HOW TO MOUNT A BAR AND CHAIN ON AN OLD MCCULLOCH 

Just bought a McCulloch 250 and I’m installing the bar and chain now. Can’t wait to fire it up!! Thanks!

Is just got and 5-10 McCulloch because of you! Its very nice

make a pile of buggers haha!! everybody at worked just looked at me cause im laughing. love it keep up the good work

Dude!!!! I tell you what I'm definitely the dumby who just loves the mac , tell you what teach your new comers how to fix the chain break after they mess around with the cover and the spring slips out of the groove lol

You made a believer out of me too Gotta have an old McCulloch

Great video Billy Ray. Now I know. Thanks.

Genius!!! Old MAC110 owner here. Wondered how I got the chain off but couldn't get it back on. Sideways you say? Genius!!!

Buckin', Thanks for all the great information!

You are so funny, but still get the job done, keep them coming, love the wedging videos you had, you make it look easy

Gooood Video! Billy, I've been mounting bars that way for 45 years. You were taught correctly. Only difference is I lift up on the tip while tightening bar nuts. Same diff as lifting up on the rear handle. The reason we do this is because when we are fellin or Buckin, the bar pushes against the tree and if we snug it up correctly, the bar will not move under the nuts. If the bar moves, the chain will tighten up too much. Save a sprocket.... don't leave your bar hanging while tightening the bar nuts. HEY! Can you reply to my comments yet? I changed some settings, but can't figure out what privacy setting is wrong.

started camping alot more and more serious this year and was lookin for a way to process firewood hummin and hawing over what saw to get, i come across an old free chainsaw looked rough, also have never held one before. it was an old mac110. again super new to saws, but no stranger at all to pullin wrenches on two strokes, sleds bikes etc, get this saw home dusted off the saw dribbled some fuel into carb. one pull it burgled and smoked for a sec. now that i see and smell that im semi aroused and start peeling this saw apart. fuel line was split and rotten replaced the line cleaned engine off looked ok from what i could see cleaned the fly wheel with a lil emory cloth, cleaned all the covers slide it back together add fuel bar oil. took a bit to tune it , one - two pulls runs and idles now, sharpened what was left of the chain, (a friend helped teach me how to sharpen it, after he laughed his bag off at how worn this chain was). now im eager to cut, not gonna wait for air filter to show up in mail. im gone camping fell a few trees, cut rounds and sloppily split it up with axe, ran two tanks of bar oil through it, sharpened chain a bit more. I seems to cut very nice for what it is and what ive seen on youtube. but now the chain..ugh i wish i could post a pic of it. but anyways. 14 inch bar, and wondering if it would take a 16" bar. I also apologize for this giant word salad if anyone happens to read it all

Another classic BBRS Production. Great tips & love the .325 chain. Use it on two saws because it keeps the RPM higher when buried in the cut = faster cutting in spite of the smaller chip size.

"Pile of boogies" lol oh my, love it.

Great advice for someone that may need to mount a bar or chain on a saw

Sound advice, Buckin. Bought a low end Husky that fights going back together. Not too happy with it so far, but its fine for whackin limbs. Keep smiling!

100% right, that's the way I learnt, it's the easiest way! Love the comedy too! Thanks man!

Very helpful sir! Thanks Buckin

I would hate to take my bar off to clean it just for that reason , i would put it on the side just to watch it all fall apart. Now the way you do it makes it so much easier . Learning alot like like like like like and LIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good tutorial Buckin'!

I just picked up a McCulloch Pro Mac 55. Would love to see more videos on how to tune these saws. How do you remove the clutch? I need to replace my sprocket. New subscriber here. Great videos.

Buckin. I Saw You Were Doing Your Move With Vintage Mcculloch. You Did Very Good. I Sense You Didn't Struggle With That. You Did Very Good. You Dance With Vintage Mcculloch Saw. Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha! That Is Hilarious.

Thanks B.R! I've been guilty of turning the saw on side and struggling, especially going from Stihl to Husky and dealing with the exterior clutch. Great tips!

That bar looks excellent on that beast

brillent advice buckin

I hope you, the family, Victor, everyone on the channel and the macs are doing well Billy .....1600 subscribers today Billy it was like 1569 on sunday.... over and out

the song that played at the beginning. ..... I'm hooked....need to listen to it again, help me out

Spot on Buckin ! Thanks.

Another awesome video Buckin'! You bet we're gonna be buyin the ol'McCullochs! I've got the bug bad! You know it. I think its great your bein yourself on your channel yuh goofball! lol Awesome vid, very helpful!

He he. you got me hooked. got first my mcculloch. sems to be a super 2-10 whit a 2-10 bullfrog carburattor. and no im lokking at alle 10-10 😃😃. hope the 325 runs good. I have a 25" 325 on my ms 362

Is that your band playing the music in your videos ? I like it

New subscriber, love flicking through your videos, got a coupke macs myself. Dude you rock. Love the video content and your super positive atritude. Rock on dude

Gday Buckin, on the old Mac 10-10 manual oiler only saws do you know if theure meant to have that metal shim between the saw and the bar like later models? I've got two that dont have them, not sure if its a problem.

