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Love the old 1111 series saws. I guess that's why I have 7 of them in various states of assembly and repair, along with boxes of spare parts.
I really don't have much need for one, either, since I don't mill, don't heat with wood, and don't have any large trees on my property that need to be dropped. Having said that, I still can't pass one up when I find it at a reasonable price.
I recently picked one up from a member here, SN 8295359 (should be June 1974, give or take a month). It's complete, and as advertised, it has had some case damage. I have a few clean cases in the garage, so I figured I would take the bits off the 075 and install them on a nice clean case. I'll split the clean case to install new crank seals and give it a good inspection, too.
I plan to do some basic performance mods; figured I would advance the ignition timing a bit, maybe mod the muffler (anyone done this to an 075?), check squish and maybe go with a base gasket delete, and maybe do some basic porting (anyone have any tips?). When it's all back together, I'll tune it, test it, and send it down the road before I start on my next one.
These saws seem to be in no-man's land right now. I suspect no one uses them commercially unless it's a backup saw to an MS880 or something like that. Some folks like them for milling, and they're a good saw for that. They're not quite collectible yet, but collectors are starting to catch on, I think. You can still find project saws for reasonable prices, but nice ones bring decent money...EDIT - HOLY *s-wordE, a reasonably nice 076 Super just brought $1525 on eBay!!!! https://www.ebay.com/itm/STIHL-076A...=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
Anyway, follow along if you'd like. I'll post details and pics as I progress.
I really don't have much need for one, either, since I don't mill, don't heat with wood, and don't have any large trees on my property that need to be dropped. Having said that, I still can't pass one up when I find it at a reasonable price.
I recently picked one up from a member here, SN 8295359 (should be June 1974, give or take a month). It's complete, and as advertised, it has had some case damage. I have a few clean cases in the garage, so I figured I would take the bits off the 075 and install them on a nice clean case. I'll split the clean case to install new crank seals and give it a good inspection, too.
I plan to do some basic performance mods; figured I would advance the ignition timing a bit, maybe mod the muffler (anyone done this to an 075?), check squish and maybe go with a base gasket delete, and maybe do some basic porting (anyone have any tips?). When it's all back together, I'll tune it, test it, and send it down the road before I start on my next one.
These saws seem to be in no-man's land right now. I suspect no one uses them commercially unless it's a backup saw to an MS880 or something like that. Some folks like them for milling, and they're a good saw for that. They're not quite collectible yet, but collectors are starting to catch on, I think. You can still find project saws for reasonable prices, but nice ones bring decent money...EDIT - HOLY *s-wordE, a reasonably nice 076 Super just brought $1525 on eBay!!!! https://www.ebay.com/itm/STIHL-076A...=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
Anyway, follow along if you'd like. I'll post details and pics as I progress.
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