Chainsaw Repair

Give or take,  044 serial X29583701 or below = 10mm wrist pin

Just x the 1 Williard.

OK let's get this straight.
So with my 044's 8 digit serial #, should then have a 1 added to my 19246743 serial #
then it would be a 119246743 saw....so that would make my 044 really old?

Here is the cylinder on my 10 mm 044 

but but it isn't on your 10 mm 044


























 

Quote from: H 2 H on May 17, 2013, 01:41:00 pm

Here is the cylinder on my 10 mm 044 

but but it isn't on your 10 mm 044



























 

That pic is from last summer when it was tore down; I replaced bearings; seals; rings and piston

wisecobandit, thanks for your reply.
I'm posting a few pics here, first is my mid 1980's 064 which has the "backwards" serial # . Then the next pic shows my 1992 066 Mag with the todays # position, [BTW the 064 was 9 digits also].

My 8 digit # 044 I bought new in the winter of 1988-'89 one of the very first ones on the market. In July '89 I went to work for Stihl Canada and  I helped spread the seeds of the "new" 044AV, next 2 pics shows a brochure I passed out to dealers and end users.
The 266 and 268XP were the competition at the time in that cc displacement class.
Husqvarna had introduced the 262XP already in 1989 with the latest innovation spring anti vibe and air injection, which made lots of jokes amongst the Stihl reps.
Why Husqvarna  didn't  also make a 72cc big brother of the 262Xp at that same time, I can't figure that one out . Not until around 1995 did the 371XP come out with those features. But 3 years earlier in '92 the 394XP was introduced with springs and air injection.
Also in 1991-92 they introduced the 272XP to compete with the 044, the 272 could have received the springs and air injection just like the 394. The 394/395XP design is still sold today.
Second last pic shows the "true competition" my 1993 272XP and 1980's 044AV.
Speaking of woodcutters, the last pic shows even Canadian beavers are well equipped.