Flea Market Find! SACHS-DOLMAR 116si

ReggieT · April 13, 2014, 03:24:01 AM

Looked on Craigslist late Friday night and saw this little rascal for dirt cheap.
It was being advertised from a guys booth @ a local flea market.
A couple of emails and directions and Saturday...I'm leaving with it!

Needs some carb adjustment, piston & cylinder looks great, good compression...a little TLC and it should make a decent runner! 8)

Anybody run or ever owned one of these?

Hilltop366 · April 13, 2014, 09:49:17 AM

I sold a few of them in the 80's, the people that bought them liked them. I might still have a part or two somewhere, a top handle and a few gaskets come to mind.

I still have a 115 from back then and I may have enough pieces to make a another.

ReggieT · April 13, 2014, 12:14:54 PM

Quote from: Hilltop366 on April 13, 2014, 09:49:17 AM
I sold a few of them in the 80's, the people that bought them liked them. I might still have a part or two somewhere, a top handle and a few gaskets come to mind.

I still have a 115 from back then and I may have enough pieces to make a another.

Thanks I appreciate that.

sawguy21 · April 13, 2014, 05:53:15 PM

I'm jealous.

goose63 · April 13, 2014, 05:59:54 PM

Quote from: sawguy21 on April 13, 2014, 05:53:15 PM
I'm jealous.

Me toooooo

mad murdock · April 13, 2014, 07:36:30 PM

That is a nice saw you got yerself right there!!

bandmiller2 · April 14, 2014, 06:42:58 AM

I have one and its one fine saw. I had a friend that was a husky dealer he said he would rather have a used sachs than a new anything else. Parts may be hard to find. Frank C.

ReggieT · April 16, 2014, 12:43:23 PM

What size bar would you guys run on it?
I'm thinking I'm gonna grab a 20" Sugihara & a 18" as well.

All with chisel chain! 8)

Pine Ridge · May 02, 2014, 11:19:50 PM

Bought one of them in probably 1988 or 1989, first new saw I ever bought.Good running saw,had an 18'' bar on mine.

ReggieT · May 03, 2014, 01:41:33 AM

Well this little bugger is gonna need a cylinder/piston assembly...which I'be been slow walking down. :'(

charleswalton · May 06, 2014, 09:46:59 PM

I might can find you one,if you don't want to sell it?

Engineer · May 07, 2014, 06:30:40 PM

I don't know of any sponsors on here who are Dolmar dealers but I am going to put a plug in for MY regular dealer, The Cutting Edge in Greenwich NY. Ask for Scott or Steve. They may (should) have what you need for parts, as they are not only enthusiastic Dolmar dealers but fans and collectors as well. Google them, and give 'em a call if you can't find what you are looking for otherwise.

Edit: OK there's a couple including chainsawr.com. And I guess you found what you were looking for.

ReggieT · May 15, 2014, 01:30:53 PM

Quote from: Engineer on May 07, 2014, 06:30:40 PM
I don't know of any sponsors on here who are Dolmar dealers but I am going to put a plug in for MY regular dealer, The Cutting Edge in Greenwich NY. Ask for Scott or Steve. They may (should) have what you need for parts, as they are not only enthusiastic Dolmar dealers but fans and collectors as well. Google them, and give 'em a call if you can't find what you are looking for otherwise.

Edit: OK there's a couple including chainsawr.com. And I guess you found what you were looking for.

Hey, Thanks for the info & contact sources. I did order a air-filter, carb kit from Chainsawr.com & a piston from Northwoods...and a friend of mine from Aborsite sent me a sweet jug for $25 bucks.
The Tornado's did a real number in our area...there are 1000's of downed tree's...mostly Red Oak, Silver Maple, Pine & White Oak...a man could stack up firewood for a decade right now.

Folks are paying big $$$$ for tree removal & giving away the wood!! 8)

ReggieT · August 22, 2014, 04:16:20 AM

Well here's the finished product...kinda.
Has an older Windsor 16" hard-nose bar & semi-chisel chain that's razor sharp!

Thinking of grabbing a 18 or 20" Stihl Rollamtic ES light bar and a couple loops of of RSC and let her rip.
Strange thing though...it has Sachs Dolmar 116si on the pull cord housing & 120 on the metal that holds the bar on!! ???

Guess the previous owner got strapped for parts and just slapped on what he could.
Anyway its got 116si guts now...and it flat out slings the chips and starts on about two pulls!
BTW...would you guys hang on to the hard-nose bar? I've never used one...heard they were great for plunge cuts. 8)

stihlsawer · August 22, 2014, 01:45:09 PM

I won't part with my 116si. Two pulls or less and it's eating!!
120si parts interchange with it; same stroke.

Trever

ReggieT · August 22, 2014, 06:42:13 PM

Quote from: stihlsawer on August 22, 2014, 01:45:09 PM
I won't part with my 116si. Two pulls or less and it's eating!!
120si parts interchange with it; same stroke.

Trever

Travis, I hear ya! My saw Guru friend...says that the 16" bar is too small for it in his opinion because the power it has! I use to really miss my Stihl 034, but from everything I read this saw runs circles around it...of course it does have almost 4 cc's more and a tad less RPM's.
But...I'll see here in the long run...what bar would you run?

Oliver1655 · August 22, 2014, 07:39:23 PM

Hard tipped bars are great when working with dirty wood & stumps. You won't have to worry about messing up the sprocket with the dirt.

clww · August 22, 2014, 08:17:09 PM

All the bars we use daily are hard nose.

ReggieT · August 22, 2014, 08:51:31 PM

Do you guys loose very much cutting speed with hard-nose bars as opposed to sprocket??? ??? :P

Thanks
Reg

sawguy21 · August 22, 2014, 09:46:49 PM

Hard nose bars were fine in the old days with slower speed saws but rarely sell today except for special applications. I sold them to a dredging company cutting old pilings in the river, a sprocket nose won't live in those conditions.

ReggieT · August 24, 2014, 08:21:00 PM

Hey...having a bit of difficult time starting this saw...started on the 1st pull then zero...any ideas???
Running mid-grade ethanol-free fuel...

Started right up in the my Chainsaw Tech's shop! >:(

Thanks for the feedback on the hard-nose bars.

David-L · August 25, 2014, 07:01:07 AM

ReggieT , I still have that 6400 jug and piston. Will that work on this saw. I picked up a 109 sachs and love it for brush work. Plenty of power and smooth. Also have a Sachs 116 with spark issues and the piston is scorn as well as the jug. Handles, covers ,etc are good. Interested.

David l

ReggieT · August 25, 2014, 11:32:53 AM

Thanks Dave,

I really appreciate that...just had my Saw Tech slam a new piston/cylinder kit on it...but I did find out they were notorious for module/spark issues.
But...I may touching bases with you on some parts...real soon.

Thanks
Reg

SawTroll · August 26, 2014, 07:06:27 AM

60cc, 3.1 kW, made 1986 - 1997, according to Acres site.

Hilltop366 · August 26, 2014, 08:38:57 AM

After 26 years of use, my Sachs Dolmar LT-210 (line trimmer) finally quit, It had no spark so I started at the plug and worked my way back (with the kill switch unplugged) after removing plug boot and the spring clip and testing spark right from the wire end I had spark so I cut off 1/4 " of the plug wire and reinstalled the end and trimmed grass for 2 more hours.

I wonder how many coils get tossed without checking the plug wire end?

I hope you get your 116 sorted out!