Recent content by Al Smith

Actually I've got the thing running fairly well .The deal is the owner belongs to a so called property owners association near Columbus Ohio .Uses the saw for some path clearing work on woods trails .In other words it's country club saw . He probably would have been better off to have bought a...

I've told about the two Partner p-100's I rebuilt ,one labled a McCulloch 1000 .It took me 1.5 to 2 years find or adapt the parts .I rebuilt both during the COVID lock down a couple of years ago .They turned out very well considering but since they have not seen enough run time to seat in the...

Restoration can often cause you to chase your tail in a manner of speaking .Finding replacement parts for a saw made 40 years is not an easy task .You reach a point where you're stuck then laying that saw aside you dig into another .Then maybe 3 years later find the parts then have to remember...

Coil.module ,everybody knows what it is what .Kind of like a Crescent wrench instead of adjustable open end wrench .-or Vise grips instead of adjustable locking pliers .

Keep in mind often the "numbers" are a personal preference .A lot more goes into those due to a lot of factors such as flow and timing .Some trying for lugging power over RPM use long opening on the exhaust and some chasing RPM's use shorter .They all work to some degree .I never attempted short...

Once you get the moisture out you might think of sealing it by using high temp urathane or Glyptal . Glyptal is red pigment shellac used on electrical motors etc .kind of pricey .

Another thing many people have no idea it could happen is one of the flywheel magnets loose mgnitism .You can recharge them using a strong rare earth magnet .I had one on an Echo weed eater I had to recharge every spring until it drove me bonkers and I found another flywheel .

More times than not a self contained coil what will fail is the built in trigger device .Some times the oven trick works some times not .A points type ignition seldom has a coil failure . Coil swaps can be a puzzle to solve .However can be done with some research and a lot of luck .One example...

When McCulloch as a brand went awry massive job lot of parts were sold off and some people had ware houses full of them for maybe a dime on the dollar .I suspect she was one of those people .

It all me back to my memory . It was years ago prior to pay pal on e-bay I bought the spline socket from this lady .Paid for it with a US postal money order and recieved it .About 2 months later I get a PM from her saying I never paid for it .I first put a tracker on it which proved it had been...

I got thinking about the above .I think the spline bolt head is hardened where as a normal socket head grade 8 screw is not .If I'm correct if that be the case a six point socket might work .Problem solved . Of all collector it's a very small number who would even have McCullochs let alone the...

I found the two spline sockets plus the wrench plus a spline screw .Where that second socket came from I have not a clue .I also found reading over the splines is .261" .A 1/4" drive 1/4" six point socket fits nicely but I'm not certain you could gain enough "purchaase " to remove or install the...

I might also add we dumped the country club designer fuel that's supposed be long lived and better .In goes the standard regular pump gas at 32 to 1 and that alone improved it .Evidently that that super fuel degrades after a period of time and is not the magical formulation some think it is .

This conquest of a saga of the failing 450 rancher is sounding like a soap opera .Changed the bar and chain from a Dolmar which believe it or not worked .That improved it a lot .I concluded that low emission design can produce higher revs just lacks the normal torque a 3 cuber has .Previously my...

When I find the time I'll measure a splined screw and also if I can one a small 12 point socket .It may be the internal size could fit the screw with every other spline cut loose using a Dremel .It might work might not .