McCulloch Chain Saws

[struggle]

I checked the 660 today by setting it on its front bar pointing down and removed the plug. There was some fluid in it but not much. I filled it with 80-90 Vavoline synthetic gear oil. It was all I had. I tomorrow I will have to take a look and see if it leaked out while on the bench. I do not think it had ever been checked from the looks of the plug.

I posted two videos of it running and cutting on some elm under 660 on the driveway.

 

[buzz sawyer]

Hate to interrupt but a NOS crankshaft for an SP125 just went for $202 on ebay. :shock:

 

[promac850]

Hate to interrupt but a NOS crankshaft for an SP125 just went for $202 on ebay. :shock:

Holy :censored: Someone must've really needed it.

 

[heimannm]

PM610 - You will learn that old guys have a bit more disposable income to work with, it you don't belive it watch a Barret-Jackson auction on the Speed network.

Good business plan for anyone is find products or services you can sell to 40 to 60 year old hobbyists. The other half of my shop is dedicated to wood working; I've been in a Woodsmith store and watched others drop $1,500 on an impulse buy for a piece of equipment.

Mark

 

[promac850]

PM610 - You will learn that old guys have a bit more disposable income to work with, it you don't belive it watch a Barret-Jackson auction on the Speed network.

Good business plan for anyone is find products or services you can sell to 40 to 60 year old hobbyists. The other half of my shop is dedicated to wood working; I've been in a Woodsmith store and watched others drop $1,500 on an impulse buy for a piece of equipment.

Mark

Yeah, I got a ways to go before I can drop cash like that. I have seen those Barret-Jackson auctions on TV, it's crazy.

P.S. Was it you who bought that crank?

 

[heimannm]

Not me, but I did pick up an original Mini Mac 6 with case and spare chain this week, one more item to cross off the list.

Mark

 

[67L36Driver]

Good business plan for anyone is find products or services you can sell to 40 to 60 year old hobbyists. The other half of my shop is dedicated to wood working; I've been in a Woodsmith store and watched others drop $1,500 on an impulse buy for a piece of equipment.

Mark

Yup, this old hobbyist has been known to drop too much coin on almost junk saws from (gasp) pawn shops (Yikes!).

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And that's after I cleaned 5# of sawdust/bar oil off it.

 

[promac850]

Wow. You guys are hardcore. (with lots of that green stuff)

 

[buzz sawyer]

I guess since I saved $202 by drilling, threading, and installing a stud in the broken crank on one of my 125s, I can buy 4 more $50 saws and have enough left for a beer.

 

[promac850]

I guess since I saved $202 by drilling, threading, and installing a stud in the broken crank on one of my 125s, I can buy 4 more $50 saws and have enough left for a beer.

Did you really do that?

 

[cpr]

I guess since I saved $202 by drilling, threading, and installing a stud in the broken crank on one of my 125s, I can buy 4 more $50 saws and have enough left for a beer.

Yeah, this tax season seems to have really pushed the McCulloch stuff into the dear price ranges. Hopefully by summer things will settle back down.

 

[promac850]

Yeah, this tax season seems to have really pushed the McCulloch stuff into the dear price ranges. Hopefully by summer things will settle back down.

That's interesting... McCullochs are good investments then.

 

[djones]

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Yup, this old hobbyist has been known to drop too much coin on almost junk saws from (gasp) pawn shops (Yikes!).

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And that's after I cleaned 5# of sawdust/bar oil off it.

I can see from your picture that you have uncovered a gem to work with. I too have spent the better part of the last two weeks (weather permitting) cleaning, scrapping, hosing every crack, crevice, corner, fin, port, slot, channel, groove, blind galley, hole and indentation off my latest project. I don't have any before pictures but believe me when I say that it was filled to the brim with crud. I don't think it had been cleaned since Hector was a pup.

 

[Brian13]

Havnt got my mystery saw yet, but after studying the pictures further I believe I can see a decomp valve. It looks to like it could be a 7-10. I would be very pleased if that was the case. Getting excited now! Kind of like Christmas LOL.

 

[heimannm]

This is a McCulloch thread, so I'll post a couple of photo's. First up, the BP-1 completed. Go the the BP-1 thead for a few details on the bone headed mistake I made finishing up this one.

Next up, the original Mini Mac 6, world lightest chain saw. This one came with a case and three spare 1/4" pitch chains, albeit somewhat worn chains.

Mark

 

[a. palmer jr.]

This is a McCulloch thread, so I'll post a couple of photo's. First up, the BP-1 completed. Go the the BP-1 thead for a few details on the bone headed mistake I made finishing up this one.

Next up, the original Mini Mac 6, world lightest chain saw. This one came with a case and three spare 1/4" pitch chains, albeit somewhat worn chains.

Mark

Good luck with the Mini-Mac 6. I always had trouble with the starter assy. on them. Maybe they were ok when new, but I always got them after they were well used.

 

[Big Dan]

Today's score

View attachment 170224View attachment 170225View attachment 170226View attachment 170227Picked up this 10-10s today for $40. I pulled the muffler and checked the P&C,they looked good. Put some mix in it and it fired right up,now I need to find the chain brake parts. The bar it came with was junk but it had a nearly new full chisel chain on it.

 

[heimannm]

This Mini Mac 6 is one of the original models, everything is metal. Actually it makes it a bit more difficult to take apart and put back together, but should be more reliable than the one with a lot of plastic parts.

It wasn't getting fuel so I assumed it needed a carburetor kit, anyone with any MM experience knows that means you have to take it completely apart. I had a MDC kit on hand so I went through the carburetor, and found the nipple on the bottom of the fuel tank was cracked so I replace the fuel line and fitting as well. I went ahead and cleaned it all up while it was apart, put it back together, and found the spark to be somewhat unreliable depending on how the plug wire was tucked in there.

Of course that means it had to come apart again, and I noticed when the plug wire was pushed in you could see where it was shorting against the primary connection. I wrapped the wire in several layers of tape, but had to stop at that point as it was getting late in the day. Guess I'll have to finish up on Monday night.

Mark

 

[Eccentric]

Looking good Mark. That early Mini-Mac 6 is a nice package. Not my choice of saws to work on, but those early all-mag versions are pretty cool in their own way. Now finish it up and move on to the McCulloch 77!

 

[heimannm]

I thought the MM6 would just be an afternoon project, turned in to just a little bit more.

I don't think I have to travel next week so I should have a few evenings to get out into the shop, get this one done, and move on to the 77.

Mark