Is this Super 250 too far gone

[Brian13]

Thank you, that will be awesome! What size bar do you recommend?

 

[blackoak]

Show him this thread

I do hope he gets a chance to read this entire thread. You are one dedicated and thoughtful son. I'm sure it will make him even MORE proud of the fine son he raised. The time and effort you put in this project is second to none and quite admiring. I'll say one thing about you, your no quitter and stuck it to the end. Congratulations on a very fine job

 

[RandyMac]

Thank you, that will be awesome! What size bar do you recommend?

28" to 32" should do it. mine has a 36", but with the spikes, it has a 33" cut.

 

[Brian13]

I do hope he gets a chance to read this entire thread. You are one dedicated and thoughtful son. I'm sure it will make him even MORE proud of the fine son he raised. The time and effort you put in this project is second to none and quite admiring. I'll say one thing about you, your no quitter and stuck it to the end. Congratulations on a very fine job

Thanks, now I only hope I can be as good of a father as he was.

28" to 32" should do it. mine has a 36", but with the spikes, it has a 33" cut.

I will have to keep my eyes open. It seems like .404 .063 bars dont seem to be to common on ebay. At least not since I have started looking.

 

[heimannm]

Don't get too hung up on gauge, it's easy enough to match a chain to most any bar you can find and sprockets don't care what gauge the drive links are. For that matter you can get a rim type drum/sprocket set up for the Super 250 and use any pitch and/or gauge chain to match any bar you can find.

I recently modified a 32" 10 Series bar to fit my SP125, believe it or not it was a sprocket nose .404/.063, you don't have to limit yourself to old McCulloch bars if you are willing to put a little work in it.

Mark

 

[Brian13]

I wonder how close a stihl mount is. I have a 32" Oregon bar I got recently for my 044. Then all I would need is a 3\8 sprocket.

 

[blsnelling]

Brian, I have to say, this is one of the best threads of all times. I can feel your emotions just thinking about "giving" this saw back to your Dad. I love surprising someone like you did. That is so cool. I hope all goes well on it's first outing. Vids are a definate must!

 

[Brian13]

Thanks Brad, it was nice to see his disbelief. And there will definitely be videos when I get to cut with it. I am hoping it will be this week or weekend. All depends on a friend of mine and his schedule.

 

[heimannm]

I put an Oregon bar on my SP125 that originally was intended for a saw with much larger bar studs, you can easily fashion a sort of figure 8 shim to make them fit. I had to drill a few holes through the bottom of the chain groove to allow the oiler on the McCulloch to get to the chain.

You can do lots of things to make a bar work, just depends on how much effort you want to put in to it and you have proven you are capable of putting out a lot of effort.

After modifying the 10 Series bar (I only had to file the bar slot to fit the 3/8" studs on the bigger saw) I would readily do that again. You may need to get a set of the bar spacers (like the bar protector plates without the angled flanges) if the bar is thinner that the stock one was.

Mark

 

[Brian13]

I really want to fit a bar ASAP, just to have one on there. But since this is no ordinary saw to me, I think I am going to wait save up some money and put a 28" or 32" roller nose bar on. I dont know how hard they are to find or how much they go for, but the first time I saw one was here. And I have wanted one since. I think that would really finish the saw off when its not wearing the bow.

 

[heimannm]

Watching e-bay I see 36-54" roller nose bars going $80 to $150. If you keep a close watch you might come up with a better deal.

I bought a few saws with roller nose bars for about what you would pay for the bar alone but in general they are so worn I wouldn't run them in any wood, just for looking.

Mark

 

[RandyMac]

Here is some incentive Brian.

From CPR
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[Brian13]

Thats what I am talking about!

 

[cpr]

Been out all weekend. Glad your dad was so pleased and finding out it goes back to your grandfather is all the better. A good friend of mine and I had grandfathers that grew up in the depression and really appreciated the simple things in life. Whenever someone commented on something as being overly simplistic (coffee and cream comes readily to mind in this latte society), by friend and I would look at each other and say "Good enough for grandpa, good enough for me."

That Super 797 is a kick... still need to rering it, though. She's short of the compression I'd like her to have. May have to put in one of those window ported pistons JJ talks about for some boost port action...

 

[Mr. Bow Saw]

Brian,
I have this 32" hard nose mac bar forsale.Its new old stock never
been used. The box got wet at some time and the bar started to
rust a little. I removed the rust and primered it.

I allso have this forsale 28" 3/8 .050 roller tip, its New never used.

I have one of these forsale if you need it,
New old stock just need a bearing.

 

[TRI955]

Thanks, that means a lot coming from you guys! BTW Randy got to try PBR today, tasty!

PBR will grow hair where it belongs and I heard that it will remove it from your palms.

I found out where the the spikes went, they have been living under the seat of my wagon, it crapped out on my wife when she headed out to the PO.
I'll remedy that on Monday.

Sure do like the PBR!!!

 

[RandyMac]

Drinking PBR is one of the symtoms of Yellow Fever. Those who drink PBR and own no McCullochs, just haven't seen the light yet. They live a life of denial and delusion.

 

[Brian13]

Hmm.....I got a running Mac and shortly after realized I like PBR. My friend who brought the PBR has no chainsaw but was amazed by the Super 250. You might have something there Randy.

 

[Brian13]

Been out all weekend. Glad your dad was so pleased and finding out it goes back to your grandfather is all the better. A good friend of mine and I had grandfathers that grew up in the depression and really appreciated the simple things in life. Whenever someone commented on something as being overly simplistic (coffee and cream comes readily to mind in this latte society), by friend and I would look at each other and say "Good enough for grandpa, good enough for me."

That Super 797 is a kick... still need to rering it, though. She's short of the compression I'd like her to have. May have to put in one of those window ported pistons JJ talks about for some boost port action...

I was too young when my grandfather died to ever really get to know him. But it is really cool knowing the saw was his, and hearing the stories that came with from my dad. I can remember for years my dad told me he was going to fix it an we were going to make a go-cart. He never did find the carb kit for it. When I first started rebuilding saws, I was showing my dad videos of ported 044s and 066s. And he told me "look up the Super 250 thats a real saw". This one will always be my favorite saw for sure.

 

[heimannm]

Drinking PBR is one of the symtoms of Yellow Fever. Those who drink PBR and own no McCullochs, just haven't seen the light yet. They live a life of denial and delusion.

What would you say about a guy that owns a few (or more that a few) McCullochs but does not consume PBR?

Mark