Finally turned up a decent Stihl lightning

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After a lot of searching,I finally turned up an ok Stihl Lightning.
The 75 year old owner only sold it to me because it was fairly low in compression,and he had another Lightning he uses on the big timber.
I was pretty impressed at the way this old bloke chucked his one around and sliced through a 3 foot redgum log easily. Hope i'm as good at his age!

My new saw has little compression,but is in good shape,apart from a crack in the crankcase under the pullstart.
Came with a 26" embossed Stihl bar.
so,will begin a rebuild in a few weeks,and hopefully document the process

 

[CR888]

Looks to be the 106cc model (counting the cooling fins above the transfers). Its alot nicer than mine! What are your plans for the saw? Run it, restore it or sit it on the shelf? It looks well cared for that saw, hopefully some rings can bring the comp to where it should be. Looks like .404 chain too which makes sense these days, my one I found at the tip had 1\2 inch semi chisel and a bar that looks identical to yours.

 

[Czed]

Great find love the sound of those old stihl.

 

[skip sail]

Going to run it,but rebuild it first,got to find a muffler and possibly a new piston.

 

[295 tramp]

Do you use the wind vane governor on yours

 

[skip sail]

wow,cuts fierce with that short bar!

 

[295 tramp]

It's the factory 17" bar that has the Stihl embossed in it.

 

[skip sail]

mines the 26" factory bar

 

[TJ the Chainsaw Mechanic]

Nice!!!

 

[skip sail]

spoke to a very experienced Contra/lightning guy yesterday.
Turns out mine is one of the last batch of Lightnings produced,that used the same crankcase as the 090 and the S model
so,I'm thinking that this could be rebuilt as an S,if I can find the required bits.

 

[SteveinUT]

Sweet!

 

[Adirondackstihl]

Love those old bars.....