Chainsaw Repair

Husqvarna - Stihl - Poulan - Jonsered - Dolmar chainsaws and more => Homelite => Topic started by: mcbob on March 29, 2011, 01:49:11 am

Title: Homelite 750
Post by: mcbob on March 29, 2011, 01:49:11 am: (http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b108/ozflea/homie1aa.jpg)

(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b108/ozflea/homie2aa.jpg)

Picked this one up from a salvage centre yesterday $5-00 i'll get this one going in my mates memory as he was a homie dealer

Mc Homie Bob
Title: Re: Homelite 750
Post by: Al Smith on March 29, 2011, 08:45:05 am: There's a lot of power behind that red paint if you can make it putt .
Title: Re: Homelite 750
Post by: CSW on March 31, 2011, 11:32:18 pm: Nice score Bob!
I have a 750, there a hand full!
You'll be impressed with yours once you get it running!
FYI, The intake boot seems to be the weak link on the 750.
Jim
Title: Re: Homelite 750
Post by: mcbob on April 06, 2011, 07:43:46 pm: I have seached and found a heap of new bits and pieces i will need to put it back in good order if it were to be a shelve queen it wouldn't matter but i would luv to hear this baby rattle last one i heard was in the early 80's.

McBob.
Title: Re: Homelite 750
Post by: mcbob on April 15, 2011, 06:59:37 pm: After a Tournament of Kings bar for this baby

Mc Homie Bob
Title: Re: Homelite 750
Post by: Cut4fun . on April 15, 2011, 07:13:53 pm: Stencil kit that Scott in VT has to paint your own bars.

http://store.chainsawr.com/products/homelite-tournament-of-kings-bar-stencils
Title: Re: Homelite 750
Post by: mcbob on April 15, 2011, 07:26:05 pm: This ol Homie will be pretty when i git her done thanks ol mate

Mc Homie Bob
Title: Second Homelite 750
Post by: mcbob on April 21, 2011, 06:36:23 pm: Yea i know more money than sense but i got me a second 750 as a runner new rings and intake boot and a hand guard

(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b108/ozflea/Homelite%20750%202/KGrHqRiE2Tmbv7SBNrlPLoR2w_12.jpg)

(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b108/ozflea/Homelite%20750%202/KGrHqNk0E2EWLN4WpBNrlOhH94Q_12.jpg)

(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b108/ozflea/Homelite%20750%202/KGrHqJjE2KsrSTrGBNrlN7mDEw_12.jpg)

(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b108/ozflea/Homelite%20750%202/KGrHqJi4E2KIRigK7BNrlPyKnEw_12.jpg)

(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b108/ozflea/Homelite%20750%202/KGrHqFlkE2EVTys6hBNrlREolGw_12.jpg)

(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b108/ozflea/Homelite%20750%202/KGrHqVjME2HmICP7BNrlQYcK_12.jpg)
Title: Re: Homelite 750
Post by: TORX on April 21, 2011, 06:49:57 pm: Do you have any video? I sure would like to hear that 750 run. ;)
Title: Re: Homelite 750
Post by: Al Smith on April 22, 2011, 09:27:35 am: I've only ever seen one of that model in running condition and it owned by Larry S. in Ohio .That one has a tuned pipe on it .

Back in the day these were the hot set up for a race saw .I believe this is the last of the large displacment professional saws Homelite ever built .Their demise I'm sure had a lot to do with changing methods of old growth harvest on the west coast and varied ownership of the company.

During that time period there was kind of a changing of the guard .Mac and Homelite through bad management and other factors became lesser players in the pro saw arena and Stihl and Husqvarna moved in .Also during those days Honda and Toyota gained market shares and Ford GM ,American Motors and Chrysler took a more backwards seat .It's just how things seem to evolve over time .
Title: Re: Homelite 750
Post by: Cut4fun . on April 22, 2011, 05:02:03 pm: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xOGFgXYWXM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJDAOIWZOxE&feature=related
Title: Re: Homelite 750
Post by: man of stihl on April 22, 2011, 05:23:44 pm: I love the sound of those old, long stroked saws. Seems he was running her a tad rich.
Title: Re: Homelite 750
Post by: mcbob on April 22, 2011, 07:02:42 pm: Well heres the 750 i bought above run by the seller gri-lla

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkjhGu1ZkaY

McBob

Now another item worth thinking about rings for the 750 i see an entry in H of H that Mac Rings from the PM105 and SP105 fit at 2.25 there thin ring tool steel
I bought a spare cylinder from a fella called American Bulldog and now would like to source a spare 750 piston to check the groove thickness or if one of our members has one then could they measure it for us and post it here for all to see i know rings for the PM / SP105 are scarce as well but its another source for those wanting to keep one of the 750's going.

(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b108/ozflea/105rings.jpg)

McCulloch PM 105 Chainsaw Piston Rings 89250
Title: Re: Homelite 750
Post by: man of stihl on April 22, 2011, 07:10:04 pm: I like it!
Title: Re: Homelite 750
Post by: Cut4fun . on April 22, 2011, 07:13:53 pm: That's HOSS, good dude. I found him a dolmar 166 and stihl 090 once like new.
Title: Re: Homelite 750
Post by: sawmandave on October 04, 2014, 06:39:00 pm: Here is mine , will need to do good vid of it cutting wood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pckVbOccLIY
Title: Re: Homelite 750
Post by: mcbob on October 06, 2014, 07:33:32 pm: Here's mine

(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b108/ozflea/homieline1_zpsf6a42b1f.jpg) (http://s18.photobucket.com/user/ozflea/media/homieline1_zpsf6a42b1f.jpg.html)

McBob
Title: Re: Homelite 750
Post by: Al Smith on October 06, 2014, 08:45:33 pm: If I recall correctly that series of which the 550,650 and 750 belong was the very last of the pro type timber saws Homelite ever built .

Since this thread got started Brad S has a nice 750.good runner .On a big log however I can out gun him with my 2100S .That's the difference between a piston port and a reed valve .The old reeders were pullers ,about like a Clydesdale .When you get into long bars and big wood speed isn't where it's at,it's the torque that gets it done .
Title: Re: Homelite 750
Post by: 660magnum on October 06, 2014, 09:30:11 pm: His 750 is loud too.