can anyone date this one? mix?

[high life man]

Just bought an old Sears chainsaw model # 917.60051. The label reads Simpson-Sears Canada. It is red with what looks like gear drive. It has a manual plunger-type oiler. The tank is a split keg-style mounted above the handle.

I bought it to put on the wall at work, but it pulls over and the compresion is excellent. I'm pretty sure it will run. I won't be able to hang it without trying. It calls for a mixture of 1/2 pint SAE 30 non-detergent oil per gallon. According to my calculations that's 16:1. Can I run my regular husky oil mixed at 50:1? Should I run Husky oil 16:1? There has to be something better than straight 30 weight. I run 50:1 in stihls 30 years old with no problem, but never tried it in a relic like this.

Can anyone help?

P.S. I'm no longer a high life man.

 

[John in MA]

I'd run almost any modern oil at 16:1 in that saw. Those clunkers weren't excatly designed to precision specs.

 

[Gypo Logger]

Try this link, it's all about Sears saws.
John

http://arboristsite.com/search.php?s=&action=showresults&searchid=38365&sortby=lastp

 

[high life man]

Thanks for the link, Gypo! It's an old David Bradley. DBbabcock's got one almost identical.

Tomorrow I'll try starting it.

 

[Bill G]

Once again I agree with John. In my opinion 16:1 means just that 16:1. I have heard of people thinking they can run any mixture as long as it is designed to be run at that mix. If you run it at 50:1 I will bet my farm that you will seize it no matter what oil you use. I rum a large amount of old saws that are to be ran at 16:1. I run them at 16:1. Any repuatable shop will have 8 ounce containers of oil. I use Lawn Boy oil. It comes as a 32:1 mix in 8 ounce cans as a 2 gallon mix. As long as you mix it with one gallon it will work great.

Just my thoughts.

Bill