A bit verby but I did get facts that I needed. Namely, that the cover installation is a somewhat delicate thing. Seemed to me that since it is done so often it would be more fool proof. I had an earlier Mcculloch which I was able to install easier for some reason, but on that one I crocked the adjustment guide hole tightening when it was wrong. But that one also has no oiler ( stripped) and I wore out rthe chain so it needs probably replacment. It did run though. This one I had to replace the fuel lines and filter but expect it will run and is complete and has a veryt new brand new chain. So, if the chain is tghe right one I'll be in good shape. But I think I was thrown off by expecting that black peg at the front lower corner to go right up to the housing. But apparently it doesn't. But I have the chain on and it adjusts so I guess that is the whole enchilada. Thanks for entertainment AND instruct ion.

Hey buckin, new to the channel, new vintage Mac owner. What model is that? It looks very similar to mine with the recoil on the right hand side. It's neat got her running sweet as nut.

Like the euro/ style starter sitting on your bench just to the right of your vice what ten series saw did it come from don't see these in australia

Haha, love this guy! We would get along great! Would live to know what you do to get those Macs rippin like you do! Ported, duel port muffler, sprocket I assume. Also would love to get a double headed splitting axe from you!

I own a husky 346 and I tried to lift the bar up as Iv seen so many times before and there is so little space for the bar to move I just put it all together and just before I get ready to tighten the cover up I check to see if the bar has slipped and most of the time it has not and wango bango I tighten up the nuts and I'm good to go thanks BBR.

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Hi Buckin; Do you have a Mac power head where the bar adjuster is on the saw and not on the cover. I need a visual, look to see what the adjuster looks like. So I can replace it. I have an older mac. that has the adjuster piece missing. The screw is there but the adjuster is gone. I think they over torqued the cover to try and hold it in place and cracked it. It's a McCulloch 1-40. What size chain goes on that? Mine shows damage to the chain links. Would that make it to small or to big? It has a manual chain oilier. The bar say's it's a McCulloch welded tip bar. the chain has 3's on the sprocket side,and Canad just under the gullet.

Im looking to get a bigger new bar and chain on my 10-10. Not sure which one to get which one fits

hahaha you the man

First off, awesome video. Secondly, I just got my hands on a 1-52 and I'm having he'll trying to find a bar for it! I'd like to get in the range of 24"-30" bar and nobody seems to be able to cross reference a bar. I found a 30" on eBay....but I'm not going to pay $375 for it.

That was niftily diftily Billy .....lol ....the bar nuts on my mac seem to come lose when I run the saw for a bit ....was thinking of getting some nuts with the nylon bushings

Should my 10-10 have a hard time starting in 0 degrees? Would not start today when other day for the first time the baby started right up. Ram great. Just got it used few days ago. Would not start today though 😢

You reminded me of the dad in So I married an axe murderer "before Colonel Sanders went tits up. Scottish accent of course but pretty close eh?

Bought me a 1-52 no cross reference to bars available for that saw or the 1-53 and the 325 sprockets are no longer available

Ok It was the starter that was on top of the box of mcculloch parts that had the 850 in what did you use it on

Billy I got a ‘59 1-40 Runs strong but the stock bar and power head has TWO chain tensioners YES,TWO ONE ON COVER and a fat screw head that fits in a dimple on the bar on the powerhead side This makes getting even a newer Mac bar tough any ideas why? What it’s called? Can it be eliminated? ( I don’t want to eliminate it) Currently a 24 “ bar but seen up to a 32-34” bar on a 1-40 Maybe they milled out a dimple? Anybody got any Thoughts?

I have a pro 10 10 model # 600013U that I got recently. It is missing the bar guide plates. Is it ok to run without them or do I need to get some?

Nice. Stay tuned for a trip Wheelers chainsaw museum .1000 chainsaws and counting.

So pleased you have done this video, I wish people would take heed of this instead of struggling with the saw on its side, why fight gravity! You say you are running .325 sprocket and chain so is the bar .325 as well? If so where have you got such a big .325 bar from I can only get up to 20" in the UK.

hi buckin, I've got my mac 10-10 automatic and she's not cutting too good, bogging down alot. can you do a video on tuning one up if you get chance, it would be apprechiated. Adam F

I’ve committed all the sins noted herein many times but now I know. Thanks for the heads up/ help

Wait a minute ...325 chain will not run in a 3/8s bar tip,so did you change the bar tip out?

i got a 610 an is there a big washer in between the cluch an drum ??

how many cups of coffee.....?

Ill make a vid soon Titled TWO CHAIN TENSIONERS ON MCCULLOCH 1-40

12:09 I could see him in an "Ottawa Chainsaw Massacre"

hahaha...the chainsaw jitter bug :)

Frist saw I had mounted the chain backwards not good ,I have learned a lot in my 20 years of owning saw.

I just bought my first McCulloch, it's a 70's super 250 and I'm struggling to find a new bar for it online, anyone know where I could find a bar & chain combo? 20"& up

You made me think about talking to dude in my village being sawing long time, he is a dick but so am i so i think he'll help me not getting hurt.

Better you be a how to guy then some of these guys out there On RU-vid at least you know what your talking about. Remember wranglestar's tutorial on how to climb a tree that was comedy. Tree guy, singer songwriter, now comedian hahaha keep having fun man life's short!!!!!!

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I wonder if a feller could install a headphone jack right on the muffler? Spacktackular

I hear a new song....."he's a bogger man..........

If someone were to Be looking for a McCulloch...(hypothetically) what would be a good saw to buy first......(hypothetically)