[AT] OT: McCulloch Chainsaw

[Larry D Goss]

Right.  I ran into that problem when I picked up this unit and rehabilitated 
it before shipping it to Cecil.  I have an old-time dealer in the 
neighborhood who is adept at having access to Troy-Bilt parts that are NLA 
everywhere.  For that reason, Cecil contacted me to try to locate a drive 
lever lock on the handlebars that broke on his.  I figured it is worth a 
try.  When I was working "down the road a piece" at a Case-IH dealership, we 
often went through the older lawn mower dealer for Troy-Bilt parts because 
he had access to them that we didn't have even though we also had a 
Troy-Bilt franchise because of MTD.  That's the way it works sometimes.

Larry

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve W." <falcon at telenet.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 11:27 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] OT: McCulloch Chainsaw


> Larry,
>  Some of the parts for the sickles are available as crossover parts for
> other MTD stuff, but most of the specialized pieces are NLA. The engine
> and control cables are normal stock, the front drive block is NLA new,
> but it is repairable. Shaft bearings were common stuff.
>
>>
>> Which reminds me, I've got to look up the availability of parts for a
>> Troy-Bilt sickle bar mower for Cecil.  When you have a unit that is as
>> unique as that one is, it's worthwhile to look for the OEM parts so it
>> continues to work like it's supposed to.
>>
>> Larry
>>
>
>
> -- 
> Steve W.
> Near Cooperstown, New York
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