What to do with a broken chainsaw

I have an 8 year old McCullough (or however you spell it) 16" chainsaw. I bought it "reconditioned" for $70, so I don't want to put much money into it. It will not start; it was working fine, I stopped using it to get the chain sharpened, and now it will not start.

I have partly taken it apart and find that I am getting compression, but no draw at the fuel manifold. That is about the extent of my knowledge of 2 cycle engines.

Any suggestions for probing further would be appreciated.

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toller
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Clean it, then paint it with your favorite color and hang it on a wall in an unusual position as a piece of sculpture. It could, of course, be combined with any other unrepairable tools in the same or different colors. zemedelec

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Zemedelec

Squirt some gas in the carb throat and see if it starts (for a few seconds). If it does, suspect a gummed up carb.

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Greg

It could also be a cracked primer bulb (assuming the carb has a primer bulb.)

Bob

Reply to
zxcvbob

What I did in a similar situation was to sign up for a small engine repair class at the local vocational high school. Found out the right way to do a lot of those things. The teacher at night was a tech at one of the local repair shops.

Of course, if you are in a hurry that might not work for you.

Charlie

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Charlie Bress

You did better than most with that brand. Toss it out and get a Stihl or Husky.

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Edwin Pawlowski

Squirt some gas in the carb if it kicks its not getting fuel. Could be a loose or cracked hose alowing in air or a clogged line or carb. If not remove the plug and short it to the block to see if there is spark, Get someone to help on this. Could be a plug , wire, coil, ignition module or if it has points, or a condensor or stator. Start simple and test it through. If it has good compression keep it unless its the stator.

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m Ransley

Well said. I've a buddy that owns an orchard, said he's got 4 or 5 of em he'll 'give' me. Meanwhile his Stihl works for him year after year.

Someone who knows Mc's well could make a fortune repairing them.... Year after year.

Toss it out and get a Stihl or

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3rd eye

Don't know what size your chainsaw is, but mine had a fuel filter inside the tank, attached to the flexible gas line. Replacing that solved a lot of problems. Muk-Luk's aren't that bad, you just have to know the secret combination for starting them................ RJ

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rj

mcculloch went bankrupt back in 1998. rumor has it someone bought some of the old tool and dies, but if it were me i'd thorow it in the trash. Chip

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Chip Stein

The "squirt of fuel" ideas are good. I also like a squirt of ether on air filter.

It really hurts to throw out equipment, I know. But sometimes you have go back and figure it cost you ten bucks a year to use the saw, and you got your value out of it. I had a big old saw I bought used. I did a whole lot of checking, and found I could buy another saw for the cost of the parts to fix it.

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Stormin Mormon

a spray of wd40 would be better than ether.

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Charles Spitzer

You don't have to throw that sucker away. Two options are:

  1. Put it a garage sale at a low price (As is).

  1. put it the box of your pickup and just park in a busy shopping center. It will go away all by itself.

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Bob

Part if out. As a matter of fact, I would interested in the anti-kickback handle and possibly the storage case. Where are you located? (Just in case you take someone else's advice and park it in a shopping center :)

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Andy Asberry

You can always set the chain brake on and use it as a hand saw... Remove NoSpam to reply, Thanks

Reply to
Kahlua53

Same here, I could use the choke lever and handlebar..........

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PrecisionMachinisT

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