I found this old Sears/David Bradley saw in the barn when I bought my house about 7 years ago. Last winter I decided to do a rebuild / spruce up and thought I'd share some pictures of how it went.
Suprisingly, the engine was free and it had good compression and spark. It had been sitting on a dirt floor for years and the magnesium was oxidized and dissolving. So after disassembly this was what the frame and the gear case cover looked like.
I have one of those and recently rebuilt the carb and it runs pretty good. Not very fast but load as hell.
Might look for a new case? Or isn't there a member here.. Mag Craft There it is, that @ feature is cool. But not sure he could do much with that??...maybe fix something that you may find in better shape but still needs work?
I cleaned and striped all the parts, wire brushed the corroded areas and used some PC-7. After that I sanded everything down and painted the parts metallic blue. I'm not the best with "body work" but it's functional.
Never owned any of those or seen 'em around here either but I do know certain DB models are real torque monsters & are quite popular with a lot of vintage saw collectors.
Her it is all back together. First time it took me about a dozen pulls to get it running. Now it starts on the third or fourth pull. It seems to run pretty strong but I haven't cut with it yet. It smokes a lot (20:1 ratio) and it's LOUD! I might cut with it this weekend. If I do I'll try to post a video.
So where is that pitted case lead too...just inside the recoil? I thought those were the crank case halves
It's at the bottom of the gear case portion of the frame. I'll take another picture tonight that shows it better.
