Chainsaw Repair

my first partner was an s 65 still a good goer traded it for 6x4 trailer load of redgum timber value about a hundred bucks and shortly after a what I believe is a f55 orange top has farmer across the back a fleabay buy,got two small ones as well must check the models

P490/P510 (not P500), but not a streight rebadging. The Husky 49 also is pretty much the same saw.

  My first Partner saw ( which is also my first chainsaw ) is a 5000 that's all it says I am sure its not a 5000+ 

I have had this saw about 3 weeks now , I found it in a charity shop being sold for spares or repair, it had a few bolts missing from the casing's and looked like it had been neglected by it's previous owner , It only cost me $10 a bargain .

An hour or 2 cleaning and finding new bolts she's all good  runs vary well and starts good and I have given it a vary good workout doing about 5meters of Manuka (a New Zealand hardwood ) and it hasn't missed a beat.

Not a vary common saw over here and i hadn't heard of it before the other week, I am presuming it was made around 1980 from what i have read here and on chainsaw collectors.

Couple of those skil 1632 around here in the 50-75 range.  I think you will really like out they cut.  I've owned the 550 versions.

Is there any hope of finding a complete recoil starter for a P100/McCulloch 1000?

I have located one that runs but you have to start it with a drillmotor.  Bar/chain looks to be .404" x 24".