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This time it's a 28" Beech trunk. I'm struggling to find a replacement chain still and will have to bide with this one a while
 

From my understanding the reason for not painting finned cylinders is it lessens cooling ability

It will soon burn away from the hotspots I'm sure but that doesn't bother me, infact I hope that with a bit of use it will start to all look a little battle torn and tone down a bit. They were supplied like this when new but only small remnants remained on the cast Aluminium so I made the decision to repaint it, normally I try to preserve an original finish.

The powerhead all being reassembled I couldn't resist having a quick attempt at firing it up and was surprised how eagerly it did start.
 

The powerhead all being reassembled I couldn't resist having a quick attempt at firing it up and was surprised how eagerly it did start.
 

The powerhead all being reassembled I couldn't resist having a quick attempt at firing it up and was surprised how eagerly it did start.
 

The powerhead all being reassembled I couldn't resist having a quick attempt at firing it up and was surprised how eagerly it did start.
 

The powerhead all being reassembled I couldn't resist having a quick attempt at firing it up and was surprised how eagerly it did start.
 

Yesterday I collected a front blade/snow plough and a lawn sweeper from a fellow forum member. This morning as it was very wet here I took the opportunity to have a go at fitting the blade, all went well other than a bit of head scratching when I realised the adjusting arm wouldn't fit as it was fouling on the brake pedal. After a short while I realised if I took off the rod guide eyelet and release lever and turned the entire arm so that the dog leg is facing inward (the opposite to how it was) it would fit perfectly, it does. One pin was missing for the lift but luckily I found one of the correct diameter in my box of bits, it just had to be cut to length and drilled for the R pin. Off I went and pushed up the rather large compost heap and was very pleased with the performance. I also assembled the lawn sweep and had a quick play, it works fine but the height adjustment kept jumping out, once again the box of bits was out, and stronger spring fitted and all is well. I also received on Friday my freshly fabricated Clevis hitch which my Uncle started to copy from his original about five years ago! He's made a nice job of it and after a few adjustments to my Mouldbord Plough I was running in some half respectable furrows, I'm even considering entering my local clubs Ploughing match later this year.

Engine coming back together. Photos of the special cylinder for the 2F and it'ts rotatible Carburettor mount, also showing the rough bearings (it felt and sounded OK!), the other picture showing new Coil, Condensor fitted with new wire to replace the tired Cotton insulated ones.

It's just over that with the larger than standard bar that I have. That's almost double what my Stihl 076 AV weighs and I know when I've done a days work with that, it comes from a time when men was men an' women was bloody glad of 'em!

Picked this up for 100 bucks its a 82cc over built convertible series. Besides chainsaws these could run dirt and Ice augers, drills, and generators, and pumps. they also had an optional gear drive case that bolted on the outside drive case to make it a 3:1 ratio gear drive saw. This came from St George Utah, about 1400 miles from here. I put ome gas in it and it fired up on the third pull, then I gave her the hammer.
 
 

I picked up this one today. It looks pretty rough but I'm hoping to have it operational again before too long.

It's just over that with the larger than standard bar that I have. That's almost double what my Stihl 076 AV weighs and I know when I've done a days work with that, it comes from a time when men was men an' women was bloody glad of 'em!

The engine is a modified Villiers 2F I believe. At present it is completely stripped down and awaiting new coil, condenser, fixings, gaskets, seals etc. etc. The fuel tank is being re-made also as it is fractured and has also taken a heavy blow at some point. 

I picked up this one today. It looks pretty rough but I'm hoping to have it operational again before too long.

I picked up this one today. It looks pretty rough but I'm hoping to have it operational again before too long.

Nice collection you have there. I've recently become interested in vintage chainsaws which is a bit of a bus mans holiday for me! I've got only a couple so far but am on the look out for Danarm saws as that was what was used by my Dad while I was a young un and also because it is a local company.  

Homelite had a subsidiary in Canada that built saws for the export market, i.e. the Canadian market to conform with Canadian regulations and to avoid import taxes. It was called Terry Industries and the ID tags generally said Homelite/Terry Pointe Claire Quebec. Production numbers were much lower than US saws and often saws had different model designations than their US counterparts . I have 5 of these Homelite Terry saws. I found one of my most cherished models last month in Canada and bought it from the guy whose dad bought it new in the fall of 1969 it was a XL-902am, the "am" stood for automatic and manual oiler, it was a 82cc saw with a 24" bar painted red, white and green. This color scheme is also unusual and was only used on a few models for only a few years. Last week I found a Homelite/Terry XL- 800am another automatic and manual oiler with 82cc from the original owner as well. This saw was only built in 1967 and 1968. I quickly purchased it and made arrangements for it to be shipped to my home. This particular saw was made before the fall of 1967 because instead of a bolt together crankcase the case is cemented together. I found a XL-903, which is a fairly rare Homelite saw, but I already had one, but not in nearly as good of shape, so I bought the better one and sold that one for more than I paid for the new one. I also purchased a Homelite Super XL-925 from a fellow in Maine and was excited to see that it too was a Canadian made Homelite/Terry saw. I'll post pictures when I receive it, for now here is the XL-902am, the XL-903, and the Super XL-925 saws I bought last month, all 82cc auto oiler saws

Brilliant vans, I've been looking for a while but they seem to command quite a price now, it doesn't seem long since the scrap yards were full of fleets of them.

I've recently had my Allan engine running again after nearly two years in pieces. If you don't wish to watch the preparations the start up is at 7 minutes.
 
 

Lovely Job.