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Difficult to make out the diameter of the largest parts, but a 16" bar really only has a useable length of 14 or 15" . Therefore if the max diameter of that trunk a lot wider than 28 or 30" then even if you sawed all the way around the diameter the full depth of the bar it would still be attached in the middle. More importantly is the saw up to it rather than the length of the bar.....you can fit a 16" bar to an ms211 but i wouldnt want to cut a huge trunk with one

Through an A/V mount

The 'third' cap in an A/V mount ......although it is wildly optimistic fitting av mounts to one of those as they have to be running for a reasonable time to counteract the effects of white finger....which it wont. 😂

Its not a clone of any recognised manufacturer im afraid. These were brought out several years ago under various chinese internet 'brands' then the same model was cloned to be a fake stihl, although aside from the colour scheme it looked nothing like any current stihl model. It will never run or if it does it will never run right for long. With respect, they are just landfill....which really annoys me.

Difficult to say as not all 461's are the same regarding condition, hours on it etc. Would you be selling it with a bar and chain...if so what length? See it makes a lot of difference. Its predecessor, the ms460 in good condition are still going for good money....4 to 500 quid mark for a good one, but they are now a good collectors saw and still a good saw in its own right. Best judge of what something is worth is 'the bay' watch a few that are listed that are similar to yours as see if they sell. Best if you can find one listed as an auction rather than a buy it now that takes offers.

The pawl return springs are available. I remember you had to wind them on over the pawl, as the pawls were factory fitted to the flywheel via those 'pins' If you note the IPL doesn't list the pins seperately https://www.motoruf.de/mo/ersatzteillisten/FTP/McCulloch/Ersatzteillisten/IPL, McCulloch, Mac 335, Mac Cat 435, Mac Cat 440, 1999-10, Chain Saw.pdf

Remember when I started smoking we had one of those wooden draw pull out cigarette vending machines where i worked. Cigarettes were 40 odd pence a pack and the machine would take 50p pieces and you received something like 10p back taped to the packet of cigarettes. This kind of thing...anyone else remember the change being taped to the packet of fags? THB2990 Cigarette mulitcoin Vending Machine “Five-0 vendit” with Phoenix Tower Cigarettes (20s) • Trevor Howsam Limited (Boston) TREVORHOWSAM.COM

They are blind riveted in place.....a press fit if you like. The pawls are metal with a return spring on each. Why do you need to replace them? If you have a valid reason then a new flywheel comes with them already fitted as unless to have some special equipment to remove and install you won't be able to do it..hence why flywheels come with them factory fitted. There's a good, used flywheel on the bay at the moment with pawls fitted for only £20 McCulloch Mac 335 Chainsaw - Flywheel (F3) WWW.EBAY.CO.UK <p>McCulloch Mac 338 Chainsaw</p><br><p>Flywheel </p><p>Please see photos for...

Looks good. 👍

Part number for the heated handle stator is 537 07 18-02. Not cheap though

I dont disagree with the previous comments. Although as a matter of course i would hook out the fuel filter and change that for new and whilst doing that i would inspect the pick up pipe for cracking/crumbling. I am no expert on what fuel grades are used in canada but if it were the uk and fuel had been left in the tank that long the ethanol in the fuel would have begun to compromise the integrity of the hose and the filter.

Your should get a few quid back from the 028 as parts for those are getting rare and they are a popular collectors saw...and still a good saw for hobby/occasional/demo use. When i got mine for my collection it needed a brake band, but they are obsolete and are rare as hens teeth as they did used to break quite often. I found one on the bay and had to pay over 20 quid just for the band I still need a better condition orange air filter casing for mine as it has a small bit of plastic missing from the one on it on the lower part where it curves over the rear handle....

A jobu. There are jobu collectors out there, but as an investment purchase they never make great money. Its not a rare model in the range either...to the right person maybe worth...£50-£80.

