How much for a 046?

[Daniël Bos]

Just wondering, a fairly old but in good condition 046, no chain brake (but just for home fun so not a big issue) and a 24" bar. Could a chain brake be retrofitted easily on these saws?

 

 

 

How much is reasonable? There's a guy near me selling one, and he'd like £150 for it. Seems reasonable to me?

[agg221]

Do you mean 048?

 

I would see £150 as a bit high - the big old saws hold their value for milling and some of the rarer models (e.g. 050) are collectable, but this doesn't quite fit in either bracket so I would have thought more like half that price. Maybe add a little bit if it's known to be good and allowing for not having to courier it (£7.50), so say up to about £100 but that would be higher than I would go. For context, I bought my 051 for £30.

 

Depends how much you like it really.

 

Alec

 

Alec

[spudulike]

Sorry Alec, that is no 048 in the pic, they look like larger 038s!

 

£150 is OK for a nice condition all working older saw with a decent bar and chain.

 

Bargains are always possible out there though:thumbup:

[burrell_]

its olded than a 48 my gess would be a a stihl 031, 045, 056 that age of saw

Edited June 17, 2012 by burrell_

[spudulike]

Looks 056 to me!

[burrell_]

my gess 045 one model below u spud

its on ebay so i see

[agg221]

Sorry, meant 045 not 048.

 

It's got the old logo on, so mid-70s or earlier, but it's not an 041 or 051 as the plug isn't in the back handle.

 

Still reckon the price is a bit on the high side.

 

Alec

[Al Smith]

It's probabley an 045 which by the way had two different sized pistons ,44 mm and 48mm depending .They aren't praticularly fast although with the horizontal design they have a lot of lugging power .

 

Odd design ,the intake and exhaust are on the same side of the cylinder plus it uses an internal coil inside the flywheel .

 

I've seen a few and operated a few but never turned a wrench on one .They're more a collecters item I think .

[Al Smith]

My mistake on the previous post .I was thinking one thing and doing another I mistakenly transfered my thoughts to the 041 instead of the 045 . Disregard .