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Homelite XL 20 years old? Chain oil leaking?

I have an old, but still very good Homelite XL. Used for trimming small trees in my summer house. Still works pretty good, new chain added extra "bite", but oilpump for chain oil seems damaged. Chain doesn't get oil, and oil leaks out when sat aside.
Ut.no: 104824
Ser.no 781580011
Still possible to get spare parts for this old saw? In case where?
Tore Lund Bache, March 2008
I found this web site and just purchased parts for my xl there.http://www.edgeandengine.com/store/. Hope this helps.

greg, July 2008
Check to make sure the oiler port is open and not filled up w/ dirt. If you replaced the bar w/ non oem part, the oil port could covered-not allowing oil to come out to chain. What happens when you pump the oiler button?
Parts: I just rebuilt my 1980 Super XL auto. First go to Homelite.com, parts/service, then you'll be refered to another website, choose products, then Homelite, chainsaws, then scroll down to find your UT#. This will give you an exploded view of your saw and the part #s. I found some people who stock oem parts: Bill Walcott, (785) 562-3539, Sam at Hawkins & Milner (573) 588-4731, and Randy (937) 927-5429 (Randy was very nice and provided me w/ alot of good tech advise on how to repair my saw the "right way", and adjust cab mixures).
Next, I found and downloaded ($5 bucks) from ebay the official Homelite/Textron shop service manual that covers our saws. This provided alot of detail I would't have known plus all the torque spec values.
Hope this helps. Let me know how it works out. I spent alot of time researching this, doing the homework really paid off-my saw was repaired right, and really runs like new now after replacing the cylinder and piston as a result of a seizure. Something I know now is that I had the high speed mixure set too lean causing this damage.
Feel free to email me directly for more info one4michaelg@mindspring.com Good luck.

Michael, April 2008
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