Old Mercury 2 man chainsaw

[Bro. Noble]

Rusty,

I wish I could help you with the saw but we never have tried to start the one we have.  Got to thinking about things you might want to check out however.  We have and old Mercury outboard engine made somewhere in the 50's.  Grandad bought it new and we used it off and on fishing.  about 15 years ago we went to the lake and couldn't get the thing to fire.  After a lot of searching we finally found a coil for it that a longtime dealer had laying around.

I'm taking a long time telling you to make sure it has fire-----old mags and coils are often fine but if it isn't you would likely have a hard time finding another.

You might also want to pack the thing around a little to see if you want to mess with it--------those suckers weigh a ton

You might want to look up an old 'chainsaw' thread titled 'Mercury Diston saw' if I remember corectly.

Welcome by the way and good luck

Noble

[Tom]

I went looking and found these threads. Click-em.

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[stevareno]

I ended up getting my hands on 2 of these saws and wouldn't you know.. I can't get either one of them to crank.  We picked up some new condensors this week.. maybe that will do the trick.  The 2'nd mercury that we got has a 4' bar on it.  I've already had a couple of mechanically inclined friends to try there luck with it..  Very frustrating.  Oh well, it's become an all out challenge now.. Anyone got a stick of dynamite!?  I forgot just how draining it is to pull on cord like that!  Who knows.. I may rig the bar up to run on an electric 3 phase motor.. Anyone got any ideas here..  I could hang it on the wall and curse it everyday from here on out.

Steve

[John_Boisselier]

I believe that some things are put out there just to aggravate us  , educate us  , or just possibly to make us really appreciate more modern technology  .  I've talked to those who have actually run these things, but I don't believe I have ever actually seen one run personally, much less cut anything.  Definitely hope that you have better success.  If you do get everything up and working, please get us a photo of the thing actually throwing chips.  Incidentally,  what pitch is the chain on that thing.  Mine is 3/4" with 3 different styles of teeth.  Not exactly off the shelf componetry.  3/4" Deck and Pond chain may be compatable.  Check it out and Have fun.