What value to put on an old 076 av sthil chain saw

[w6cloggs]

How do I work out the approximate year of manufacture of this saw and what value ? The second smaller saw I am not sure what model it is ! this has a chain brake the 076 does not

 

[wisecobandit]

Err neither are an 076 I can tell you that much.

Sure its not a contra/70? im sure someone who knows will be along shortly but I know 075/076's

If its a 70 I will give you a tenner for it lol.

Edited April 7, 2014 by wisecobandit

[agg221]

First one:

 

It's an 070AV rather than an 076AV.

It has had the top cover replaced at some point - the frame is early 1970s, the top cover is 1980s/very early 1990s. Given that the top cover has been replaced, please could you take another picture with the clutch cover off, showing the clutch, one showing the recoil starter and, ideally, a third picture with the top cover (orange bit) removed completely, both parts.

 

If you can do the above, I can tell you what you've got.

 

Second one:

 

Late model 08. Could be an 08S (super) but I would need more to go on to tell you which.

 

Alec

[w6cloggs]

[agg221]

Pictures are clear - it's an early-ish 070AV. 070 can be identified from the clutch (3-shoe with cover washer), the concave starter and the fact that the decomp lever runs across rather than front to back. Early can be identified from the fact that the AV handle is painted white rather than black. I can't give a definite date for the changeover but I have a c.1978 model with a black handle.

 

The clutch cover is a replacement, as is the top cover, but the rest looks to be original. Both these parts are notoriously easy to break. The top cover should be red rather than orange and should have STIHL cast into the front half with a recess in the back half with the number in on a transfer, although finding this still present is very unusual.

 

Notably, I can't see any cracked fins in the starter, which makes it quite unusual.

 

Value - have a look on ebay at the 070 currently running. It's very variable at the moment - £300 on a normal day, £500+ if things get silly, although you can sometimes find them for £200 or so still.

 

The 08 (or 08S) is beyond me to distinguish I'm afraid - only difference I know to look for is the bore (44mm cf. 47mm).

 

Alec

[w6cloggs]

Thanks very much. The 070AV I bought tonight after trying it out for 1/2 an hr £280, The 08 cost me 1/2 a load of logs both work well.

I also have a 2 Man danarm.

I had several old saws but when I had a break in a couple of years ago they cleared me out !! We replaced the new saws for daily use but I am always on the look out for an old saw

[agg221]

I'd say that was a fair price on the 070AV. The 08 is a bomb-proof saw, much used by hire shops for that reason. Heavy but fun from time to time. Is the 2-man Danarm complete and running? I have a Teles but it is missing a couple of bits - not much to get it useable but it's finding the time. Not sure I want to use it for milling though!

 

Alec

[w6cloggs]

yes it is up and running we take it to a few steam rallies and demonstrate it will try to dig out some pictures

[Eddy_t]

It's an 08seq, the main thing to note is that it has a chainbrake, rather than just a hand guard, which means it's post 1979, by which point stihl had swapped over to the electronic ignition and super cylinder (56cc), but had yet to offer AV on most models. Both saws can be dated quite easily, the 070 will have a date-stamp on the muffler, as does the 08s I think. There is no accurate way to tell with the 070 accurately though, as they tended to leave the factory with whichever parts were to hand during assembly. The really early ones had contra cases, but the later ones could all accept the 090 cylinder

 

 

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