McCulloch Chain Saws

[8433jeff]

I traded recently for its little brother, a Double Eagle 50, same as a Titan 50. There are not a lot of parts available that I can find, and nothing is coming up as far as part numbers at the distributor. To say you have one, if its sweet, maybe, if you want to use it then I'd pass. I have a spur, and don't honestly know if I could find another.

 

[8433jeff]

thanks for the info....I looked around and this thing seems to be made in Italy. I have an Efco 152 that is Italian and it is a very well built saw. The 57 seems to beg to be used....I think I am to old to use it up....hmmm

I already have more saws than I can use so perhaps I should just let it pass...

It is an Oleo Mac saw, made in the Olympyk factory.

As an Olympyk aficionado, the Oleo Mac partnership has interested me a lot, but no one seems to understand when exactly this all went down, except the late eighties, and on the Olympyk side there are no records or parts or IPL's, or what would be sister saws, like the J-red/Husky or Husky/Poulan. I found a very McCulloch looking IPL and fiche card, but nothing as far as parts.

 

[Nardoo]

Bumble bee

Hello everyone, I have enjoyed this thread grow but have never owned a Mac so did not feel entitled to speak up. In fact I have kind of resisted getting one because there are just so Macs around here I am scared my obsession will take over if I develop a liking for them.

Anyway, could not resist this one - a Pro Mac 6800. I bought it from the son of the original owner who had passed away. Saw was carried in a 4WD but used very little over the years as they did not collect firewood. Is has the original bar and is on its second chain. He wanted $50.00 but was surprised when I said I'd give him a hundred.

It is really a Dolmar 120S, a 68cc saw with good pedigree, but the Mac versions are called Bumble bees around here. Anyway it has wonderful compression and runs just fine. The only issue is the little primer bulb has perished and I have had to disconnect it. Stupid addition really as it starts in 3 pulls with the choke.

I really like this saw, so much in fact I have just bought a second Bumble bee - a Pro Mac 5200. I will put it put it up here soon.
Al.

 

[watsonr]

SP125 and the CP125, whats the difference?

Seen some conversation about these in another thread but they never really discussed. Can someone tell me the difference between the two saws? I know that one has the adjustable carb, same displacement, older two pronged coil, both with points and most parts interchange...but what is really the difference or was that it?

Thanks,

 

[cpr]

Seen some conversation about these in another thread but they never really discussed. Can someone tell me the difference between the two saws? I know that one has the adjustable carb, same displacement, older two pronged coil, both with points and most parts interchange...but what is really the difference or was that it?

Thanks,

Read JJ post here. http://www.arboristsite.com/chainsaw/135464-3.htm#post2213056

 

[leeha]

Seen some conversation about these in another thread but they never really discussed. Can someone tell me the difference between the two saws? I know that one has the adjustable carb, same displacement, older two pronged coil, both with points and most parts interchange...but what is really the difference or was that it?

Thanks,

The CP125 has a different decomp system, mufflers are different, CP has a cast bore and can be bored oversize. Later SP's had chrome bores. CP's had better porting, More on the lines of the 797 and 101 kart motors. CP's also had the narrow fan housing and a better breathing air filter cover.




Lee

 

[heimannm]

Stephen - I have a Titan 57 and really enjoy using it. I had to tear it completely down to replace all of the oil and fuel lines, you will likely have to do the same thing to take care of the oil leak as I imagine the line has crumbled. Before you buy pull the clutch cover off and look carefully at the lines, you might be able to talk them down a bit on the price. I gave $70 for mine and that included a brand new 18" McCulloch sprocket nose bar. I haven't looked into any parts other than an air filter but that was easy to find on e-Bay.

Nardoo - I have the SP85 and SP118, both from Australia since that was the only place they were available. Nice pieces of McCulloch/Dolmar history.

Mark

 

[heimannm]

McCulloch 1-72

I spent a little time on this one since I really like the way my 1-85 runs and sounds, I wanted to hear this one running.

First off I pulled the spark plug to check for spark, nice fat blue snapper, decided I might as well check the compression while I was at it, 150 PSI.

