STIHL The Official Stihl Chainsaws Thread

[FergusonTO35]

Thanks!

 

[lehman live edge slab]

Little bit of useless information but when I was looking at my old 045 repair manual it says in the front when that model was released. Thing came out in Oct of 1972 so probably one of the first saws to come in only orange and grey because that’s about the same time the red was going away but the old
Stihl label was on them. Just thought it was kinda neat to see it’s as old as it was and how long it held on.

 

[lehman live edge slab]

Anyone have any idea what i should try to get for my nice low hour 090 with a 41” bar? I realize it’s going be what the market will bear ect but if i decide to don’t want to give it away but don’t want to have it sit forever if i decide to sell. Was thinking of selling so i could buy a medium duty flail mower for my tractor to clean up my house and hunting property.

 

[lehman live edge slab]

Has the original.404 41” bar on it

 

[lehman live edge slab]

Has the original.404 41” bar on it

Hard to decide where to start since eBay isn’t a good place to judge price and they have welded up junk on there for 13-1400

 

[heimannm]

Made a deal with a fellow on some bars, he had some "unneeded" parts on hand so we made a deal on those too...

I will be posting questions with PN's once I get a few of them cleaned up.



This bar was of particular interest to me. The McCulloch Slim Line bars have a channel down the center of the bar so the oil comes out near the tip rather than right at the bar pad. Note the screen over the oiler hole to keep debris from getting in the channels and blocking the flow. To keep the thread on task, there are at least 4 Stihl/Stihl mount bars in the mix.



Lots of stuff.







Mark

 

[hacskaroly]

Made a deal with a fellow on some bars, he had some "unneeded" parts on hand so we made a deal on those too...

Congrats on the haul!!

 

[bogieboy]

.... To keep the thread on task, there are at least 4 Stihl/Stihl mount bars in the mix.


Mark

Any bar fits a stihl if you have a good carbide and a bit of patience..... have both a 32" hardnose running 3/8 050 and a 32" roller nose 404 bar that are mac bars that have been erm....converted.... for stihl use...LOL

 

[heimannm]

Most of the parts have the PN's on them so I've been able to I.D. most of them. A couple of AV mounts and a few spikes did not have any numbers, I will try to remember and put uThis one came in on Saturday, I am now waiting on a replacement handle bar.p a few photos to assist with identification.

This one came in on Saturday, I am now waiting on a replacement handle bar.





Mark

 

[lehman live edge slab]

Most of the parts have the PN's on them so I've been able to I.D. most of them. A couple of AV mounts and a few spikes did not have any numbers, I will try to remember and put uThis one came in on Saturday, I am now waiting on a replacement handle bar.p a few photos to assist with identification.

This one came in on Saturday, I am now waiting on a replacement handle bar.

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Mark

I have the ipls for the 045/056 if needed

 

[heimannm]

Thanks Chris, I have a good 1115 IPL dated 2004. If I run into any problems/questions I will check back here...

Mark

 

[lehman live edge slab]

Thanks Chris, I have a good 1115 IPL dated 2004. If I run into any problems/questions I will check back here...

Mark

Pretty long run for the 045/056 saws the old repair manual I have says 045 released Oct of 1972

 

[FergusonTO35]

Making stove chunks with the 250!

 

[Loony661]

Making stove chunks with the 250!

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I don’t care what anyone says - those little 250’s punch above their weight class, and are a great little saw to use.

 

[FergusonTO35]

Our state agencies use 250's. They don't treat them kindly and the saws keep going.

 

[lehman live edge slab]

Our state agencies use 250's. They don't treat them kindly and the saws keep going.

And when it breaks cheap enough to throw on shelf for parts. Same reason lots of tree guys use to use 290’s.

 

[heimannm]

The county brought in 6 chainsaws and one HT75 pole saw to go through and make sure they run correctly. The pole saw has around 95 PSI compression, the piston looks like new and still has clearly visible machine marks...with new fuel lines, fuel filter, carburetor kit, and purge bulb it starts and seems to run just fine.



My question is regarding the gearbox, would you open it up to clean and relube or just leave it considering the compression and let them run it until something gives out?

I don't seen any simple way to access the gearbox and don't want to put more time into this project that it is actually worth.

Mark

 

[Woodwackr]

The county brought in 6 chainsaws and one HT75 pole saw to go through and make sure they run correctly. The pole saw has around 95 PSI compression, the piston looks like new and still has clearly visible machine marks...with new fuel lines, fuel filter, carburetor kit, and purge bulb it starts and seems to run just fine.

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My question is regarding the gearbox, would you open it up to clean and relube or just leave it considering the compression and let them run it until something gives out?

I don't seen any simple way to access the gearbox and don't want to put more time into this project that it is actually worth.

Mark

I'd just leave it. Clean it up, check the muffler screen.

 

[heimannm]

Screen was already gone...

I spent the better part of the day dismantling the 056 for a thorough cleaning and putting it all back together. The new to me used handle bar showed up this past week. It had a non-working non-original stop switch so I replaced it with another non-original but this one works. I did have to substitute a few fasteners here and there as someone before me had taken quite a few liberties with their replacements.







I will give it a test run and then move it up into the display. It certainly has been used, but is still in pretty good condition and will compliment the 031 and 045 already there.

Mark

 

[Boomhower]

Split some oak the other day with the neighbor. Goes fast with a couple of people.