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Hi gang,I've got an early 10-10A that quit running on me back in the early spring.It wasn't pulling fuel,so I pulled the carb & found that the metering diaphragm wasn't hooked onto the lever.I hooked it back on & thought I'd solved my problem,then I had no spark.I put a new plug in & thought once again that I'd solved my problem.Still the saw wouldn't fire up.I did a compression test & got 120 psi.Yes it's low,but being piston ported tat should be plenty to have the saw fire up.I pulled the FW & found the points to be blackened.I cleaned them up good with emery cloth & put them back in & had beautiful blue spark,but still the saw won't fire up.Any ideas?I'm stumped.
Ed
 
Jethro 2t sniffer said:
Thanks Vinny View attachment 752132
Those danarm saws look quite nice really and yes 50 pesos for a runner is just right in my book. And yeah never even considered finding a 2-10 was not in my list especially all the hate the bullfrog gets. I'll get a 16" bar on it n see how she cuts in the weekend

I watched a youtuber convert to an sdc and all he did was tap new holes to fit the walbro and lincages and put some short cap screws where the bullfrog was mounted
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What is the 'bullfrog' is that a type of carbie?
 
Yes,the "bullfrog" was used on the early 2-10's before Mac started using SDC's on the saws.The bullfrog is a mini flatback carb as I understand it.I hear they can be a pain to get tuned properly,but once they're tuned they're supposed to be quite snappy.
Ed
 
edju1958 said:
Hi gang,I've got an early 10-10A that quit running on me back in the early spring.It wasn't pulling fuel,so I pulled the carb & found that the metering diaphragm wasn't hooked onto the lever.I hooked it back on & thought I'd solved my problem,then I had no spark.I put a new plug in & thought once again that I'd solved my problem.Still the saw wouldn't fire up.I did a compression test & got 120 psi.Yes it's low,but being piston ported tat should be plenty to have the saw fire up.I pulled the FW & found the points to be blackened.I cleaned them up good with emery cloth & put them back in & had beautiful blue spark,but still the saw won't fire up.Any ideas?I'm stumped.
Ed
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Check the carb again Ed.

Sean Littlefair said:
What is the 'bullfrog' is that a type of carbie?
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Yeah the 1-10 and 2-10 had them think the 2-10 super had an sdc. I'm away from the saw so can't grab a picture but yeah there a pain in the bum and tricky for parts I don't know much else as they have never had my interest in fact always thought hmm must remember to stay away from a bullfrog saw lol
 
heimannm said:
As I understand it, most of the earlier 10 Series saws had magnesium tanks which certainly made them lighter. Pick up a PM700 and feel the difference in weight due to the aluminum fuel tank.

Mark
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I didn't know that Mark. That would sure explain the weight difference. My 700's are 1.6 lbs heavier than my 7-10's. The 700's have the long brake cover vs the short on the 7-10's but it's still at least 1 lb heavier discounting the covers which is very noticeable.
 
Put some fresh mustard and wrinkle black on the 55 , took a peek down the old girls throat and the piston has that nice grey machined look with no gouges, I figured what the heck put a new fuel line in it and some fresh gas and whamo! Fires up . The carb is only the low and it feels gummed up to me but it idles and when I made a test cut on some 10" locust it just ripped! I made 5 or 6 more cuts and this saw has some real power! It revs alittle higher than my settings on my other 10 series macs and now I'm wondering if I have them set too fat?20190809_181523.jpg 20190809_181538.jpg
 
I had an early 2-10 that had a bullfrog carb in it.I bought a PM 10-10 tank handle & put that opn it.I had to drill a hole in the top of the oil tank so the allen screw would go into the tank handle.It worked out rather well,but I never finished the project & I almost think that someone stole the saw.
Ed
 
fossil said:
If you really like that 2-10 Jethro, you can have the original MAC bar guard that came with my 2-10.

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Wow Tim it does look kind of umm past it lol. What carb are you running in it?

Maintenance supervisor said:
Put some fresh mustard and wrinkle black on the 55 , took a peek down the old girls throat and the piston has that nice grey machined look with no gouges, I figured what the heck put a new fuel line in it and some fresh gas and whamo! Fires up . The carb is only the low and it feels gummed up to me but it idles and when I made a test cut on some 10" locust it just ripped! I made 5 or 6 more cuts and this saw has some real power! It revs alittle higher than my settings on my other 10 series macs and now I'm wondering if I have them set too fat?View attachment 752338 View attachment 752339
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Nice saw I'm thinking that carb needs a rebuild my 7-10 fixed hi was getting like that really cuts but barely four stroking.

edju1958 said:
I had an early 2-10 that had a bullfrog carb in it.I bought a PM 10-10 tank handle & put that opn it.I had to drill a hole in the top of the oil tank so the allen screw would go into the tank handle.It worked out rather well,but I never finished the project & I almost think that someone stole the saw.
Ed
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I really hope those saws are hiding in your shed somewhere Ed. So putting the tank lid and air box lid off a 10-10 would make it more or less a 10-10 wouldn't it?
 
No,the rest of the saw is a 2-10.The reason I did that was to get away from the non-existent air filters.The PM 10-10 filters are out there cheap & plentiful.I have a couple more Super 2-10's that I'll be doing that to as well,but they have the DSP missing.I was thinking of just tapping the DSP holes & putting plugs in them.
Ed
 
Jethro 2t sniffer said:
Wow Tim it does look kind of umm past it lol. What carb are you running in it?



Nice saw I'm thinking that carb needs a rebuild my 7-10 fixed hi was getting like that really cuts but barely four stroking.



I really hope those saws are hiding in your shed somewhere Ed. So putting the tank lid and air box lid off a 10-10 would make it more or less a 10-10 wouldn't it?
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The bar cover does have that certain attractive patina.

My 2-10 came with an SDC and 354? chain. I bought it for the starter but once I cleaned it up I figured it was too nice to part out. It needs seals which I have had on my shelf for a about 4 years. Brand new domed air filter as well.
 
fossil said:
The bar cover does have that certain attractive patina.

My 2-10 came with an SDC and 354? chain. I bought it for the starter but once I cleaned it up I figured it was too nice to part out. It needs seals which I have had on my shelf for a about 4 years. Brand new domed air filter as well.
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Nice Tim so how is the sdc setup?

I saw on AS somewhere ages ago before I had one of these things a dude made himself a air cleaner and I can't bloody find where it was or who he was lol any one here ever made there own?
 

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