Dolmar 166 with 394 piston

[leeha]

This is a 166 i have had for a few years that needed a top end.
I had sent the cylinder to US chrome for a replate and was looking
for a piston and we all know thats not happening. I had done a
bunch of digging around to see what other piston i might be able to work.
I found the Husky 394 to be the closest but needed some work.
First i had the bore the wrist pin bore out from 13mm to 14mm and have
the clip groves recut. Now the 394 piston was .072 taller from top of
pin bore to top of piston so i made a .062 shim out of aluminum to bring
the cylinder up. You can see the shim in two of the pic,s. I ran a couple cuts and checked the plug color, looked good. so i ran the tank down after about
8 cuts. Refueled it and shot the video.
The pic,s of the piston are after the video. Everything looks perfect.

Lee

 

[Gumnuts]

Good effort.
What would the piston and machining cost the next guy ?
Oem or Am .

 

[Jacob J.]

Lee- good deal. All is well that ends well.

 

[rms61moparman]

Way cool bringing one back from the dead!!!

 

[oldsaw]

I like creative thinking. Good job.

 

[thomas72]

Good Job. I is self fulfilling to make machinery work with your own intuiton. What is the diameter of the piston?

 

[logging22]

Nice job. Thinking out of the box.

 

[leeha]

Not sure what the machining would cost.
I'm into it for 20 bucks and a cup of coffee.
Nice to have friends.
The diameter is 56mm. Looked into bike pistons,
other saw pistons and the 394 was the easiest to
mod. All the bike pistons were way to tall.


Lee

 

[Mad Professor]

I've been looking for 166 top end parts for quite while now, seems like this might be a way to get things running if the aluminum transfer cleans up off the jug.

Thanks for the post!

 

[leeha]

Mad Pro, You can at least have the cylinder repaired.
Unless it's missing. Mine cost 175.00 at US Chrome.


Lee

 

[lesorubcheek]

Lee, now that's ingenuity! Very impressive. Shows there's more than one way to skin a cat.

Dan

 

[Gumnuts]

Cards on the table time

At present Lee and myself are looking to getting a run made from Wiseco.
Lee is wanting 8 and i am wanting 6. Minimum order 25.
We still plan to proceed with the order > as I understand ,I will be left with
eleven to sell ........sale price yet to be calcualated.

 

[Mad Professor]

Cards on the table time

At present Lee and myself are looking to getting a run made from Wiseco.
Lee is wanting 8 and i am wanting 6. Minimum order 25.
We still plan to proceed with the order > as I understand ,I will be left with
eleven to sell ........sale price yet to be calcualated.

PM me when you have a price

 

[CM76]

I just love the way those 166 Dolmar's sound at idle! Well done on the replacement piston Lee - great job.

Regards,

Chris.

 

[hoss]

Definately keep us posted on price. I would probably be interested in at least two. I love that saw! I'm not talkin homie 750 love here, but not too far off.

Great job Lee. Very slick and I cant really see a problem in the idea.

 

[ray benson]

Lee, now that's ingenuity! Very impressive. Shows there's more than one way to skin a cat.

Dan

I'll second that. Impressive!

 

[spacemule]

Those old Sachs Dolmars had a very distinctive sound. Cool saw.

 

[Busmech]

166 pistons

I would be interested in at least one, maybe two if price is right.

 

[rickyrooster]

That saw sounds great. Looks like you hit pay dirt with the 394 piston. Nice job. What kind of compression has it got? One might machine a pop-up and get by with just a gasket if the compession was'nt to high. Good luck with the 166. Rick!

 

[Evan]

im interested to.

the guy i just bought the 045 and 56 from has a domar 166 with slightly scored piston. but i he doesnt know where the top plastic is.

is this saw worth getting cylinder might be okay. is the plastic hard to come by?

dang cad has been bad lately