit the xl925... it is a nos jug, still in the box.

If you need a whole different saw, I have a pretty decent one I will part with... it has good compression, and supposedly ran, but I haven’t really even tried to get it going.
 

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It might look a little like this one that I restored last year:
HomeLite XL 10045A.jpg
HomeLite XL 10045A. New fuel lines and grommets was about all that it needed. Built like a tank. OP's might resemble it. At the owner's request, I removed the nose guard.
 

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The black paint sure didn’t seem to hold up very well.

My fuel line grommet melted away. Bunch of black goo in the tank that the filter was stuck in.

Looks like the same for the throttle rod grommet maybe.
 

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Oh, one good thing...check this chain out!
That carbide tipped chain has no rakers. o_O

If You intend to salvage/use that chain better get it soaking in oil soon, that rust looks hungry for steel.
 

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Chain is soaking. It will be interesting to try it.

How about hotrodding these saws?
 
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