Testing Aftermarket Homelite Super XL Coils & Figuring Out What Works!

There's a lot of aftermarket coils on Ebay advertised to fit Homelite Super XL chainsaws...this video shows what happens when you use the wrong coil. The coil & flywheel must be a matched set or your saw will not run properly, if at all. After the shop work, we take a trip to Ebay and find ONE seller that has the proper coils for both Phelon & Wico electronic ignition.

[@elizabethgoodgirl3494]

Don't worry about length of video the quality is what is important. Extremely good information here.

[@613kc]

Identifying Flywheels @ 17:00 Priceless! Thanks!

[@bonzaibarty]

Excellent video on the 2 styles of ignitions,,!

[@johnclarke6647]

I am glad I don’t have to worry about different model coils, because on a Stihl saw if it fits, it will work. If I have an ignition problem, I just get a new coil from EBay and crank it right up.

[@LawnZip]

two videos in and you've got yourself a subscriber. Thank you for sharing information to the younger generation!

[@ClintsHobbiesDIY]

Great info Leon. Many thanks for taking the time to make the vid.

[@613kc]

Leon, At my 1st Homelite Training (1980) session. I was taught unless working on bar and chain; remove them when working on the powerhead. Just became automatic.

[@user-jo6jg3ep1f]

It makes sense but men must be men! We have a sentence in Bulgaria :"He who is afraid of the bear does not go into the forest." Don't touch a chainsaw if you are afraid of injury.

[@613kc]

@@user-jo6jg3ep1f You could have been a Factory Service Instructor. To late now; it's all sh*t from china.

[@garymcmullin2292]

with that little girl bouncing around the active chain is a REAL liability.

[@robertsimard735]

Great information Leon. Thanks for sharing.

[@chattifactory]

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[@johnnorman7708]

I'm glad you did this try and see. I'm having fits with blue Prestolite coils like everybody else. I have 2 or three saws with Phelon electronic too. Haven't had one of those mess up yet.....Trying to get multiple saws XL12 AND SXL back to work.

[@613kc]

Just thinking: I converted 1970,s Sachs MC's failed electronic systems to points from older 1960's engines. Holes were all there in the casing. Is that possible with the saws?

[@johnnorman7708]

@@613kc Leon mentioned that crankshafts on the later Homelite electronic saws didn't even have the lobes to actuate the points anymore. That would have given us options.

[@613kc]

@@johnnorman7708 bummer.

[@user-jo6jg3ep1f]

Hey, Katie! I lost a tooth too! But mine will never grow up again! You are so cute!

[@droppoint495]

What if you cut a new keyway in the correct timing position?

[@Tysman909]

I convert the blue coil saws to a points setup. Using a points flywheel and coil and a module or using the wico flywheel with the lamination from the prestolite coil in a points coil which can be a tight fit but it works. I even used a super 2 coil in an xl76 works great. The key is the lamination have to match the flywheel due to the gap in the magnet and polarity of magnet can be reversed. The coil doesn't really matter as long as it fits

[@thecollectoronthecorner7061]

Today was a rainy day. So I went to my shop and drug out some Xl 12s. dads old saw he bought new in the 60.s it had the wick fuel system, I drug that felt out of the tank. It was making spark. So i removed the muffler. the piston was scored and had a broken ring. So i installed the piston and cyl from a XL12 automatic. also the carb and fuel line. Used the red start rope and cover. So Its now running its a hodge podge of some original blue parts and some newer red parts. Bigger cyl so its now 58 CC. Seems to run Ok. I will try it out tomorrow.

[@johnnorman7708]

I wondered about using a SXL top end on an XL12 rebuild.The extra power certainly wouldn't hurt anything, and I'm seeing more SXL pistons rings and cylinders on Ebay these days than XL12 anyway.

[@cecilkoselke7878]

Awsome video, Leon! My 9ldest son has one that sounds a bit like that one, but will rev up, but with the same symptom, slightly. I'll have to dig into it and have a look-see.

[@williambray4134]

Someone had to get her few minutes of fame😁 Been trying to get a hold of you, bud😎

[@tjlqk3]

Husky 55 coil fits too. Just have to swap the metal mount.

[@noahmiller7090]

Just working on this. 266 coil works great with wico flywheels just put the coil on the original core.

[@xl130homelite3]

Great info!

[@KainKustomGarage]

Thanks Leon...very helpful

[@kristinejackson8268]

The points one looks like it has a hex head in the center.

[@johnnorman7708]

So is the baking of those coils just a moisture purge that fully restores them to service?

[@seniorjohnl]

Hey Leon, enjoy you videos. Have you done any testing on the blue version meant for Wico/Prestolite?

[@paulzacher5672]

How did you change coil without a total teardown It looked like you just stuck it between engine and frame

[@qwertyui90qwertyui90]

I figures out i have a "points" ignition, any chance you know what value the condensor in it is ? in another of your videos you said " .25 " is where it should be, but what units is that ? micro Farads perhaps ? with the symbol 'uF' on the multimeter ?

[@Floyd12345]

Mine flywheel says : Wicomico, the prestolite company. I don't see any numbers. Trying to see if I have electronic and points. It fired one time but not starting.

[@DaveofAllTrades75]

Those after market coils in my experience are always junk sooner or later, Leon worked on my SXL last year for similar issue. I bought the proline or some other after market coil and saw run great for about 20 minutes then died and wouldn't start anymore. Leon ended up confirming my suspicion that the aftermarket coil was dead and he found me a oem blue one that he baked and installed and now my saw runs great. This is 2nd time I have tried aftermarket coils 1 proline and another south african branded one and they usually die on you. Mine are all wico though not phelon I'm sure they're equally bad for either version.

[@scrapsteenlifeintheforks1943]

I'm having trouble finding a coil for a Homelite MP38 UT05078 Cutoff Saw

[@tomcrater7470]

Great Info !!

[@qwertyui90qwertyui90]

My ignition coil looks nothing like the ones you have in the videos, but the rest of the chainsaw looks the same :'(

[@jeremyjerem3009]

Quel référence bobine pour une pionner farmsaw ???????

[@613kc]

11:04 Turn that wrench over. I can hear my Dad again, "What the H*ll matta with ya". May He RIP.

[@StevenArnold-dg3xk]

Hay just turn your recoil spring over and wind your pull rope backwards and then put your chane on backwards and wallaw problem solved 😂

[@oologahgardentractorandcha3055]

I believe many are the same seller and using different accounts