The older Homelite 45 with the black/red case had a bolt on carb and that is the one everybody's been talking about. The current style saw has a all red case and the carb attaches with a rubber boot. This boot differs a little from the Poulan 46. The Poulan is oval and the Homelite is round. Maybe the wacker guy can make you an adapter/insulator for your carb? There are others on here that can if you need one.

I break the flywheel fins off with pliers and cut the rest off with a die grinder. I balance the flywheel on one of the bigger prop balancers like the Dubro or the High point. One guy on here sanded his flywheel fins off by mounting the flywheel in a drill press.

Some people do use the stock muffler but it may not fit within a cowl.

C-H ignition or RCignition make Hal Effect pickup battery powered ignitions for these if you desire. These guys visit the forum often.

Enjoy,

Jim