Old school chainsaws

[jimson]

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

[fred99999au]

Are they buggered and only suitable for scrap? I'm looking for some parts for a couple of McCulloch chainsaws.

[jimg1au]

i also have a McCulloch chainsaw it was my dads its only a small one let me know if you get any
jim

[mick25]

I remember as a kid back 30 years ago my dad had a new McCulloch chainsaw biggest piece of shit ever made 
maybe the later models are better .

[Tim754]

Which models of the noisy yellow perils Fred?

[Mick D]

I remember as a kid back 30 years ago my dad had a new McCulloch chainsaw biggest piece of shit ever made 
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.

[fred99999au]

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...

[Mick D]

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

[matcho mick]

hang them from the roof in yer man cave Jimson,artistic licence  ,
ps i still have my mankiller m'culloch,wasp nest  sure make a cloud when it fires up 

[FireKwaka]

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.

[jimson]

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

[Ekka]

I would be interested in a couple of them as my family background is in the logging industry

[Tim754]

I have a pre60s Mac 15 and slightly later 1-53 and a 70s 625(?)with 38 inch bar hanging about. Not pretty....

[rocketfrog]

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? 

[jimson]