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Found this in a farmers scrap pile

Discussion in 'Chainsaws and Power Equipment' started by Casper, Jul 11, 2020.

  1. Casper

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    Is this worth messing with to give my boys the "back in the day" experience? 20200711_183957.jpg 20200711_184004.jpg 20200711_184029.jpg
     
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  3. Casper

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    Didn't try pulling it over yet. Had my good clothes on. Just stopped by to pick my son up from work.
     
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    At least let them take it apart for the experience.
     
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    Neat find. I wouldve grabbed it too not that i could get it working. Always cool to see what chain saws of yesteryear looked like. Have you researched it at all Casper to see a year of mfr.?
     
  6. Casper

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    Update: not locked up, hope to tear into it deeper this weekend.
     
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    IF you get it running make sure you have ear protection. That muffler is just a thing to keep people from sticking their fingers into the piston.:eek:
     
  8. Casper

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    Good, shouldn't need to be opened up in order to breath.
     
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    Those early Homies were legendary saws......

    Cool find, keep us posted if you get it to fire up. And I agree with farmer steve in regards to the muffler......it's an ear-ringer.
     
  11. Casper

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    How much worse than the blue s we ries XL12? We had one of those growing up to clear fence lines. I despised the thumb pump oiler, especially after I used my buddy's Dad's Stihl. I want to share the pain with my boy's.
     
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    Great dad quote there toughen them!!
     
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    Any luck getting it going?
     
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    Haven't had time to mess with it. Actually did some 4H stuff the past two weekends.
     
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    Those little stack mufflers are extremely loud,but they also up the performance compared to the quieter square box inside baffle ones also available around the same time. McCulloch had a very similar one that was available for a bunch of their medium to larger models. Instead of horizontal slots,it was a series of small D shaped holes,other than appearance it accomplished the same thing.I have 3-4 installed on some of my saws,at least 2 spares in my parts stash.
     
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    Pour a little fuel mix into the carb while holding it wide open throttle. Pull it over and it should try and start to run. That will tell you if compression is good and if you have spark.
    Probably will have points and could need cleaning and you will need to replace crank seals and fuel lines and rebuild the carb. It is also a reed valve. Pull the muffler and make sure no critters have been building anything in there.

    Cool saw. I think it would be a fun project.
     
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