Why don't you take it to a dealer to do the diagnosis work, then you won't be buying parts that may not cure the problem? We offer an estimating service which cost upfront £35 which allows us to accurately diagnose what the issue is and then quote for the repair. If the customer wishes to progress, then the £35 estimate fee is deducted from the final invoice costs, or if they don't want to go ahead or wish to repair it themselves they can have the machine back and we keep the £35 for the time we spent of it so far. Sometimes it takes us a matter of minutes, sometimes it's a mornings work to diagnose correctly, but its still the same £35 so some we win and some we lose. If a customer wants us to go ahead with the quoted repair and we then fit a new carb for instance, and it doesn't cure the issues, then the cost of that is borne by us, as it is then us who have made an error (doesn't happen often!) It's a win win for the customer.

Try a genuine carb

I wouldn't go for that to be on the safe side. That's early with that style chain cover and those are the ones they had issues with (not all, but don't risk it)

Show us a pic of the chain cover...as a rule of thumb the later, better MS261 had a revised chain cover....was still available as a traditional carb or mtronic, so you could have both, before they went completely over to mtronic. Either way, as long as it's the 'mark 2' version (the chain cover will confirm that) then you will be fine. ps. the chain covers aren't interchangeable, so you won't risk buying an early model done up to look like a later one Here is a pic of a mk2 ms261...still a carb version (note the three carb adjustment holes) but with the different chain cover to the earlier models. Get one of these with that chain cover style and it will be fine

The MS170 which is still/was a current model which this competes with/replaces had/has the older style (and more reliable) screw on caps

We do, but not near you. And as for anyone near you who would, then sorry I wouldn't know.

As long as it's capable of being ridden on a public footpath at great speed weaving between pedestrians, without the trivialities of having a bell, or the foresight to actually operate one, I am sure any current bicycle should fit the agenda.😇

Has anyone ever got any free wood from Arbtalk? ..well...I haven't mentioned this to anybody until now, but there was quite an in depth discussion on here about the internals of an MS460 and I must be honest, I did get a bit of movement in the pants department over it.

Never done one on a McCulloch as we don't take them in for repair, but looking at your photos and the attached parts lists breakdown (which helps you to work out how to take it apart) it looks pretty straightforward (well, for a modern compact saw anyway) Maybe you can see now, why places like ours charge £50 per hour labour to work on these things? https://www.ersatzteilplan.de/ersatzteilzeichnungen/zeichnung_bilder/zeichnung/McCulloch-Euromac/McCulloch-Euromac-2011/Benzinkettensaege_McCulloch_CS350_966760314.pdf

Right all.....an update (as we all like an update on a problem- well, I do!) The OE Echo drum and worm drive for the pump duly arrived and was fitted and is a tight fit into the drive lugs of the worm drive against the body....no air gap or end float as there was before, so the previous place had fitted an incorrect drum...not only that, but we had also noticed the old drum was also like a prick in a bucket on the crank. The new drum was initially 'dry fitted' as we couldn't get the old needle bearing to fit the OE drum as the external diameter was larger than the hole in the drum for it to fit. We ordered a new bearing as well, replaced that, and now fits perfect with no play at all. So wrong drum and wrong bearing......managed to salvaged the burred over drive links on the chain for the customer, and just got away without replacing the damaged oil pump...despite the groove worn in it. If the customer had carried on using it for any longer then he would have been looking at a new pump, and quite possibly serious damage to his crankshaft what with the floppy drum flaying about. Cost him just over £100 in the end for the repair, but cheaper than a new saw.

Very true....some of my customers who are retired and then start a little gardening round. Buy a 200 cheapie mower stick it the boot of their car...which hasnt got business insurance....and then charge themselves out at 8 or 10 quid an hour. A mower running for an hour is going to take most of that in fuel, then you have the costs to get there and back........they may as well devote their time to the ground of an old peoples home or churchyard and do it for nothing for charity. Pity the younger guys who have got all the accreditation, expensive, decent kit, a van, insurance, van and liability...then tax on income.

What will an ash woodland look like in 10 years time? ..well, if it's in the South East it will have flats built on it!