As noted in an earlier post, the clutch cover had been welded and rendered unusable so I looked around and found several 44/1-70 saws but none had the cover in good shape. In the attic I had a NOS cover probably from a 700 Series saw so it is set up to accept the spike bar. I was able to swap the starter parts from 1-72 cover and the adjuster from one of the 44/1-70 saws.

This one had some bad fuel left in it way too long so I had to pull the carburetor and strip it down to replace the diaphragms and give it a good cleaning. The fuel passage from the tank was pretty well plugged as well but a bit of rinsing and probing and it came out pretty clean. Worst part of putting one of these back to gether is getting the fuel line connected , it's just over an inch long and has a 90° bend in it so getting it forced over the nipple is a challenge. Amazing thing, with the carburetor back on the saw started right up, just little adjustment and it seems to be running fine.

I didn't take time to true up the roller nose bar today so I just grabbed a 24" bar & chain off the wall to put it together and check it out.

When I get some time, after the 73 project is running, I will have to take this one all the way down for a good cleaning then find some wood to cut. In any case, I will take it to the GTG at the end of April just to put a little run time on it.

Mark

 

[wendell]

After dropping and bucking 3 oaks today, got to enjoy the rest of this beautiful day by working on Kingsley and my Mac projects.

We can get the Super Pro 70 started with a shot down the carb but can't get it to idle without dying and need to prime it again to get it restarted so we are guessing a carb kit is in order.

Cleaned up the 1-50 and 250 and was very pleased with how much nicer they look when they aren't covered in grime.

Even better they both had spark and would run with a shot of gas in the cylinder. The gas tank on the 1-50 wasn't in too bad of shape but the 250 was absolutely nasty so have that soaking now and want to get new fuel filters before we try to run them for real.

There are some cracks in the front of the tank of the 1-50 which I thought was why it had gotten put away but we poured in a little gas to rinse out whatever might be in the oil tank and didn't see that it was leaking at all.

Each saw ran for less than 5 seconds but I am really excited to see if we are going to luck out and have some easy projects to start with. [Knock on wood!!]

 

[heimannm]

Careful Wendell, I started with one McCulloch just for old time's sake...

Mark

 

[wendell]

Thanks for the warning and you do serve as a great example on how things can snowball.

 

[RandyMac]

You will be seeing the 10-10s show up next.

 

[wendell]

The fuel filters on both saw were a one piece hose and filter combo. I would assume they could be replaced with just regular fuel line and fuel filter?

 

[heimannm]

The fuel filters on both saw were a one piece hose and filter combo. I would assume they could be replaced with just regular fuel line and fuel filter?

If you can wait a few weeks I can hand over some NOS units if you stop by...

Mark

 

[Mr. Bow Saw]

Mark

The 1-72 looks good Mark,It cleaned up real nice.

 

[wendell]

If you can wait a few weeks I can hand over some NOS units if you stop by...

Mark

But that's 28 DAYS AWAY!! :msp_scared:

 

[Brian13]

Nice looking 1-72 Mark!!

Its time to track down a 895 project saw!! Got some cash for the b-day, and that is what I am going to try to find with it. I think that will pretty much take care of the big saws for me LOL.

 

[8433jeff]

The fuel filters on both saw were a one piece hose and filter combo. I would assume they could be replaced with just regular fuel line and fuel filter?

I'll never tell. If you are OK with it then do it. Some are picky and have to have things just so.

Sure they weren't two pieces, the hose and filter element?:hmm3grin2orange:

 

[promac850]

Well Mac heads... I've got that puller tightened as tight as I can get it... tightened it a little more with a wrench acting as a lever on one of the unoccupied slots in the puller, and used a ratchet with the proper socket to turn the screw...

it's had tension on it for almost 48 hours now... Lots of rust penetrant in the keyway, still on there. Pretty incredible that you spend 1/3 of the actual time the saw has been around to get a flywheel off...

 

[paccity]

Well Mac heads... I've got that puller tightened as tight as I can get it... tightened it a little more with a wrench acting as a lever on one of the unoccupied slots in the puller, and used a ratchet with the proper socket to turn the screw...

it's had tension on it for almost 48 hours now... Lots of rust penetrant in the keyway, still on there. Pretty incredible that you spend 1/3 of the actual time the saw has been around to get a flywheel off...

give it some lite tapps on the end of the puller.