timb
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- Southwest PA
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- Deere 4710/reverser, JD 318 (still needs TLC), JD LT160
So - rummaging around for some odds and ends I needed for a project I finally got tired tripping over a little yellow chainsaw that's been sitting in the dirt and junk on the floor in the back of the barn discarded by the previous owner for at least 15-20 years. I meant to toss it myself by never got around to it. So I look at it again.
The bar and chain are complete rust. The body is covered by 1/8" of grease and dirt, only a little yellow showing through. I wipe if down with a rag - it's a McCulloch Power Mac 6. (Later checking shows it's from the 1969-1974 era.)
I wonder what would happen if I put a little fuel mix in? I douse the chain with oil and work it around a little - add about 1/3 tank of 50:1 I had nearby - and on about the third pull it starts to sputter. A few pulls later it's running. And loud - whoops - no muffler at all. But it runs well, idles well. Never touched the plug or anything else.
It clearly needs a chain and a bar, but otherwise seems to be in good shape. Not a bad little trim saw. (Word was when it was introduced it was the worlds lightest chain saw).
Like I said, I know it hasn't seen the light of day for at least 15 years. Can't help but like a tool that wants to wake up and go back to work. Bars and chains are easy, I've tracked down air filters, but anyone have any idea where a muffler can be had? And what's the right mix for this era of McCulloch? (I assuming the 50:1 I had for my Stihl is too lean - probably 40:1 or 32:1?)
The bar and chain are complete rust. The body is covered by 1/8" of grease and dirt, only a little yellow showing through. I wipe if down with a rag - it's a McCulloch Power Mac 6. (Later checking shows it's from the 1969-1974 era.)
I wonder what would happen if I put a little fuel mix in? I douse the chain with oil and work it around a little - add about 1/3 tank of 50:1 I had nearby - and on about the third pull it starts to sputter. A few pulls later it's running. And loud - whoops - no muffler at all. But it runs well, idles well. Never touched the plug or anything else.
It clearly needs a chain and a bar, but otherwise seems to be in good shape. Not a bad little trim saw. (Word was when it was introduced it was the worlds lightest chain saw).
Like I said, I know it hasn't seen the light of day for at least 15 years. Can't help but like a tool that wants to wake up and go back to work. Bars and chains are easy, I've tracked down air filters, but anyone have any idea where a muffler can be had? And what's the right mix for this era of McCulloch? (I assuming the 50:1 I had for my Stihl is too lean - probably 40:1 or 32:1?)
