MCCULLOCH The official McCulloch thread

[T.Roller]

The carb on my super 250 was leaking fuel pretty bad. It is a flatback, but I just so happen to have a hl63e. Any problems with this swap? I have all the linkage

 

[Al Smith]

I personally find a flat back to be a monumental pain in the buttocks .Why in the name of any resemblance of common sense they used those things is beyond me .

 

[T.Roller]

I personally find a flat back to be a monumental pain in the buttocks .Why in the name of any resemblance of common sense they used those things is beyond me .

Right. Looks like the swap to the hl is simple.

 

[T.Roller]

I got the carbs swapped and it fired up. How do you get the throttle linkage out? Tap the pin out of the trigger?

 

[Mastermind]

I got the carbs swapped and it fired up. How do you get the throttle linkage out? Tap the pin out of the trigger?

Jackhammer.

 

[T.Roller]

Jackhammer.

That would definitely work, but that's plan z

 

[Al Smith]

If it's a roll pin which frankly I can't remember ,use a small pin punch .Tap tap tap not thump thump thump with a BFH .

 

[T.Roller]

If it's a roll pin which frankly I can't remember ,use a small pin punch .Tap tap tap not thump thump thump with a BFH .

It looks to be a roll pin. I can't find any other way to access the linkage. Got it, tap tap not thump thump. So I should put the jack hammer away?

 

[Mastermind]

Practice on one of the old tanks I gave you

 

[Al Smith]

I need to go out to my shed in a little bit .I'll investigate .

 

[T.Roller]

I got it swapped out. Thank you

 

[T.Roller]

Dave is going to bring me a kit for it. It's leaking too but not as bad

 

[Mastermind]

Dave is going to bring me a kit for it. It's leaking too but not as bad

Ive got kits for it. Plan on rebuilding it this weekend.

 

[T.Roller]

Oh ok I'll let Dave know . Thank you

 

[sawfun]

Jackhammer.

Your sure it's not "jackass with a hammer" Randy? If you use a big enough hammer and hit hard enough you can seriously fracture the magnesium making linkage removal a snap. Unfortunately I've seen this done before. It's probably the same folks who cut wiring harnesses at wrecking yards as apposed to simply unplugging them OK rant over.

 

[Mastermind]

I her ya Don. At one time old hot rods were my thing. Just can't afford it anymore.........but I hear what you are sayin.

 

[Al Smith]

Well I looked at it any way .The trigger appears to be held in with a solid pin,probably knurled .In looking at both a 250 with a flatty and one with a Tilley HL it looks to me the throttle linkage would work on either .Might need to be reshaped a tad.

 

[T.Roller]

Well I looked at it any way .The trigger appears to be held in with a solid pin,probably knurled .In looking at both a 250 with a flatty and one with a Tilley HL it looks to me the throttle linkage would work on either .Might need to be reshaped a tad.

I just went ahead and swapped them. The one with the flatback had a bracket to hold the linkage, that screwed onto the carb. The hl did not.

 

[sawfun]

I her ya Don. At one time old hot rods were my thing. Just can't afford it anymore.........but I hear what you are sayin.

Yeah me too Randy, besides saws take less only and a lot less space. Oh yeah, they still pizz my neighbors off so all is good.

 

[T.Roller]

Yeah me too Randy, besides saws take less only and a lot less space. Oh yeah, they still pizz my neighbors off so all is good.

Haha same here