Alexclarke91

Hi All, Many thanks for all your responses. I haven't had much time to look at the saw as I have been very busy lately. Yes it is an American made saw and is very similar to the VI-123. the differences are mostly in the handles it seems, mine has a safety lever on top of the trigger handle etc... I have had a chance this afternoon to pull off the flywheel (really easy, a single nut holds it on its spindle) and looked at the coil/points etc. Aside from being slightly dirty (I cleaned everything up with a rag and carb cleaner) I could see no signs of damage or obvious failures. I checked the points gap which was correctly set to .15 as printed on the flywheel. I have changed the plug for a new Oregon one and also used a business card as suggested to gap the coil, which seems to be very magnetic, (its hard to prise the coil off it if you let go of it and its stick to it anyway). I will have another play with it when I get some time and let you know if i make any progress. Thanks again for all your help, I have never worked on anything with a carb or points before (I'm only 21) so I'm still learning. Cheers Alex

Hi all, I am new to chainsaw ownership and have just bought a Homelite VI 125 on eBay with the intention of restoring it and potentially using it as a film prop. So far I have cleaned the saw and replaced the Rubber fuel hose which was completely rotten. my issue now is that I have no spark. so far I have ordered a replacement plug (Champion CJ8) and removed/cleaned and inspected the coil for obvious damage. I have also tried to achieve a spark with the kill switch isolated to rule out a bad switch. The saw seems to have very good compression. I am struggling to find information on the VI 125 but it seems to be related to the XL series and in particular the SUPER models. Thanks in advance to anyone who can shed some light on my problem. Alex