So I picked this guy up for dirt cheap and I want to rebuild it. Probably new head and piston and carb, new gaskets convert to electronic ignition and a few other things. It's a older saw says made in West Germany on it. I'm excited to work on it.
CK5
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New to me Stihl 041 AV chain saw.
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wow she had a ruff life ......
might be worth more in parts to be honest .
otherwise good luck and keep us up to date on the build .
might be worth more in parts to be honest .
otherwise good luck and keep us up to date on the build .
It's more dirty than anything and parts wise most of its still available and to get a good running one would cost more than the parts to fix this one. And I bought parts allready. And I picked it up for 30 bucks so I gotta try.
I ordered a new gas tank and pull cord and a few other parts. The carb looks clean and if it turns over I'll try to start it and if needs a new piston and head Amazon sells them. It needs new fuel lines and some screws but im excited get it running
Good to know ty!
So it needs. Gasket set, magneto and all that, clutch assembly and rubber parts and I think we will be. In business
I will disassemble for cleaning
I would be wary of Chinese repop parts with the older stihl, I had bad luck with a jug for my 044 that wasn't oem quality.
I ordered a fuel tank off e bay it's a good used tank, most of the parts available for this guy are all old.
I ordered a new clutch today and gasket set. the most expensive part will be a new coil assembly, a NOS one is 75 on e bay.
I pulled the fly wheel off and found this coil setup, doesn't look to great. 
Upon further review I am going to change the main bearings also.
My gas tank showed up and I tossed the dirty parts in to a bucket with water and simple green to start the cleaning process 
I need to get back to this soon.
