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sreidmx

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Anyone on here know anything about chainsaws? I got this little gas powered chainsaw its yellow and probally has a 8-10 inch blade. it hasnt been started in years, I sprayed some wd40 in the cylinder and yanked on the cord a few times, its making decent compression.. should I do anything else before I dump some fuel and try to run it? I was reading 10:1 is the standard ratio??? sounds really rich.. will 40:1 927 hurt it?
 
40:1 is normal. You can't hurt it, it's a $10-20 saw. Let 'er rip.
 
I did learn one other thing about saws today. I dropped my Stihl MS361 out of a tree this weekend. Broke the combination handle/fuel tank. I learned that Stihl is happy to sell me a new handle/tank. For $169.40 + shipping. $187.60 all in for a plastic handle.:popcorn:
 
Stihl's nowadays are like any other product that USED to be worth the money. We have two MS250s and a MS290 at work, all three have been in the shop, the two M250s multiple times. I'll take my $199 Poulan Pro over those.

Granted those Stihls are homeowner level, and my Poulan Pro is pretty much a rebadged Husqvarna.




Fire that thing up. Normal checks, air filter, spark plug, fresh 2cycle mix and give it a go. Might have to play with the carb a bit. It might 'should' have three adjustment screws.
 
I agree on the homeowner Stihls but the MS361 is a pro saw. The Farmhand or Ranchhand or whatever they call them are not very good. It was close to $600 when I got it. It's never been worked on and I think it's an '08. They run about $690 new for the MS362 now.
 
Sounds like you have a McCullogh Mini-Mac--I own two of them..great little saws,if you can find any parts they need..I bought a few for 5-10 bucks at swap meets for spare parts,and found out they made a bunch of different saws that are very similar,but the parts wont always interchange..

One of them had a 1/4" pitch chain thats hard to find,and the bars are darn near impossible to find at a reasonable cost--when I broke the bar on it,I ended up cannibalizing a Homelite saw of similar size and adapted the bar on it to the Mini-Mac,and used the chain off it too--its the only other one I have seen with that size pitch chain ..

Another Mini-Mac 110 I had bought for parts for that saw has the 3/9" pitch low profile chain thats much more common,and at first I was just going to swap the clutch,chain,and bar onto the Mini-Mac ,but I tried starting the saw,and found out it ran fine after a little tweaking,so I decided to just use it--all its missing is the air filter & housing--one off the other saw is just different enough that it wont fit--so I just put a peice of fine brass screen over the carb to keep the crap out..

On yours I'd just fill the tank with 40:1 gas oil mix,and use 2 cycle oil--I have used SAE 30 in a pinch but it cruds up the spark plug and exhaust ports after awhile..ashlees 2 cycle oil is better...you may want to remove the muffler and clean any carbon out of the exhaust ports in the cylinder--make sure the piston is down all the way so you wont damage it,and hold the saw with the ports down so crud wont fall into the cylinder..I have got some good saws for free,that had clogged up exhaust ports and they ran great after cleaning them out...

What I have done on old saws is fill the carb up with diesel fuel or kerosene or WD-40 and let it sit a day or more before trying to start them up--this will soften up the rubber diaphram in the carb and increase its chances of working..you may need to use gas or wd-40 to help get it fired up at first...if your lucky and there isnt any gummed up gas or varnish in the carb,it might fire up and run,and need some adjusting of the fuel mixture screws ...
 
That sounds like the saw
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Thats like the one I have,the other is just a "Mini-Mac" without a model number..

The chain size on the 110 is 3/8 low profile,I hit the 9 button on the last post..
I think the chain and clutch and bar could be swapped onto the Mini-Mac so you could use the 3/8 chain..

If you get it running you will like the saw,its light and powerful for its size..they wind out like a bastid when the carb is adjusted right!..

Someone told me the 1/4" pitch chain was used on the "box store" saws and the heavier duty 3/8" was sold by dealers..probably true!..
 
I beat the hell out of my Husqvarna ranch hand. It's a 20" bar. Great demo saw for pallets and whatever else needs destruction.

Check you chain tension before starting it up.
 
I can never get a husq to start and run, but my stihls start religiously!

My 029 was a sweet little truck saw but I needed a slightly larger one. My boss needed a smaller one, so we traded. Now I have tree killing Monster, 044 With a 32" bar. :woot:
 
Thats almost identical to one of the two Mini-Macs I have..yours needs a bath!..:eek1:
 
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