JOBU related questions, specificly model ES JOBU SL21

[jomisko]

Hello everyone and thank you admin for the accept upond registration.
I recently got this old beauty and I'm in the middle of resturation. Cleaned all metall surface with love and Irish Whisky.

I would love to get my hands on the original maintanence and repair manual, and I'm hoping someone on this forum can help me out.

To other entusaistes, feel free to start a disscussion on either this model or another, but please stay within the JOBU brand on this post

Thank you.

 

[Bob Hedgecutter]

Hello and welcome.
Not to burst any bubbles- Jobu was a Norwegian company until the early 1980's when it was swallowed up by Electrolux- as many saw manufacturers were and true Jobu saws ceased to exist.
What you have there is a made in Canada Frontier manufactured saw that was labelled for MANY different brands and painted in MANY different colours.
They had another red painted one they stuck Jonsered stickers on as well, orange ones labelled Husky, blue ones labelled Danarm, yellow ones marked Skil, Craftsman models..... to name a few off the top of my head.
When you go to restore it- the steel rod hoop guard goes in front of the front handle- like a chain brake flag, but it is just a hand/knuckle guard.

 

[Chainmale]

They didn't make it very easy to refuel

 

[Bob Hedgecutter]

They didn't make it very easy to refuel

Compared to the more modern side fill- perhaps, but a lot of 1970's designs were much the same, some were just the oil tank in the upper front fill, some were both fuel and oil. Echo hung on to top fill for a long time, Homelites, Pioneer.......

 

[Chainmale]

I do have a couple of old Echo evl's and zenoahs that are top front fill, but hadn't seen them directly on the front before