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This Remington SL11 was pumping a lot of air and very little oil. The pickup in the tank was pretty plugged and the line from the oil tank to the pump was a bit loose on the pump end.

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All cleaned up and everything works now.

Next up is this Homelite Super XL dressed up in John Deere yellow.

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It is locked up currently. I will get it apart and decide if there is any hope. I have some parts saws in the attic, or I may just clean it up and make it look nice for the display.

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I bought an aftermarket super XL-12 top end from some black market temu type site, it's pretty good looking! I might have a used XL-12 cylinder if you come up short.
 

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The 350CS is cleaning up nicely, but the piston is done. For whatever reason, these were built with a plain bore cylinder and chrome plated piston. I found decent Super XL in the attic and will see if I can use that piston and cylinder on the "John Deere".

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The 350CS is cleaning up nicely, but the piston is done. For whatever reason, these were built with a plain bore cylinder and chrome plated piston. I found decent Super XL in the attic and will see if I can use that piston and cylinder on the "John Deere".

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need to get a cleaning setup like that. Presently I soak stuff in degreaser and hose it off on the back lawn. Doesn’t quite work when it’s 20° outside :p
 

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No piston and cylinder were in good shape so got crank seals, all new lines, intake boot, skf bearings, caber rings, a little wider exhaust port, timing advance and a muffler mod
had one come in, owner didn’t want to spend any $. Cyl was in great shape except for the stripped plug threads 🙄
Found a new, Farmertec 390 cyl kit on flea bay for $10.
Saw runs great, lol
And no, he Stihl hasn’t picked it up 🤣
 
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