Picked up an old Montgomery Ward chainsaw today from the antique store. My daughter actually found it in a booth while she was looking at some dolls. It's a big old heavy thing. I couldn't find too much information on it online other than it appears to be a rebranded Remington saw, built in 1965, with a 88cc engine. The model number on the tag says TMC24060A.
Checked the vitals on it when I got it home. Compression is a little low. Only 100-110psi. Light scoring on the piston. Has spark. Fuel tank is dry and clean. Fuel lines look okay. Carb will definitely need a cleaning and rebuild. Air filter is there but will need to be cleaned. I don't plan on using this saw for serious cutting, so I may just try to get it running as is for now. I doubt I'll be able to find a piston for it anyway. Looking through the exhaust port the piston appears to have three rings on it. The chain is in good shape, it's sharp with lots of meat left on it. The bar seems kind of short for the size of the saw. Appears to be a 16-18" bar. It's a manual oiler.
I cleaned it up really good and got it looking much better than when I first picked it up. One thing I noticed was it's a pain to get the spark plug out with the way the rear handle is designed. Not the best design in my opinion. But it's a cool 60 year old saw, it'll look nice in the garage with all of my other saws!
Here's some photos...
Checked the vitals on it when I got it home. Compression is a little low. Only 100-110psi. Light scoring on the piston. Has spark. Fuel tank is dry and clean. Fuel lines look okay. Carb will definitely need a cleaning and rebuild. Air filter is there but will need to be cleaned. I don't plan on using this saw for serious cutting, so I may just try to get it running as is for now. I doubt I'll be able to find a piston for it anyway. Looking through the exhaust port the piston appears to have three rings on it. The chain is in good shape, it's sharp with lots of meat left on it. The bar seems kind of short for the size of the saw. Appears to be a 16-18" bar. It's a manual oiler.
I cleaned it up really good and got it looking much better than when I first picked it up. One thing I noticed was it's a pain to get the spark plug out with the way the rear handle is designed. Not the best design in my opinion. But it's a cool 60 year old saw, it'll look nice in the garage with all of my other saws!
Here's some photos...
