Homelite Helper Winch help.

[Chris Sheppard]

I've found myself with a bit of an oddball petrol winch which appears to be based around a Homelite saw. It only arrived today but fired straight up and sounds OK and seems to work fine, though I've yt to get a proper go with it. I's nice and compact and is light enough to carry around too, no worse than a biggish saw.

 

One thing missing is the chain oil cap - it's redundant as it doesn't need to oil anything, but it's be nice to have a cap on there to keep crud out. I know I could make something to fit but if I can easily get hold of a proper one then great.

 

Does anyone know anything about these winches? Or where in the UK might be able to supply Homelite parts?

[MrNick]

Is that the one sold on ebay a month ago. I really wanted it but the price was too high for me.

[woody paul]

From my memory you have the oil cap as they were black and the fuel cap were red. Will have a look around my sheds to see if one is still kicking around.

[Chris Sheppard]

Is that the one sold on ebay a month ago. I really wanted it but the price was too high for me.

 

It is - when compared to buying a new Lewis winch or similar I think it was a bit of a bargain, especially as it comes with it's own powerhead so isn't tying up saw either

 

From my memory you have the oil cap as they were black and the fuel cap were red. Will have a look around my sheds to see if one is still kicking around.

 

Well spotted, the black cap does say something about not needing chain oil but does fit the fuel tank fine. Cheers

[MrNick]

Absolutely a good buy I just lost my nerve.(there'd have been a lot of explaining to the wife!)

[Chris Sheppard]

Absolutely a good buy I just lost my nerve.(there'd have been a lot of explaining to the wife!)

 

I jut wait til mine's gone to bed

[MrNick]

Same here but I'm never in when the package arrives so I can't stash it.

[tree_beard]

Sweet little winch mate. Oil caps are about 4quid on ebay.. there are probably more homelite xls in the US than any other saw. They were increadibly popular for decades

[Chris Sheppard]

Got a go with it today pulling some hangers - really quite impressed with it so far.

 

Want's a bit of a tune and the clutch setting up properly, but nowt major.

 

Seems a bit steady on line speed but reckon it'll be low geared because of it only haviing a small engine compared to say a lewis with a 372 bolted to it.

[ratcatcher]

saw one similar being used on yukon men