One can purchase a Homelite brand chainsaw directly from the company's website. The Homelite website provides detailed information on their products, part resources, service centers and more information.
Homelite chainsaw parts can be purchased from: Jacks Small Engines, eReplacement Part, Sear Part Direct, Repair Clinic, eBay, Home Depot, SuperX Power, Good Chainsaws, to name a few.
Homelite's oil is a 50:1 mix ratio. Just buy a bottle of two stroke oil made to mix with a gallon of gas (a common packing style) and use it as is.
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the blade kit is A03408. However, it has been discontinued and is not readily available.
40 parts gas to 1 part oil.
1971 this is the years of homelite S8 made by Simplicity Send me severals pictures of Your homelite S8 at: boutet_joel@hotmail.com thanks a lots
100 cc's biggest saw Homelite made
40:1 owner's manual for a homelite st 185 trimmer says 32:1
Homelite string trimmers are inexpensive brand that you can probably buy at home depot. Depending on how much trimming you have to do in your lawn, should help you decide on how much you want to put down on a trimmer. I suggest going with a Stihl trimmer or a Poulan Pro. You can probably find a bottom of the line residential unit from these brands for about what you would pay for a homelite maybe a few dollars more, but worth it.http://www.weedwackerstore.com
The longest recommended was 31 inches. http://store.chainsawr.com/
Go to the Homelite website (homelite.com ) and go to the service and support tab