[AT] OT McCullogh chain saw parts

[Skip Cleveland]

The tank on the chain saw is pressurized. There is no vent.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "charliehill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 8:10 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] OT McCullogh chain saw parts


> Thanks Bruce.  yeah I don't like the idea of a rag and was half joking 
> when
> I said it.  Your idea of an expanding plug would work I think and so would
> Charlie's cork.  In either case I could fashion some sort of a vent hole 
> or
> tube.  It's going to make me sick if I can't find that cap or a 
> replacement.
> I bought that saw new over 30 years ago and it's never failed me and I've
> never lost the gas cap in all these years.  I just can't imagine what
> happened to it except that the neighbor puppy picked it up.  When they go 
> to
> work tomorrow I'll search their yard for it.
>
> You guys will think I'm crazy but when the puppy came back over I said
> "Gypsy, where is my gas cap, go get my gas cap"  a few minutes later she
> brought me her throw toy (that  was in her yard) and layed it down beside 
> my
> foot.  I don't play catch with her and she's only brought that thing to me
> one other time.
>
> Charlie
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <ROBBRUT at aol.com>
> To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 7:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] OT McCullogh chain saw parts
>
>
>> Skip the rag, it can sometimes act like a Molotov cocktail's fuse,  as I
>> know
>> from experience (observing my buddy).
>>
>> Instead, get the correct size expanding plug, one of those rubber  ones
>> that
>> have a bolt through them.
>>
>> It will work just  fine, (also from experience) as long as it is not
>> over-tightened too much (which can break the spout)
>>
>> -Bruce Thompson
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 12/30/2008 7:07:34 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>> charliehill at embarqmail.com writes:
>>
>> Thanks  Hank.  I don't have a clue if it is the same or not.  I've been
>> looking online trying to find a parts number breakdown.  I can't find  a
>> thing.  I don't like the idea of paying $15 bucks or more but the  saw
>> isn't
>> worth much without a gas cap and I sure can't buy a saw for  $15.
>> If and when you get a chance to look I would appreciate it.  If I  find
>> mine
>> or a replacement I'll try to remember to let you know.  If  you have one
>> that
>> will work I don't mind paying for it and paying the  shipping on it.
>> Assuming I don't manage to find mine.  I'm out of cut  up firewood and
>> really
>> need to use the saw tomorrow.  I hate to  do  it but I might wind up with
>> a
>> rag crammed in the  hole.
>>
>> Charlie
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From:  <hank at millerfarm.com>
>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 6:09  PM
>> Subject: Re: [AT] OT McCullogh chain saw parts
>>
>>
>>> Any clue  if that is the same cap as from a 6-10?   They look a lot  the
>>> same on the outside and I think I still have a 6-10 around  someplace.
>>> For that matter I'm pretty sure the cap is a common size, a  good small
>>> engine place should be able to find one from something else  that fits
>>> (be prepared to pay $15 for a stupid gas cap), just bring  the whole
>>> thing in and ask the old guy to check his  stock.
>>>
>>> I'm not sure if I'll actually get time to look for the  chainsaw for a
>>> couple weeks (I work out of town, and this is looking  like a busy
>>> weekend).   Still if you want it and can figure  out some way of
>>> getting it from MN that isn't more than it is worth  you can have it.
>>>
>>> Quoting charliehill  <charliehill at embarqmail.com>:
>>>
>>>> Does anyone happen to  have a junked out McCulloch ProMac 10-10A laying
>>>> around that would  part with the gas cap?  Mine magically disappeared
>>>>  today.
>>>> I'm thinking my neighbors dog might be the culprit.   You can't buy
>>>> parts
>>>> for
>>>> them any longer but this saw  is just like brand new.  I hate for a gas
>>>> cap
>>>> to  put it out to pasture.
>>>>
>>>> If you have one you'd part with  or know of a parts source (I've tried
>>>> or
>>>> in
>>>> the  process of trying all sources I know about) I'd appreciate  it.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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