McCulloch Chain Saws

[heimannm]

Someone sent me a message that this saw was available. A few follow up messages with the seller and it came to Dike. Mismatched paint color, some poor quality painting, broken bits, and general abuse...

Notice the starter is clocked CCW; two of the normal holes were tapped 1/4-20 and the third completely wallowed out.



You can't see it in this photo but whoever had been using this saw was constantly pulling the starter straight back and cut a deep groove in the starter cover. That and the fact that they used some 5/16" braided polypropylene rope for the starter meant I had some work to do.



Here you can see the groove in the starter cover and the badly wallowed out hole about 4:00.



The AF cover looks good but the color is wrong and doesn't match either the muffler guard or the clutch cover.



Clutch cover had been broken and welded, but was still missing two of the three holes for the spike, oil tank has all three so the spike will go there.



The biggest surprise was the lower brace was broken but hidden inside the protector sleeve.

Mark

 

[heimannm]

I had a used/repaired lower brace and a new starter cover. I installed some 10-24 threaded inserts for starter and replaced the chunky rope with a suitable piece of 1/4" nylon.



The H&S spike is impressive.



Starts, runs idles, and oils like the Exxon Valdez.





My tree service friend is going to put this one to work for real.

Mark

 

[xl130]

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[Jeffrey F.]

I had a used/repaired lower brace and a new starter cover. I installed some 10-24 threaded inserts for starter and replaced the chunky rope with a suitable piece of 1/4" nylon.

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The H&S spike is impressive.

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Starts, runs idles, and oils like the Exxon Valdez.

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My tree service friend is going to put this one to work for real.

Mark

I see you have the same issue I do. Buggered clutch cover with the clutch brake delete option. .

 

[Yubi]

Hi,
could someone quickly tell me what kind of McCullochs these are and how much they would be worth in such a questionable condition?

 

[heimannm]

Top one is a 440, 87cc top tank saw that was to replace the 380 models.

Bottom one is most likely a 1-51, 1-52, or 1-52 with the long black air filter cover over the oil tank. Should have a full wrap handle bar. 1-51 is 80 cc, 1-52 and 1-53 are 87cc.

There will be a model number stamped on the bottom of the crankcase. That is usually the best way to identify the older McCulloch models as many other parts can be interchanged. This is a 1-50 serial number 8700.



Value is hard to pin down. Since I have the different models I would not give more than $25 for either but on the market they could get as much as $100 depending on the buyer.

Mark

 

[Chainsaw Collectors]

Hi,
could someone quickly tell me what kind of McCullochs these are and how much they would be worth in such a questionable condition? View attachment 1232109
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Bottom one is a 1-51 or another from that series like Mark said. My dad has one. Value wise I’d pay $50 usd, but to the right collector with money they could sell for $100 like Mark said.