You gotta get a belt pocket for wedges and take an ax along , trust me its saved me a few mistakes.
McCulloch Chain Saws
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Sorry to hear about the 700. An oil tank shouldn't be too difficult to find.
Just one of those bad days. Wedges were in my back pocket and 5# ax was 10 feet away. Where my brain was, I don't have a clue.
Ron
IA GTG at Hosky's today, as far as I know there was no significant damage to report.
There was one minor chain wrecking incident when some discovered a screw hidden a few inches in the log.
Very little McCulloch action today but at least it didn't rain all day.
Mark
There was one minor chain wrecking incident when some discovered a screw hidden a few inches in the log.
Very little McCulloch action today but at least it didn't rain all day.
Mark
Will a 1010 or 1010S case interchange with 700?
Ron
Ron
No, the 70 cc saws have a larger bore on the PTO side to accommodate the bearing insert. On the 54/57 cc models the bore on PTO side matches the O.D. of the bearing. I may have an oil tank/crankcase bottom from a 70cc saw in the attic, remind me to look during the week.
Mark
Mark
Thanks, Mark. I will tear into it first to see if the cylinder is cracked.
If the crack had stopped before the crank, I would just have it welded but it didn't.
I have owned this saw since new - 40 years and 3 months. May sound silly, but I lost some pride today as this saw is one thing that I have actually taken pretty good care of, and it was in excellent shape mechanically and cosmetically.
Ron
If the crack had stopped before the crank, I would just have it welded but it didn't.
I have owned this saw since new - 40 years and 3 months. May sound silly, but I lost some pride today as this saw is one thing that I have actually taken pretty good care of, and it was in excellent shape mechanically and cosmetically.
Ron
Finally no rain? The attendees had my sympathy over the last few years.
I don't know how far along you and Brian are. I hit 70 last month and staying on the straight and narrow doing things is becoming a challenge.
I'm learning how to consider what I'm doing a little more carefully.
Take care of both of you. I certainly admire what you both do.
I've been absent here for a while for personal reasons,but I'm back whether ya like it or not.
Ron,I had a PM 700 with almost the same problem with the broken crankcase.My guess was that some really clever person got the saw stuck & decided to get it out by yanking it from side to side.We all know how well that works.I called Bob J.to see about getting a replacement part.Do you know that Mac never made a replacement oil tank for the 700?You'll have to buy a good used one.Last I knew Bob had some for around $40.I never did fix the 700,I ended up trading it to a guy for my 5-10.One of the best things I ever did,IMO.
Ron,I had a PM 700 with almost the same problem with the broken crankcase.My guess was that some really clever person got the saw stuck & decided to get it out by yanking it from side to side.We all know how well that works.I called Bob J.to see about getting a replacement part.Do you know that Mac never made a replacement oil tank for the 700?You'll have to buy a good used one.Last I knew Bob had some for around $40.I never did fix the 700,I ended up trading it to a guy for my 5-10.One of the best things I ever did,IMO.
I'll keep my eyes open for you also Ron, I think there's a shop with a burned up 700 bow on display around. Might be a minute before I make my way there but I will find out if they'll part with it.
Thanks. I will be 66 in a few weeks. I went from feeling sad to feeling stupid after MS’s post. I wedge stuck saws all the time. Had two wedges in my pocket and another at the stump as I don’t fell without at least 3 wedges in my pockets and a 5# axe within reach. Among the red and white Poge pointed out last week was a new wedge I had snapped in half while retrieving a stuck saw from a much larger stem. I guess tunnel vision took over knowing I would be moving the logs with the tractor within minutes anyway.
Ron
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welcome back sir!
Dont sweat it Ron, happens to the best of us , equipment is replaceable.
I know someone who might help if someone is still interested.
Thanks. At the risk of appearing incompetent, I often write about my failures to highlight the risks to the less informed and to entertain everyone else - telling a misadventure is more interesting to me than simply "Today, I cut another tree with an old MAC."
Though my appearance may indicate otherwise, I am flawed with perfectionist traits which often leads me to have too high expectations of people, especially of myself, so I am disappointed in myself quite frequently and tend to overthink. Nonetheless, there is a common lesson for me in many of my misadventures - I seem to always be in a hurry trying to make up for unexpected lost time. As you well know, hurry in the woodcutting world is generally not a good thing. Yesterday's event in particular troubles me because, once again I was trying to make up for lost time and the saw was safe until I sat the tree down on it while moving to a different lifting point. I even thought at the time I should put something under the stem to protect the saw just in case but not seeing anything handy I took a risk and lost. I will stop here as I am getting close to that overthinking thing.
My 21/22 season is coming to an end soon as it is now the snakes' turn to roam the woods. I expect you don't have that option and deal with many more and bigger snakes than we have here. Beyond sitting your idling McCulloch on the ground first, feel free to share some helpful hints.
Ron
The 700 only needs a tank. The crack extends diagonally all the way to the flywheel bearing boss, then up the side. Cylinder appears to be fine. Piston and bore are good though a bit of carbon - I used dino oil for years, including generic two- stroke oil.
Ron
Ron
Cheer up Ron all is well.
A tank will turn up
A tank will turn up
Well today i finally got the little cox 140 chainsaw. 2 stripped out screws, one impact driver got. The other had to be drilled and ez out. But the points were heavily corroded. Cleaned them up and got it back together, minus 2 screws and i have spark. The muffler insides literally fell to pieces. The exhaust ports were totally carboned up. Got that mess done, a bit of squirt and that little thing fired!!!! Lol. Still lots to do yet before i do anything with it. Id like to make sure it all functions first then make a cut. Ill make a video of it when i get that far.
Ive never seen anything like that oil tank crack. Great that it didnt hurt anything else.
Ron,I've got an oil tank from a 70cc saw that I have no idea where it came from.You can have it for the cost of shipping if you want it.The engine it was on was toast (seized).
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