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Mac went bankrupt a few years ago . Parts are pretty hard to come by . Best bet is to try your local repair shop . They probably know a lot more about if and where parts are available . Homelite was the brand sold under the John Deere brand . The machine shop I work for used to machine crankcases for John Deere Consumer Products . We made red ones for Homelite , John Deere Yellow for John Deere , Butterscotch yellow for Atlas Copco and White for another brand sold in Europe . There was no difference in the machining or castings between the colors . I was told by an engineer at Deere that the John Deere models used better bearings and were desingned to last about 3 times as long as the Homelite units . John Deere sold off the Homelite line to a holding company that owns Ryobi . Most of the saws and blowers are made in Mexico . I don't have any idea who makes the John Deere saws now . The last ones I saw at Home Depot were still leftovers from Homelite . By the way , we also made the End Bells for Homelite generators . This is the black casting on the end of the generator that is bolted to the gasoline engine . We made about 1/4 million of them in 1999 . Good Luck on your search for parts !
Ford Man
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