Al, I know quite a number of people that would do the same thing. Lots of people do not like transistorized/electronic ignition and would rather have points. Points ignition usually will fire at a lower crank speed and is much easier to troubleshoot. I like them either way. That 904 I sent to you someone converted to points. Dean told me the electronic ignition in them wasnt good to begin with, so it was a plus to have points. I wasnt around back when these were new. Just my $0.02
I get what your saying, but if some people didn't care for solid state ignition, why would they buy one? This was a very low production saw and I would say Homelite built very few solid state ignition saws during this era. XL-104, XL-850, and XL-870 being the only models with solid state or capacitor discharge, which is a little different. The advantage to these saws was that they were more dust and moisture resistant.
Al, I know quite a number of people that would do the same thing. Lots of people do not like transistorized/electronic ignition and would rather have points. Points ignition usually will fire at a lower crank speed and is much easier to troubleshoot. I like them either way. That 904 I sent to you someone converted to points. Dean told me the electronic ignition in them wasnt good to begin with, so it was a plus to have points. I wasnt around back when these were new. Just my $0.02
I get what your saying, but if some people didn't care for solid state ignition, why would they buy one? This was a very low production saw and I would say Homelite built very few solid state ignition saws during this era. XL-104, XL-850, and XL-870 being the only models with solid state or capacitor discharge, which is a little different. The advantage to these saws was that they were more dust and moisture resistant.
It is realy odd this was converted, I cannot see the logic in someone doing that