I'm thinking very good find!!.......There's an average one on ebay AU at the moment, its up around the $400- mark.
Be interesting to see if yours is the 106cc or 137cc version?........Either way, any parts you need will eventually turn up.
Stihl Contra Info Sharing Thread
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I'm thinking very good find!!.......There's an average one on ebay AU at the moment, its up around the $400- mark.
Be interesting to see if yours is the 106cc or 137cc version?........Either way, any parts you need will eventually turn up.
I think its a 106cc contra as there is no 'S' in front of the 1106 on the metal id tag. l tried to take the muffler off and stick a plastic drinking straw in to measure piston diameter but the nuts were rusty and would only turn a little. l hit them with wd-40 and hope that helps a bit. Its a very nice saw to look at....asthetically pleasing! l have read the first ten or so pages in this thread and l am proud to be a member of the contra owners club. l can't wait to have this saw running and make a few cuts. l have a NOS 088 21" .404 bar and roll of chain at hand for when l do. The oiler hole is further forward on the original bar so l may need to add a oiler hole in 088 bar. The bar it had on it had burrs so big l am not sure it would have cut wood, it took near half an hour with a raker file and die grinder removing burrs/rust to bring it back to reasonable condition. Had it not been off this particular saw it would have been binned.
Steffen
Collect old Stihls. Contra, 07, 08...
Im very glad you saved this saw! I have 14 Contras in my collection and not room for more as i collect 07 and 08 as well.
It helps on my collectors geen, that others save these saws from the dead!
Good job...
It helps on my collectors geen, that others save these saws from the dead!
Good job...
7oaks
DRUGSTORE LOGGER
Steffen...Here is a pic of my 1st Yr (sand cast) Contra. It didn't come with the coverplate you show in the ipl. I want one! ... I also want the D side handle!...I'm also looking for the whole clutch assembly for this saw - have been for many years.
For Pioneer Saws below...I believe the opening on the earliest saws was for chips to escape but note how my clutch cover is broken at that area. I don't know if this is because of the weakness caused by the opening or because it had a D side handle attached which caused stress. Later models of the C0ntra didn't have the opening. There has to be a reason.
Hey Contra/Lightning collectors, I have just added a Lightning to my collection, it has a hole in the side cover above the bar nuts that ive never seen before, any ideas what its for?
And here's a pic of a 1st yr contra with the D side handle - only pic I have found...
Dan Forsh
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I stick my nose into this thread once in awhile just to remind me that I need to dig mine out sometime and get on with the intended fixing of it that I started about 7-8 years ago 
Tonight I remembered that someone once sent me scans of an old manual for these, which were lost with my whole library of manuals when my hard drive went down a few years ago. However, I don't delete emails, so sure enough I managed to find the scans in nine year old emails.
Unfortunately this doesn't seem to be a complete copy (note the skip from page 14 to 18) but I'll put it up here if it can be of any use to anyone.
If someone wants to merge these into a single pdf and repost please do.
Tonight I remembered that someone once sent me scans of an old manual for these, which were lost with my whole library of manuals when my hard drive went down a few years ago. However, I don't delete emails, so sure enough I managed to find the scans in nine year old emails.
Unfortunately this doesn't seem to be a complete copy (note the skip from page 14 to 18) but I'll put it up here if it can be of any use to anyone.
If someone wants to merge these into a single pdf and repost please do.
7oaks
DRUGSTORE LOGGER
Thanks Dan...I downloaded them. Can't remember if I have the manual but dloading solves that problem...
Hi
I put back together what belongs togheter. It`s a little bit sad that some pages are missing.
I put back together what belongs togheter. It`s a little bit sad that some pages are missing.
big t double
Addicted to ArboristSite
thanks.
Dan Forsh
Addicted to ArboristSite
Nice job DND, certainly easier to reference that way.
Hey Steffen, would you be willing to share scans of it with us? Even if just the pages missing from my copy?
Dan Forsh
Addicted to ArboristSite
Thanks for that! I would like the 07 manual to help with renovating my two 07S, so I'm looking for it too. If I find it, you'll be the first to know
Steffen
Collect old Stihls. Contra, 07, 08...
Look at ebay.de, there are often parts or partsaws for sale.
Its a great sandcast you have there, its even without the oil window in the oilpump cover. Thats quite rare!
Here is another with the handle
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Frank Savage
ArboristSite Operative
I would like ask other owners for several detailed photos of carburetor controls on Contra AV-both throttle and governor linkage. After almost three years, I managed to solve a "little" problem, so my Contra will finaly come together. When I recieved it, the controls were a mess-so I would like to restore it to original condition. Many thanks!
I came across this today while looking thru my early Stihl brochures, this is the back of the Stihl HOS electric chain shapener brochure, it shows whats called the Stihl Lightning Emergency Spare Parts Kit.
Also found this pic of all the spares kit boxed up
An old Lightning poster from my collection.
Close up of Lightning
Close up of Lightning
VinceGU05
PSA vitim.
she must work out.. to hold a saw up like that for a photo shoot
Women were stronger back then
