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Title: homelite xl12
Post by: partnerowner on December 04, 2016, 11:52:04 pm
received this as a gift, has a serial number that homelite head office cant figure out. ill take a picture of the serial number tomorrow, stay tuned.
Title: Re: homelite xl12
Post by: partnerowner on December 05, 2016, 06:57:05 am
unit and serial number are as follows, camera is too blurry. unit number 50131 serial number is T8300267
Title: Re: homelite xl12
Post by: RoyM on December 05, 2016, 12:46:42 pm
First of all, welcome aboard. Nice to see another Homelite guy. That saw, probably the company's most popular model, was built in the mid to late 80's judging by the chain brake style sprocket cover. The company has changed hands twice since then, the current products are made in China and not worth space on the shelf
Title: Re: homelite xl12
Post by: sweepleader on December 11, 2016, 03:19:24 pm
Canadian model made by Terry (T in the sn), missing chain brake handle (maybe entire brake).  The brake is rare here in the states, I don't think they were ever sold that way here.   Lots of parts available from many sources if you want to fix it up, right down to the decals.  Nice.
Title: Re: homelite xl12
Post by: mowertech on December 15, 2016, 08:44:52 am
Homelite Textron  And Jacobsen who made that unit  sold out to John Deere  back in the 90s  and John Deere sold out to TTI  and its  been TTI since  that is why the manufacture has no clue to what you have  i use to warranty work for TTI but i quit  after 3 months of it . 

But  i have  over 1600  part numbers for Homelite  and the XL12  is part of that lineup of  parts  and i ship worldwide
Title: Re: homelite xl12
Post by: Eccentric on December 15, 2016, 02:38:43 pm
Do you have the complete chainbrake clutch cover for these saws ?  How about the same for the SX925 or the Super E-Z?  I could use a couple of each of those....
Title: Re: homelite xl12
Post by: mowertech on February 04, 2017, 09:46:53 am
eccentric  talking to me ?  sorry  about the  delay  i  very  seldom  go  here  and  i never get  emails from  replies u referring  to  clutch cover  or the  handle that  hooks into  chain brake  ?
Title: Re: homelite xl12
Post by: mowertech on February 04, 2017, 09:59:30 am
i  think the  one in the above picture i  have never came  across them  kind   but that does not mean i cannot  locate one for you  i had a guy on facebook on the  group that is linked into this lookin for  a   4000  poulan  air filter   couple phone calls i found him one 
i  have  connections  for  hard to find stuff .

as it was  said  those kind  with  chainbrake  are  rare in  the  usa i  do have the  regular  clutch covers  used  ran  out of new ones and the  guards  at the top  handle  guards  i  have a few new  and  used also  u  were looking  one time  for  a rim  sprocket  system part  oregon  10624   i  have 1 new in box
Title: Re: homelite xl12
Post by: Eccentric on February 06, 2017, 06:23:00 am
Yes Calvin I was talking to you about those Homelite chainbrake clutch cover assemblies.  See if you can find these for me:

-Complete Homelite E-Z/Super E-Z/XL-1/etc chainbrake clutch covers

-Complete SXL/XL12/etc chainbrake clutch cover

-Complete SL-925/etc chainbrake clutch covers

-Complete Poulan 3400-4000/PP375-395 series chainbrake clutch covers

I'll check out your website for the other stuff.
Title: Re: homelite xl12
Post by: mowertech on February 21, 2017, 07:58:33 am
Yes Calvin I was talking to you about those Homelite chainbrake clutch cover assemblies.  See if you can find these for me:

-Complete Homelite E-Z/Super E-Z/XL-1/etc chainbrake clutch covers

-Complete SXL/XL12/etc chainbrake clutch cover

-Complete SL-925/etc chainbrake clutch covers

-Complete Poulan 3400-4000/PP375-395 series chainbrake clutch covers

I'll check out your website for the other stuff.
i  have  a  poulan  10825  cover  if  that  is  one  u  are  looking  for  ?
Title: Re: homelite xl12
Post by: Eccentric on February 24, 2017, 02:26:11 pm
Yes Calvin I was talking to you about those Homelite chainbrake clutch cover assemblies.  See if you can find these for me:

-Complete Homelite E-Z/Super E-Z/XL-1/etc chainbrake clutch covers

-Complete SXL/XL12/etc chainbrake clutch cover

-Complete SL-925/etc chainbrake clutch covers

-Complete Poulan 3400-4000/PP375-395 series chainbrake clutch covers

I'll check out your website for the other stuff.
i  have  a  poulan  10825  cover  if  that  is  one  u  are  looking  for  ?

I can't find that part number anywhere.  Can you post a couple pics of it?
Title: Re: homelite xl12
Post by: fossil on March 01, 2017, 08:37:42 pm
I don't have an IPL for the numbers but here's some pics of the brake components. There is nothing in the cover.
Title: Re: homelite xl12
Post by: Eccentric on March 12, 2017, 07:42:06 pm
That is very cool Tim.
Title: Re: homelite xl12
Post by: fossil on March 20, 2017, 10:56:09 am
They are built like a tank.
A lot of the early brakes are really strange.
Title: Re: homelite xl12
Post by: Oldachonoak on May 12, 2017, 12:31:30 pm
This guy has allot of Homelite parts and IPL's  hope it will help.  http://www.leonschainsawpartsandrepair.com/store/c1/Featured_Products.html
Technical service bulletin 185-001 to 185-020 1985 Has the serial number conversion on page 11 I have been working on three Homelites Super easy ,XL12 and a Super XL 925. They just need to be cleaned up and I am selling them. I'm not a collector but you wouldn't no it with all of the Vintage saws I have to finish and sell. (Ones man junk is another mans treasure) Leon is a good guy if you can't figure out the serial number or find parts send him an e-mail he will get back to you. There is also a forum called http://houseofhomelite.proboards.com/
That is the web address allot of helpful people their as well.
Ted