HOMELITE Homelite Thread

[PogoInTheWoods]

Me. No. But that looks like a nice one.

 

[HWRDBNZ]

It's in good shape. Cuts better than I expected.

 

[sawnami]

I picked up an interesting Homelite item. NOS fuel tank for the Homelite 24V DC auxiliary power unit used on a B-17 bomber.

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[PogoInTheWoods]

Pretty remarkable right there. I'll bet there's a Confederate Air Force member or two who'd also be more than interested in it.

 

[Al Smith]

I may be mistaken but I think Homelite started out making generators .In my life time I've seen several .Fact I have a 5,000 watt unit that says Homelite but I think it's made by somebody else .

 

[Al Smith]

More on what I think that gas tank goes to .It might be a large unit P3 aircraft generator that was used on bombers .If so these things were built bullet proof with the armatures wrapped with piano wire .Once they get up to speed they sound like a siren sucking in a huge amount of cooling air .I have one that 45-50 years ago I was going to make a welder with it but never did .These things are 200 amps and 24 volts .

 

[mirage]

Got a 6-22 I think homesite. I am rebuilding the carb. I am not sure if these reed valves are any good.

 

[Maintenance Chief]

View attachment 357278 View attachment 357277 Got a 6-22 I think homesite. I am rebuilding the carb. I am not sure if these reed valves are any good.

Flip them

 

[mirage]

Flip them

I will go do that right now. The little chips don't matter as long as the valve covers the ports.

 

[mirage]

The holes were off set so that did not work. I just did some bending. It looks ok. Home it works.

 

[Maintenance Chief]

The holes were off set so that did not work. I just did some bending. It looks ok. Home it works.

Well those chips are pretty concerning? Can you find old stock ones?

 

[mirage]

I have not been able to find any.

 

[Maintenance Chief]

I have not been able to find any.

I know theres some "make your own" reed material out there. Maybe leon could suggest what he uses?

 

[Lee H]

If i'm not mistaken a bunch of Homelite models use that same reed, Look on Leon's site he has all the Homelite IPL's
where you can see what models are the same as a 6-22. I believe All the Wiz models and Super Wiz are the same.

 

[mirage]

He has a cage and new reeds for a XL model. Part # don't match but it looks like it is the right one. Do not see any reeds by them self

 

[jacob j.]

He has a cage and new reeds for a XL model. Part # don't match but it looks like it is the right one. Do not see any reeds by them self

I don't think any of the XL reed cages or reeds are swappable with what you have there. I have two reed cages out of Super XLs and they're a plastic cage with much smaller reeds.

There was a guy making aftermarket reeds for those but I haven't seen them listed on Ebay for a while.

 

[mirage]

Thanks Jacob.

 

[Stump Shot]

@mirage
I wonder if you talked with the folks at Boyesen Reeds and gave them the dimensions of what you have they might have some a little bigger that could be trimmed down to size. Boyesen Tech Line: (800) 441-1177 M-F: 10:00am - 4:00pm EST

 

[mirage]

I will check that out / Thank you Mr stump

 

[jacob j.]

I will check that out / Thank you Mr stump

If you strike out, let me know and I might be able to come up with something for you.