McCulloch 1-41 info?

[homesteadpaul]

I recently came across a Mccullaoch 1-41 for a price I couldn't resist. The powerhead looks clean, but it needs a new chain and probably a bar. Looking on line to see what my options are, it looks like I have none. Will bars from other saws fit the 1-41? Is it worth running? It pulls OK, but I haven't bothered to put gas in it yet, so I don't know if it even runs. No point in starting it if I can't get a new bar.

Assuming I can get a bar and get it running, how powerful is the saw? Is the -41 the engine size in CCs? How big of bar can it handle.

If it is fixable, I want to use it on a chainsaw mill for cutting beams, or on a miter frame as a cut-off saw. Either of those jobs take a bigger bar than the log size, so available bar size is a bit more important than how much wood it can really cut.

Thanks.

==>paul

 

[ccicora]

I sold a 1-41 and the reason is was it was a really heavy hobby saw and has some problems with the design of the piston. They are a good conversation piece but run for 5 min. set for 5 months is the norm. They have about 60 cc and around 3.5 -4 hp if I remember right. The saw tachs out real low too. But either way good luck.

Chris

 

[oakman]

hey stihlman
i have your old 1-41. after i cleaned a half inch of crud out of the fan shroud and cylinder fins, went through the carb, and removed all the carbon away from the exhaust port and muffler, tweaked the points and timing, the saw runs real strong. i have used it a lot since. i have many old macs of that style, this one runs exceptionally strong. i have a super 250 canadian that was in like new condition when i got it, that doesn't run quite as hard as the 1-41.

homesteadpaul,
that 1-41 is 80cc's. these older saws don't spin the rpm's that the new ones do, but they do make gobs of torque. just about any bar can be made to fit that saw. it's nice if the slot is 3/8, but if not a 4 '' grinder will take care of that. a new hole can be drilled for the tensioner, or a new tensioner can be made out of a piece of 1/2'' bolt drilled and tapped center crossways to fit the tensioner screw, and the ends turned or ground to the shape you need for the bar. i have done both. i have stihl, husky, oregon, and gb bars on all my macs, as well as mac bars, which you can find fairly easily on ebay. bars for larger homelite saws will usually bolt right up. i run a 32'' gb for a homelite on my mac super 250, which is the same cc's as the 1-41. it pulls it fine through 24'' of hard maple. that said, you need to realize the saw is around 40 years old or so, is an antique, so virtually no parts are available, save for what you can find used on the web, or sometimes someone will have some new old stock. you can still get carb kits for most of 'em. that doesn't stop me, though. i run my old macs regularly, and hard. i'm not gonna take all the time to clean 'em up, get them running, or completely restore 'em, just to watch 'em collect dust or corrode on a shelf. they were made to cut trees. if they blow, then i salvage what i can, and get another! or if they run good, i get another anyways! that is the fun for me. good luck with it.

 

[eyolf]

Oakman is pretty muchright on the mark about that old McC. Be advised that the 1-41 is part of a similar series of saws that began with the model 1-40 back around 1960 or maybe before, ending up with 1-43, or maybe 1-44 late in the 1960's. As was stated the model 250 is the same displacement, and was designed to be machined and assembled using the same tools and jigs back at McC.

This is important only in that the wise shopper can use this info when scrounging replacement parts. For example: cracked clutch guard? Any of the above will fit. Somebody in your general vicinity has probably been a small-engine shop for years and may have sold a gob of these new; they may have a few laying in the junk pile out back now. Make friends with them!

 

[Lust4saws]

I have a 20" Sandvik speedtip bar in excellent condition that is the proper replacement (no machine work required) for this saw. I also have a brand new (zero time) .404 Oregon chain and new sprocket. If interested in buying them, e-mail me.
Thanks'
Dave