I recently bought three older chainsaws at a yard sale (at $5 each!). There's a 24" Homelite XL924, a 20" Stihl 032av, and a 16" Allis-Chalmers 195. I'd say the Stihl is about ten years old and the other two are around 20. The Homelite lights right up on old gas, the Stihl runs but is missing parts, and the Allis' carb is messed up. I will be hitting all the local pro tool shops in a few days, but until then, a few questions:1. Anybody know the gas mixture for these? The Allis is a 16:1, so I'm not sure about listening to Homelite and using 50:1 in the old XL924. 2. How's the general quality of the saws? I know about Stihl--how about the others? This Homelite (metal oil lines with expansion fittings!) doesn't look like the JD crap department stuff you find these days and the Allis is a very sturdy little saw. 3. Who made the Allis? I kind of doubt that they made their own chainsaws. I looks Poulan-ish, but I can't be sure. 4. Any tips, specs, tricks, history, stories to go with these models? That kind of info is always helpful to me. 5. One of the Stihl's bar mounting studs has pulled out of the aluminum saw casing. Would an insert be the way to go, or could I get a stud with one oversize end? There's no way I'm paying to replace half of the crankcase. 6. How's parts availability with the older saws? That's a biggie for me. The Stihl is not going to be cheap to repair. That's about it. I'm really not as ignorant as I sound--just trying to cover all bases. I've worked on more mowers, blowers, trimmers, chainsaws, and mopeds that I care to remember. Thanks in advance.
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