Homelite EZ start, run, & cut

My newly acquired early 1970s Homelite EZ 34.4 cc engine with a brand new 3/8 chain on a 16" bar. Havn't done anything to the saw since I got it about a week ago. Needs a carb cleaning and rebuild. It's prone to vapor lock to.
However despite those facts I find this to be a true home-owner saw for trimming and other light work. It's a light powerhead equipped with compression release. This saw is missing the trigger lock explaining the way I started it.

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[1944johndeerel]

i love my 70's homelite super mini SL automatic. i like it alot because it has alot of nice modern features which make it very user friendly but it still has that classic look to it. its got rubber engine mounts for less vibration an optional (but non working) blade brake compression release, automatic oiler. its really nice. do you have any idea what the fuel ratio was for 70's homelites? i am not sure, i have another that says it can run 16:1. is modern 2 stroke mix ok in these later ones?

[volouro]

@1944johndeerel The offical oil ratio at the time I don't know. I run all my stuff anywhere between 32:1 - 40:1 with a STIHL 2 strokke oil. Modern 2 stroke oils have improved over the years, hence why some people are running 32:1 in saws that called for 20 or even 16:1 ratios.

[NesteHukka2]

@1944johndeerel I also have so little need for chainsaw that I expect my "tuned-up" versions can hold together :-) Some can doom all modifications, but there is also that other point of view: It is also kind of showing respect, to give the saw the only thing that is not originally on it: proper exhaust pipe! Nothing else is needed, it runs so happily with exhaust that is match for that technology. I have also blue Solorex (80 or 125cc). Needs weight lifter body to fire it :D

[1944johndeerel]

@NesteHukka2 i just have been running 12:1 using non detergent oil in the old saws as reccomend back when they were new but i dont run them enough for that to be an issue anyways lol. yeah they are surprizingly modern inside built to last . i think my mcculloch bp1 was too far ahead of its time when it was made it was just too modern.

[NesteHukka2]

@1944johndeerel When I opened one garagesale Homelite, identical to my video, i found it to be surprisingly modern inside! I didn't expect to find reed valve for instance... Not calculated, only by feeling, made that exhaust pipe to it, and after adjustments it really revs high. If run on that rpm range, that stock, no actually difference noticed, but, it wakes into life at RPM that stock won't go further. Modern oil goes well, but add 0,5-1% to modern recommended mixture to be sure.

[NesteHukka2]

Pipe it ;)

[MrMixedGas]

@TheJohndeere212 I herd the same thing and I cringed when I herd that but your right! could you imagine the smell of that exhaust? I hate the smell of burning 4-cycle oil the woods where probably blue with thick smoke all day!!!!!

[MrCarjunker]

Wanna know why your blade is so dull??? cause you keep sticking it in the dirt

[TheJohndeere212]

for 1944johndeere 32:1 is good for old saws, back then they don't have those oil mixer for 2 stroke as we do these days. I had an old man told me that they use regular oil and pour into tank and then pour gas into the tank next, then shake it,then run it. Sounds weird but, a lots of them old timers told me they do that.

[1944johndeerel]

@volouro ok thanks, i think my super mini sl will be fine at 32:1 with regular 2 stroke oil then. but when an older engine says to use 16:1 with non detergent 30w oil thats what i run. and thats what i run my maytag engine and some of my other antique 2 strokes on.