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Clubroom => General Discussion => Topic started by: jimson on September 23, 2015, 04:27:00 pm
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G'day viewers I'm about to pick up a load of old chainsaws tomorrow ear marked for scrap metal does anyone out there in the VMX world have a fetish for such a tool ? jimson
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Are they buggered and only suitable for scrap? I'm looking for some parts for a couple of McCulloch chainsaws.
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i also have a McCulloch chainsaw it was my dads its only a small one let me know if you get any
jim
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I remember as a kid back 30 years ago my dad had a new McCulloch chainsaw biggest piece of shit ever made :o
maybe the later models are better .
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Which models of the noisy yellow perils Fred?
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I remember as a kid back 30 years ago my dad had a new McCulloch chainsaw biggest piece of shit ever made :o
maybe the later models are better .
Couldn't agree more,
I had one too, absolute ******* anti Christ.
I was too scared to add it to my off shore reef in case I hooked it when fishing.
So I gave it to someone that shits me to tears instead.
With any luck it would have sent him insane by now.
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I have a couple of the 2.5CI eager beavers. Mine has been a great little saw until the bar bolts stripped.
Now made of unobtainium, and while I could try and make some square headed splined shaft m6 bolts, I don't have that much inclination...
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My experience was about thirty years ago.
Half the pain was from all ready being warn out and mutilated when purchased,,
The other half of the problem was the local agent dealer didn't stock anything and couldn't get anything,,
,,well not in a hurry, that's for sure.
In charge of maintenance for a Coates hire region long ago.
We hired Stihl Saws. I swear by them.
I couldn't imagine a hire business full of the identical Mac's that I owned :-\ :-\ :-\ ;D
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hang them from the roof in yer man cave Jimson,artistic licence 8), :P
ps i still have my mankiller m'culloch,wasp nest sure make a cloud when it fires up ::)
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If Doug Campbell in Kyogle (Used to own the Yamaha dealership there) doesn't know how to fix them, no one does. He has over 200 old chainsaws in his shed and is a guru. He won a world championship racing chainsaws many years ago.
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Mick I won't be keeping them. I'm trying to behave mate lol I'll have to get a pic & put it up here,I haven't got the heart to scrap them. I'll keep them for a couple of days & see what happens. jimson
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I would be interested in a couple of them as my family background is in the logging industry
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I have a pre60s Mac 15 and slightly later 1-53 and a 70s 625(?)with 38 inch bar hanging about. Not pretty....
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Jimson, I have my dads old Stihl 08s on the bench here and it has carb issues. I have rebuilt the carb with a service kit but I fear that the throttle shaft is worn and there is air sucking in where it should not. Completely untunable, havent got a spare carb for one of these saws have you?
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(http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c315/jimson13566/Mobile%20Uploads/8ED2B9A3-0A52-40B6-A7C5-2F80B962ACC1_zps3oxegmp6.jpg) (http://s30.photobucket.com/user/jimson13566/media/Mobile%20Uploads/8ED2B9A3-0A52-40B6-A7C5-2F80B962ACC1_zps3oxegmp6.jpg.html)
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those 3 blue coloured saws are sooo old they come out of the ark!maybe they have vintage chainsaw log cutting competitions for blokes but just cant hang up their saws like we do vmx and our old bikes ;D ;) i remember when i worked at gawler sa at costin mowers in 93 and the old boss came out to the w/shop carrying a 1st gen mac chainsaw much like those blue saws saying just do a service and tune the carb and i remember it being way heavier then a stilh 100cc farm boss and being the loudest saw ive ever heard even with earmuffs on which i never wore to tune carbs :'( ;D
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mine is yellow and only half the size of that lot it was new in the 70s i think
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hmmm, think them swinging from the roof trusses maybe not such a good idea Jimson,paint them green so you dont scare the fishes :D, :P
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Those blue ones are so cool
(http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c315/jimson13566/Mobile%20Uploads/8ED2B9A3-0A52-40B6-A7C5-2F80B962ACC1_zps3oxegmp6.jpg)
Makes a man want to build a grandson go cart :) ;D
there has to be someone who would want to save them Jimson.
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Jimson, I have my dads old Stihl 08s on the bench here and it has carb issues. I have rebuilt the carb with a service kit but I fear that the throttle shaft is worn and there is air sucking in where it should not. Completely untunable, havent got a spare carb for one of these saws have you?
Fantastic little saw the 08s.
Re-bush the carby body by shrink fitting some precision brass bushes into it.
I have done it heaps of times.
If you are I'll equipped? let me know.
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Those Solos have some grunt.
Dad used his Solo for ripping sleepers.It was an old saw in the 70s but damn it had some mojo.
Dad use to use Solo Pioneer and Stihl. Macs just kept breaking down and when your tools dont work either do you. Logs dont cut themselves.
They're are a wanted item but finding the wanter could be the issue.
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I see three Solo Rex saws, the Solo Rex with the red starter cover could be a 'Super Rex'?....The yellow demo saws, McCulloch PM-1000 ?? Are re-badged Jonsereds / Partner P-100's.
The other yellow saw on the right of the pic is a Canadian, could be a Canadian 270?
The small red saw in the back ground could be a later Jonsereds.
The other older looking saw on the right, with the open rear handle could be a Blue steak?
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Pretty much on the money there gears. How old do you think the Solo Rex saws are ? Jimson
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Have you found a new home for the saws yet cheers Ek
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Not sure, I'm worried as I'm starting to like them lol jimson
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Pretty much on the money there gears. How old do you think the Solo Rex saws are ? Jimson
The Solo Rex saws will date from the late 1950's and are around 125cc, the Super Rex is around 140cc.
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I think you should keep them ;)
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Ok I've convinced myself ;) I'm gunna keep them lol Thanks jimson
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Ok I've convinced myself ;) I'm gunna keep them lol Thanks jimson
Check out the Chainsaw collectors forum, CSCF.