ozflea
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I suppose in a way a fore runner of things to come IE the chinese saws plenty of new ones but backup and spares now theres the problem
Sachs Dolmar Chainsaws Thread
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ozflea
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Cough cough .................. cough
8433jeff
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One of Macs better later moves was to have them rebadge some saws for them.
As far as parts back up, try to find any NOS from Mac for a Mac based saw from that time. And if you do, you still got a ciderblock or a Titan, neither of which are complete junk, but they ain't no machine like a Sachs-Dolmar.
Thems the facts, Bob.
ozflea
Good ol' BP Zoom 25-1
I must be cuttin' a little close to the bone or against the grain .... anyway have you checked out fleabay plenty of NOS bits for Mac's there ...... but not much for your poor old dolmars
8433jeff
Aftermarket connoisseur
Read the highlighted part again, and answer after you think. May take a while, we understand that.
ozflea
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Gee and i got canned for using highlighted bold lettering i wish my answer was now in font 8
ausneil 1
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If your happy with them and enjoy useing them,,, who cares what others think, end of story.
sachsmo
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Yeah they're kinda like old mopars,
they got little respect when they were new, but they built rock solid performance and were engineered as good (or better) than anything else out there in the day.
I don't need to be part of a "herd" to feel good about running either of them.
Why don't ya go over and bash the Poulan boyz, they will give you a better response eh?
they got little respect when they were new, but they built rock solid performance and were engineered as good (or better) than anything else out there in the day.
I don't need to be part of a "herd" to feel good about running either of them.
Why don't ya go over and bash the Poulan boyz, they will give you a better response eh?
ozflea
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Thanks Sachsmo may have to try that are they as touchy as the crew from here hope so .................. life is never boring for old McBob.
gmax
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You don't like Dolmars but you post in the Dolmar thread just to try to start arguments??
How many more threads are you going to try and trash?....you must have a boring life.
ozflea
Good ol' BP Zoom 25-1
Well maybe you should read more and comment less i was a Dolmar dealer for quite a few years and i was just stating facts Gmax just like the Jonsereds very very few bought then out here
i sold a few Oleo-Macs as well they were the same poor sellers ................
Time to break up the fight:msp_smile:
I have a Dolmar 5100s and I have an issue that starting cold it is great but luke warm it floods rather easily.
Thing I have noticed though is when pulling it over with the spark plug out it has what appears to be a rather weak spark. Is there any know issue with this?
The coil is properly spaced proper from the flywheel. At speed the thing is a cutting machine. The other day I was running it and it died a few times for no apparent reason, but after several pulls it started back up and finished the job.
It sure seems like the coil may be on it's way out:bang:
I have a Dolmar 5100s and I have an issue that starting cold it is great but luke warm it floods rather easily.
Thing I have noticed though is when pulling it over with the spark plug out it has what appears to be a rather weak spark. Is there any know issue with this?
The coil is properly spaced proper from the flywheel. At speed the thing is a cutting machine. The other day I was running it and it died a few times for no apparent reason, but after several pulls it started back up and finished the job.
It sure seems like the coil may be on it's way out:bang:
sachsmo
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Well,
look at it this way,
sales have little bearing on the quality of a product.
Think of the number of mini macs or wild thingys. Both of them sold wayyy more units than the venerable 125, 090, 166 combined.
Now does that make them "better saws? Guess the old saying is true;
"misery loves company"
I agree.
I picked up a 120SI project a few weeks ago. One of the items that that I have never experienced before was the top of the oil tank was melted through by the muffler. In the search for parts for that saw I have acquired another tank and a 120 super? project/frankensaw. I replaced the tank on the frankensaw with the good tank that I had acquired as it had a chain throw repair that was leaking on the gas tank section. I ran the 120 super with the SI tank over the weekend and noticed the tank is starting to blister under the muffler.
I do not want to run the saw anymore until I address this heat issue. Is this all the result of the bottom outlet muffler on these saws? I am also wondering if it has something to do with the bucking spike as there is almost no clearance when bucked up on a large log at the bottom of the cut. I have considered adding some sort of port onto the side of the muffler to reroute some of the exhaust gas. Has anyone done this and then restricted the bottom outlet of the original muffler?
I do not want to run the saw anymore until I address this heat issue. Is this all the result of the bottom outlet muffler on these saws? I am also wondering if it has something to do with the bucking spike as there is almost no clearance when bucked up on a large log at the bottom of the cut. I have considered adding some sort of port onto the side of the muffler to reroute some of the exhaust gas. Has anyone done this and then restricted the bottom outlet of the original muffler?
Warped5
WingNut
Hi Keith - Are you sure you have all the parts in there between the muffler and the engine block? IIRC, there should be at least one gasket, plus a heat shield. I've seen a number of Dolmars that have some of those parts missing.
Can you post pix?
I will try to get some pics tonight but the scorching starts at the front of the tank not next to the cylinder.
ozflea
Good ol' BP Zoom 25-1
It's just that some countries proberly had better marketing and better backup then out here in Australia as regards the smaller consumer saws Mac even said in the late 70's the pro market was over the small consumer saw was the way to got it earnt Mac big money and money talks the days of selling big saws was over as there was no volume thats why Mac wouldn't invest huge sums to retool to produce more Mac Pro saws instead putting the likes of the PM1000 and Dolmars into there range .... i attended and remember the dealer conference held at the Crest Hotel at Kings Cross in Sydney where Graheme Wass announced Mac plans for their future a sad sad day indeed.
McBob
