A while ago, I had the misfortune to lose a critical part of the Tap 'N Go head. [See attached photo].
Getting a replacement for this American made straight shaft model, became a minor problem. At the time, eBay had only one complete component, and that was from the UK, priced at $AU75.00, thank you very much!! Sourcing it was near impossible, even from McCullouch Australia, themselves. That has changed considerably, as there are now many eBay Sellers [mainly from China, and the odd few in Australia], with variable, but reasonable prices, for the complete head set-up, for this machine model.
As it turns out, I had to go to Lithgow, [not very far from where I live, on another matter], where I discovered there are a plethora of Mowing shops. On going into the second one, the bloke behind the jump said to me he had never heard of McCulloch line trimmers. [I didn't take the complete machine with me, only the damaged head.]
However, he showed me an alternative, a JAKmax 3.75" Quick Feed Brushcutter Head [Part No: JMQF375, which has extra fittings in the box, to suit almost all makes and models.] [see attached photo], which he said would fit straight onto my machine, at a cost of $AU40.00, which, I thought was a fair price at the time, and taking his word that it would fit [which it did!, straight out of the box!!].
The beauty of this replacement head, he told me, is that I never have to take it off the machine when the 2.4mm line I use, runs out. I simply rotate the head until the arrows marked on the bottom, line up with the holes. I can then pull out what's left of the old line, then insert two or even three fully outstretched arms lengths of new cord through the aperture, leaving roughly equal lengths dangling on both sides.
Then, I then rotate the head clockwise until the desired lengths on both sides are left [all of which, I have done on several occasions]. The whole process takes about 2 minutes, and then I'm back at work, with a full Tap 'N Go head. He also told me that "The Tradies" love them, as it saves them hours of work. I agree with him on that, and I can truthfully say that it's the best $40 bucks worth of machinery parts, I've made in a long while.
There are many You Tube videos out there, that explain how these types of heads work [although I haven't found one for this Model, but the principle is exactly the same], and they show in detail the simplicity of what I have discussed above.
I hope this helps you, should you damage your existing head, regardless of the make, or model of your machine, straight or bent shaft...
