New saw thread and I need some help with this 041G

[Hedgerow]

Take the bars off and stick them in the floor board might even be able to get a couple under the hood:msp_thumbsup:

Hey! You've done this before!!!:hmm3grin2orange:

 

[Hedgerow]

This is my McCulloch LG Super 2, it is 54cc and easily pulls .404 over a 20" bar.

Any info on the history and use of these low cc gear drives??? And their intended use???

 

[WKEND LUMBERJAK]

Steve you might check this out. Stihl 041 AV Parts List Manual Download - Chainsaw Workshop Repair Manuals

 

[homelitejim]

Any info on the history and use of these low cc gear drives??? And their intended use???

It just give the saw extra pull to run a longer bar in bigger wood without over working the saw, back when torque was king.

 

[Work Saw Collector]

Steve you might check this out. Stihl 041 AV Parts List Manual Download - Chainsaw Workshop Repair Manuals

Thanks I'll check that out One member is emailing the IPL as well.

It just give the saw extra pull to run a longer bar in bigger wood without over working the saw, back when torque was king.

Thats what I had guessed but didn't have any info to back it up.

 

[Hedgerow]

It just give the saw extra pull to run a longer bar in bigger wood without over working the saw, back when torque was king.

Seems like it would have been cheaper to add cc's than outfit it with a gear drive...
Sorry, just the manufacturing background rearing it's ugly head...

 

[homelitejim]

They did, McCulloch made the LG6A and the Super LG6A which were 70cc but it was right at the end of the gear drive era. Seems about the same time when all manufacturers gave up on the gear drive, probably having to do with advances in plastic parts and intake technology which increased RPM and customers wanting less weight and smaller trees.

 

[RandyMac]

Small displacement gear-drives were meant to be general propose saws, capable of sawing through anything.
At the local boatyard, they use a Mac 33 to saw up lead keel weights and heavy timbers.

The 10 series gear-drives were spec'ed out at 28" bars, with 1/2" chain.


When you get to the medium displacement class, like the 87cc Mac 650/660, they can do the same
work as a six cube saw and in many cases, more.

 

[Hedgerow]

That makes sense... Guess that's why they're a rare find... Must not been long in production???

 

[RandyMac]

That makes sense... Guess that's why they're a rare find... Must not been long in production???

They probably missed the market that was filled by North American chainsaws. Pretty much the same story for foreign saws until the late '70s, when most of the old growth was already gone.

 

[Jacob J.]

That was part of the deal me getting it has to stay in my Stihl collection or sent it back to him.

The muffler guard is part number 1112 146 6000 and from what I understand, as rare as a pork roast in a mosque.

I can try ordering one through Intermountain Stihl if you want. They seem to come up with a lot of hard-to-find old Stihl parts.
I looked through my old Service Bulletins for the 041G and didn't find anything on the gear-case oil.

 

[Work Saw Collector]

The muffler guard is part number 1112 146 6000 and from what I understand, as rare as a pork roast in a mosque.

I can try ordering one through Intermountain Stihl if you want. They seem to come up with a lot of hard-to-find old Stihl parts.
I looked through my old Service Bulletins for the 041G and didn't find anything on the gear-case oil.

Thanks sending PM.

 

[Work Saw Collector]

Is there any Idea how many of these were made, would it do any good for me to write Stihl and ask? I'm not looking for it to be worth a mint, just curious about production numbers. Was it a few thousand or a hundred thousand?

There sure isn't any parts on Ebay for it.

 

[atvguns]

Here is some pics from another thread I think your top cover is wrong for the G model

Very Cool!

 

[Work Saw Collector]

I thought that too, but I found a couple more 041G pics on google and both had the same top cover as mine. I think they may have used more than one top or all three of these are wrong.


I would like to have that top. Hint hint.

 

[atvguns]

we can cut a G out of sheet metal and glue it on there a little paint and nobody will ever know

 

[old 040]

I asked for one of these when I was a FNG. I got the standard AS responce "get in line buddy everyone wants one". A great member here hooked me up with this one, its a runner. I need to know what oil goes in the gear case, and how much? I also need a muffler cover is it a different one than other 041 saws?


041G by supercabs78, on Flickr


041G by supercabs78, on Flickr


041G by supercabs78, on Flickr

gear oil should be sae 30, and filled until the oil reaches the lower edge of the fill hole. top cover should say 041g, muffler guards are a tough find:cool2:
also, early and late top covers were used, the air filter bases are not the same as well as the filter, but the covers should still have g on them

 

[bobt]

Work Saw Collector,

I believe that the air filter cover is the correct style, if not the one that originally came on the saw when new. It indeed would have had a -G- cast under the name. This saw should be one of the earlier ones, as they came with the old low style filter cover, and the Tilly carb should be in an air box on these early ones. It looks like the filter cover fits well, and the newer style as shown in the second set of pics in this thread would not work on your saw. The carb would be open to the elements on these later ones.

Now, if your carb is actually in an air box, the starter that your saw originally had was the old style starter with slots for air flow, and not the "waffle" type that is currently mounted. They of course interchange, but I thought you might like the trivia.

Bob

 

[oldmanriver]

041G........ Ummmmmmmm

:hmm3grin2orange: