A couple from our church past away and had lost their home on taxes…church is doing a garage sale to try and help with funeral expenses and the rest gets donated to samaritans purse. There’s an old VI955 with a service tag on it that’s says bad fuel line in tank and no parts available. is this saw worth saving? Guess I’ll take it to my shop for now and maybe it’ll just get hung up but seems
I would keep it. 82cc saw that I bet you could get running. 5 pages of parts on Ebay and various other sites with parts.
Keeping , sure. What I might think about it as a daily driver is it is an older saw , nothing wrong with that but keep in mind - no chain brake and doesn't fit into todays safety standards so to speak. Not saying you can't use it but myself I probably would not. They have gone to chain brakes for a reason as well as other things to help keep us safe , chaps , gloves , eye protection and so on. Just my two cents for what it's worth , maybe 1 cent ?
Oh I wouldn’t run it regularly as I have a ported 362 m-tronic and a ported 460 for normal use. The 955 is in my truck and I’ll see what it needs.
The tag says the tank fuel line is bad. Searching Leon’s for part number is shows 65593 as a part number and that crosses with this as new number. What’s the chances this would work? Homelite Super XL 925, SXL925 Fuel Line & Filter Replaces Part # 65593, 65593A, 64083 Ships from USA
Already having 14 saws, I’m leaning more towards quality over quantity. I personally would pass because I already have big muscle. If you don’t have one near that cc range I’d say go for it.
I work with a guy who is into old saws , he is past the three digit mark with all of them , Has a couple that are really cool but just keeps adding to the pile on what seems like a weekly basis. He is also into old tractors with 35 + of those too. I am still looking for an old ( very old ) unique piece I can restore and put on the mantel. Nothing yet but still looking.
That’s kinda my thoughts with this. Though not as old or cool as many, it’s much older than most and wild be beat in my shop if I don’t/can’t get it running. But I’d like to fix it up for the occasional runner. I’m not fully taken by CAD, mostly because funds do not allow, but collecting cheap/free works for me for now
I'm intermittently working on a mantel saw project myself. I have a great mechanical shape Mall #7 two man saw. Mall offered it with up to a 144" bar. I have enough scratcher chain for that length bar on hand. The plan is to make a yet to be determined length bar duplicating the OEM Mall one. Then having it laser etched with..... I dunno....maybe the family tree that could be added to, our name ...my headstone when my wife has enough.
As for the Homelite I say fix it and play away. I like bigger vintage Homelite saws and could care less about a chain brake. If you are happy using it full time that's fine. Fuel lines can always be worked around if no OEM ones are available.
That's along the lines of what I am looking for. My co-worker has a couple I was / am interested in but he won't part with them. The sad part is that he is sort of a hoarder and chances of him ever doing anything with them is slim to none .
