McCulloch Pro Mac 700

[heimannm]

I cleared out a bunch of old messages, please try again.

Perhaps my travels next week will take me somewhere nearby.

Mark

 

[2Twannabe]

Almost there!

I'm happy to report things went better today. The saw is almost done except I need to find a flywheel side crank seal and a muffler reed.

I had a lot of trouble with the muffler not wanting to line up (part of last night's melt down). I could get the two screws to start at the exhaust port, but the last screw wasn't even close to lining up with the cylinder. I finally got it, but I'll have to take it out to put the reed in. Or I might just drill the reed and cover to fit over the allen screw and let the two small screws hold the reed and cover in place.

I made a couple gaskets to replace the ones I destroyed (the other part of last night's melt down). Then my wife tells me she could cut them out on her Cricket (something for scrap booking) if I giver her a pattern. I might have to be a lot nicer to her; I'm always needing a gasket for something.

Here's the saw posing as the finished product...

And this is headed to somebody who really loves these yellow saws and no doubt, will find a use for them...

Thanks again for the help and for putting up with me.

Jeff

 

[2Twannabe]

I'm happy to report the saw is finished! I can't thank the AS community enough for all the help. I especially want to thank Mark Heimann for personally delivering a crank seal.

I put the seal in and it started right up. I let it run a bit and made some minor carb adjustments and then I heard that 20 inch cherry log calling. All you guys who've been touting the virtues of these old saws can probably imagine the smile on my face while I was cutting that log into rounds. Now you can all give me a collective - WE TOLD YOU SO!

Thanks,
Jeff

 

[jughead500]

:msp_thumbup:

700's are awesome ain't they?

 

[2Twannabe]

:msp_thumbup:

700's are awesome ain't they?

It's certainly my new favorite. You know what they say - there's no replacement for displacement. I might have to start looking for something bigger now.

 

[jughead500]

I'd love to find me a 800 series.:msp_thumbup:

 

[homelitejim]

Don't be concerned when you find yourself selling all non yellow saws to help fund your yellow fever.

 

[jughead500]

Don't be concerned when you find yourself selling all non yellow saws to help fund your yellow fever.

Yeap what Jim says.Been there done that lately and got the T shirt.Turned a new 455 Husky into 4 Mccullochs.

 

[Eccentric]

It's certainly my new favorite. You know what they say - there's no replacement for displacement. I might have to start looking for something bigger now.

Glad to hear you got it working. Now you know what we were talking about earlier.

 

[2Twannabe]

Don't be concerned when you find yourself selling all non yellow saws to help fund your yellow fever.

Oh boy! I sharpened up the chain on my Stihl 031AV and took it to the wood lot and cut on the same cherry trunk I tested the PM700 on. I'm not going to talk down that old Stihl because it's about ten years older and 22cc smaller than the McCulloch, but I do remember thinking it seemed pretty anemic in comparison. I didn't do any timed cuts because I'm just not into that, but it seemed a lot slower.

 

[heimannm]

And the McCulloch sounds like a chain saw should...

For the rest of you fellows, here are a couple of shots of Jeff in his garage. I did bring home one used PM700 cylinder and one new piston so I will have a couple of nice PM700 projects somewhere in the near future. Thanks again Jeff for the parts, you will see them appear again sometime in the future.

Mark

 

[jughead500]

Trade you another PM700 for that Hose reel behind you.:msp_thumbup:

 

[2Twannabe]

And the McCulloch sounds like a chain saw should...

For the rest of you fellows, here are a couple of shots of Jeff in his garage. I did bring home one used PM700 cylinder and one new piston so I will have a couple of nice PM700 projects somewhere in the near future. Thanks again Jeff for the parts, you will see them appear again sometime in the future.

Mark, I think you need to tune your camera. It makes me look a little fat. Maybe you could lean it out a little???

 

[2Twannabe]

Trade you another PM700 for that Hose reel behind you.:msp_thumbup:

I should have traded that expensive hose reel before I did permanent damage to both knees and my neck and back. They're kind of like saws really - they can be a lot of fun, but you do have to respect the fact that they can hurt you real quick if you're not careful.

Kind of ironic now that I think about it - I have three Husky dirt bikes and have owned many more over the years, but I've never owned a single Husky chain saw.

Jeff

 

[jughead500]

Shoo yeah I just about took both my knees off when I ditched my old CZ400.Used to Play with CZ's had Cagiva's and only owned 2 Husky's a 87 WMX125 and a 87 WR430.All I have now are suzuki Street bikes.I sure do miss my dirt bikes.:msp_sad:

 

[2Twannabe]

Shoo yeah I just about took both my knees off when I ditched my old CZ400.Used to Play with CZ's had Cagiva's and only owned 2 Husky's a 87 WMX125 and a 87 WR430.All I have now are suzuki Street bikes.I sure do miss my dirt bikes.:msp_sad:

1988 Cagiva WMX250 was my first real race bike. 1987 was about the time that Cagiva bought out Husqvarna. They've been Italian made bikes ever since. I don't race any more, but I still get talked into trail riding occasionally. I have to be careful though. At 52 my reaction time's a little slow, and it takes a lot longer to heal when I do something stupid.

 

[jughead500]

I used to deal in Cagiva parts all the time.Restored a 86 WMX125 many years ago.Good lord I miss plating in the Dirt.I got to find me dirt bike.Don't like this new Hiked up stuff.too much like ridin' a Over Powered Horse.A friend of mine had a Honda CRF426? back last year.Worked on it a day or so and it Locked up right after i rode it.That thing was scary even if it was tearing up.

 

[heimannm]

Not 70 cc versions, but Joey (joeymt33) and I decided to take a group photo of 82 cc saws.

Mark

 

[2Twannabe]

Not 70 cc versions, but Joey (joeymt33) and I decided to take a group photo of 82 cc saws.

Mark

NIIIIIIIIICE!

Are those pretty McCulloch bars NOS or restored? I'd like to find a period correct McCulloch bar for my PM700 or at least a stencil kit. I'm going to look at a 10-10 next week. Any thing I should be looking out for?

Jeff

BTW, who keeps their garage that clean?

 

[2Twannabe]

I'd love to find me a 800 series.:msp_thumbup:

Me too! I mentioned a PM800 when Mark was visiting, thinking he might offer up a spare he had squirreled away in the attic. I mean - how many saws does one guy need?

Apparently, one guy needs many yellow saws!

Jeff