I.D. the Carcass

[andrethegiant70]

Hello, Brothers! Or brother and sisters," maybe, there's got to be a woman among the ranks somewhere.... this is an equal opportunity post.

Got a saw I need help with. Bore is 56mm... I'm thinking 056 mag. I'm going to Fleabay it, but I need to make a positive ID. Nice shiny piston, rewind is malfunctioning so I didn't get to pull on it yet.

Thanks in advance!!

 

[Jacob J.]

042/048. The muffler is a dead give-away. Check and see if the bore is 49mm (042) or 52mm (048).

 

[happysaws]

042/048. The muffler is a dead give-away. Check and see if the bore is 49mm (042) or 52mm (048).

He said it's 56mm...

 

[Jacob J.]

He said it's 56mm...

That's not an 056 case though. I've rebuilt two baker's dozen 045/056s. I think the bore measurement needs to be looked again, unless somebody built a "Super" 048.

 

[andrethegiant70]

I'll check it again, the exhaust port is angled sharply and it was hard to get the little stick in there straight. I'll have to use some bent solder or something. I wouldn't have expected a 4mm difference, but... I have learned that not much gets by the esteemed Jacob J. Darn, not a big 042/048 fan. Part of the reason I assumed 056 is because I have some other 056 parts that could have belonged to it. But you're right Jacob, the 056 cylinder is leaned back more.

 

[Justsaws]

56mm bore on a 1117 crankcase would be nice.

 

[Mad Professor]

Look around for some part #s. The first four will give the saw series.

 

[Jacob J.]

56mm bore on a 1117 crankcase would be nice.

I've got an 048 jug from a hotsaw somebody built in the 70's. I would like to have met the builder and find out what they turned up with back in the day.

 

[Justsaws]

The 048 still has a couple dedicated owners around here, never seem a modified one, at least that I remember. It would be interesting to know if it responded the same way that the traditional hogged out 1119s seem to.

It was a neat series of saws. Stihl sold a bunch of them to various government agencies and commercial users, not sure about retail. Most I see have a tag or id marked scribed in some where.

 

[Chainsaw Jim]

Spark plug location is a dead giveaway. The 045/056 is an actual hemi design with the plug on top center. The 048 is backside.

 

[andrethegiant70]

I'm a believer, and now that I think about it, I do also have other 042/048 parts in there. A couple metal tanks among other things.

About ten years ago, I bought the better part of a shipping container of carcasses from a small engine shop. Things I didn't know much about got consigned to boxes in the rafters. I'm looking at a move now, so it's time to figure some of this out.

Thanks, gents!