kraweuschuasta
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Good morning everyone
first of all, I am new to this great forum, so I'll write a short introduction to myself
I am Wolfgang, 40 yrs old, located in Austria (next to Germany), married, 1 daughter.
sorry for my english, it could be better - so far It was enough to order pizza and a coke
I was always hmmmm I'll say interested, not addicted in chainsaws, sometimes used one in my youth but as IT guy
it unfortunately was never necessary using it in my job.
In my Garden there is no use for a chainsaw, cause after 10 years when we built our house and made up our garden the biggest tree is about 3 inches thick....
That changed a week ago when I inherited an old Stihl Chainsaw. I will skip the tragical history of it and stick to the presence.
I own a chainsaw !! A really nice chainsaw!! I became a real man
I suppose it lay around in a garden shed for over 3 years, I pulled the starter, nothing… Ahhhh hidden choke – pulled again – RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR. My daughter complained, that its very loud…. So I answered: yes, thank god
Now finishing a long period of examining it I found the serial # 1134254 and a part number on the air filter: 9 1106 1410712 5
So I assume it’s a Stihl Contra Model 1106 from the late fifties or early sixties.
Think in the US it was named "Lightning"
After a long monologue of mine I kindly ask for help of you guys
- I am searching for more information, manual, service guide of this saw (just found a service manual here)
- do I have any chance to find out the model type and exact year of construction?
- which kind of gas do I use here (usually I use a gas mixture 1:25…1:40
- which kind of oil do I use here?
- There is a manual oil button – how do I use this correctly?
Many Thanks to you for any information or hint
Regards
Wolfgang
first of all, I am new to this great forum, so I'll write a short introduction to myself
I am Wolfgang, 40 yrs old, located in Austria (next to Germany), married, 1 daughter.
sorry for my english, it could be better - so far It was enough to order pizza and a coke
I was always hmmmm I'll say interested, not addicted in chainsaws, sometimes used one in my youth but as IT guy
it unfortunately was never necessary using it in my job.
In my Garden there is no use for a chainsaw, cause after 10 years when we built our house and made up our garden the biggest tree is about 3 inches thick....
That changed a week ago when I inherited an old Stihl Chainsaw. I will skip the tragical history of it and stick to the presence.
I own a chainsaw !! A really nice chainsaw!! I became a real man
I suppose it lay around in a garden shed for over 3 years, I pulled the starter, nothing… Ahhhh hidden choke – pulled again – RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR. My daughter complained, that its very loud…. So I answered: yes, thank god
Now finishing a long period of examining it I found the serial # 1134254 and a part number on the air filter: 9 1106 1410712 5
So I assume it’s a Stihl Contra Model 1106 from the late fifties or early sixties.
Think in the US it was named "Lightning"
After a long monologue of mine I kindly ask for help of you guys
- I am searching for more information, manual, service guide of this saw (just found a service manual here)
- do I have any chance to find out the model type and exact year of construction?
- which kind of gas do I use here (usually I use a gas mixture 1:25…1:40
- which kind of oil do I use here?
- There is a manual oil button – how do I use this correctly?
Many Thanks to you for any information or hint
Regards
Wolfgang
