Stihl 070 help needed

[griffo]

Hi everyone,

I'm a New Zealander, working in the Middle East (not much need for chainsaws up here and I need some help with regard to Stihl 070's.
I need some parts. I can get cylinders, pistons, and carburetors, but I still need conrods. Stihl will only sell me the conrod already attached to the crank. What I'm looking for is a stash of the old 2-piece cranks, or somewhere I can get an alternative crank (same dimensions though). HAS to be 2-piece, or I can't fit it onto my crankshaft.
Anyone know where to go????

Thanks

 

[Jacob J.]

Griffo- I'll look through my stuff, I think I have a couple of the old 070/090 two-piece connecting rods. However, they were switched to the one-piece for durability if I remember correctly.

 

[griffo]

Thanks Jacob.
The reason I need the old 2-piece rods, is that I'm using the parts on a different engine. The engine they will be going into, is a 2 cylinder horizontally opposed engine. Can't get the 1-piece rods onto the crank so need the 2-piece.
After I get a couple, and get the engine working, then I'll look around for after market ones.