McCulloch Chain Saws

[Maintenance supervisor]

Lots of compression

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When did that happen to find you?

 

[PogoInTheWoods]

Lots of compression

Any spark? LOL

 

[Jethro 2t sniffer]

Today I'm very lucky to have it but it was meant to be

Just needs AV mount up front.
Nice 24 inch bar too.

A guy tried to sell it on trade me but no takers. It used to live with the 700 I got recently.

 

[Jethro 2t sniffer]

Any spark? LOL

Hope so haven't tried yet but he said is a runner. Good cylinder is all im concerned about.

Three 82s now kinda spans the whole series except 8200 (no interest)

The search for the holly grail has now concluded lol. I no longer care for any more these three will see my days out

 

[mogulmasher]

I hear ya Jethro my 81 was a holy grail for me too! No I just gotta get a 797 or 125 lol.

 

[edju1958]

Jethro,you got it! Congratulations!

 

[Jethro 2t sniffer]

I hear ya Jethro my 81 was a holy grail for me too! No I just gotta get a 797 or 125 lol.

Yeah a big girl be nice but... lol

 

[vinnywv]

Hope so haven't tried yet but he said is a runner. Good cylinder is all im concerned about.

Three 82s now kinda spans the whole series except 8200 (no interest)

The search for the holly grail has now concluded lol. I no longer care for any more these three will see my days out

I said that to...lol. now im 30 saws into it. Theyll keep coming jethro wether you want it or not....they know

 

[Maintenance supervisor]

Ok so now the objective is to spot all the 125s and 895s in Jethro's area! Then share that information with him!

 

[heimannm]

I am putting together an SP125 from parts I've been collecting, nothing special as most of it is well used but I thought it might be interesting to see what I could do with this and that. I have most everything I need except for the air filter anchor, PN 69152. If anyone out there has one let me know and let's see if we can work something out.

Mark

 

[Jethro 2t sniffer]

Hahaha you guys are a bad influence lol.

I do cut some big trees where a 795 or something or a gear drive would probably cut the musterd quite well. A 125cc be even better but they fetch a pretty penny

 

[sawfun]

Hahaha you guys are a bad influence lol.

I do cut some big trees where a 795 or something or a gear drive would probably cut the musterd quite well. A 125cc be even better but they fetch a pretty penny

While my 790's & 795 didn't impress me much at all, the 890's & 895's I've had sure did.

 

[McCullochKid]

Please bear with my inexperience here. I spent some more time on my $30 mystery meat SP81 today, thinking that I was in the clear to get the flywheel and points off so that I can finally get this thing in half and discover if I got my hands on a wonderful gem that only needs cleaning up, or if the thing needs a new piston and/or cylinder.
It was going well for me, except this time a piece of plastic made me pause.
I'm assuming you have to take the flywheel key off so you can take the rest of this points enclosure off? Is there a preferred method of doing so to avoid damaging something on a saw like this?
I was able to get the top cover off somehow by rotating it, but it doesn't look like that's possible with this other piece. I just don't want to assume anything and accidentally break something, you know?

Lots of compression (Pic)

Something I've noticed is that there's SP81's like yours with the larger sticker on top and what I assume is a safety throttle mechanism, and then there's ones like mine with the smaller, simpler sticker and no safety throttle.
Is that an early model/late model kind of thing? Are there any other differences? It's interesting.

 

[Jethro 2t sniffer]

Please bear with my inexperience here. I spent some more time on my $30 mystery meat SP81 today, thinking that I was in the clear to get the flywheel and points off so that I can finally get this thing in half and discover if I got my hands on a wonderful gem that only needs cleaning up, or if the thing needs a new piston and/or cylinder.
It was going well for me, except this time a piece of plastic made me pause.
I'm assuming you have to take the flywheel key off so you can take the rest of this points enclosure off? Is there a preferred method of doing so to avoid damaging something on a saw like this?
I was able to get the top cover off somehow by rotating it, but it doesn't look like that's possible with this other piece. I just don't want to assume anything and accidentally break something, you know?
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Something I've noticed is that there's SP81's like yours with the larger sticker on top and what I assume is a safety throttle mechanism, and then there's ones like mine with the smaller, simpler sticker and no safety throttle.
Is that an early model/late model kind of thing? Are there any other differences? It's interesting.

Awesome man well worth your time and effort.

Yeah pretty much earlier vs later. You'll notice the logo changed too.

Is yours a divided transfer or big open transfer? Some 81s had the earlier SP80 cylinder.

I had a peak at mine and yup divided.

If you know what ya looking at you can see here

 

[Jethro 2t sniffer]

While my 790's & 795 didn't impress me much at all, the 890's & 895's I've had sure did.

Your not helping the addiction


Thought I better share my AV repair just started at smoko time..
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Conveyor rubber sheet and two M5 screws. Drill through and boom.

On the 850 I made the blocks fill the gap between tanks seems to work really well. By filling the gap it locks them in to avoid turning around

 

[raumati01]

Ok so now the objective is to spot all the 125s and 895s in Jethro's area! Then share that information with him!

Don't worry, the worst hoarder I have ever come across has three or four of them in various states in his hoard . One day he'll shuffle off to this mortal coil and I'll buy all of them off his widow and start sending 125 pics to Jethro until he buys one.

 

[Jethro 2t sniffer]

Don't worry, the worst hoarder I have ever come across has three or four of them in various states in his hoard . One day he'll shuffle off to this mortal coil and I'll buy all of them off his widow and start sending 125 pics to Jethro until he buys one.

As long as they don't go to scrap

 

[raumati01]

As long as they don't go to scrap

There was a stack of wire six feet high on one side of the driveway and a stack of fridges and freezers on the other, then there was three sheds, the trucks and Hillman avengers[Plymouth crickets] around his yard .Whatever scrap dealer she calls has a lot of work ahead of them

 

[Jethro 2t sniffer]

Aww far out wire like fencing wire?

That's hoarding at a pretty high level lol. He's 1 the hoarding championship

 

[raumati01]

Yeah fencing wire, normally hoarders limit it to their house or yard. This guys got 5 acres of garbage , I could just squeeze down the driveway.
We went to look at a truck but being a hoarder everything he had was priced high and he wouldn't negotiate . Some of his 125 parts were for go karts and he had oversize pistons , he was going to get around to building them "one day" though so wouldn't sell. He was also going to restore his army trucks, yacht and motorbikes. Dudes in his 70s and his neighbours understandably despise him, especially since they carved up the farm next to him into lifestyle blocks and gave him a dozen new neighbours. You drive down the road and theres all these nice new houses with landscaped gardens and then this guy and his piles of crap.