Magnumfloyd
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Nice 200t its not a saw but i got this blower for 20
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my buddy worked at philadelphia toro and it was one of the first 50 3400's they got, it was a demo saw he got for cheap after they brought em back from the dealer circuit. .325 20" was how it was delivered from poulan. i always thought it was weird myself .325 is a waste on a saw with torque not enough grab. almost all the 3400's that have come through my shop have been 18-20" .325
For an older saw i would recommend 32:1.
Interesting, I was working at a Poulan dealer at the time the 3400's came out. Never seen one with .325 and never seen it mentioned in a IPL either. What bars did they have on them? I'm not sure I ever seen a D176 bar in .325 either.
Why all the oil? I run all my old Poulans now that were originally specked out at 16-1 at 50-1 now.
You my perfer 32-1 but I have running proof that its not needed.
I got a 3400 not so long ago but was surprised to find that the crank bearings had quite a bit of radial play and obviously worn cranks seals (air leak). And the saw was not used that much, judging by its condition. Just a bit curious why these green Poulans are su much liked at AS.
Is it okay to run 50:1 in this saw
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mels, I see your from Brookfield Ct. I bought my first Poulan, a 3400 in Brookfield at a OPE place called the Tractor Barn, in 1986.
Just curious if the place is still in buisness. I have a sister that lives in that neck of the woods, but I havn't been back to Ct. since 1987.
Gregg,
I got a 3400 not so long ago but was surprised to find that the crank bearings had quite a bit of radial play and obviously worn cranks seals (air leak). And the saw was not used that much, judging by its condition. Just a bit curious why these green Poulans are su much liked at AS.
Have you ever seen a D096/D196 or UXL bar in .325 pitch Mark? I haven't.............but it's possible that the 3400's in question were outfitted with .325 pitch bars in that mount (with the 's' clip) instead of D176 mount bars. My late production 306A (from around the time of the first 3400's) has a 20" UXL mount 3/8" pitch Windsor bar with the 's' clip. Looks like it was sold that way...
He can run more oil if it makes him feel better. I run 40/1 with good synthetic in every two stroke engine I have. I agree that 50/1 with good synthetic oil is fine..................but I can't bring myself to do it. Heck.............it took me a LONG time to move away from 32/1, as that's what I'd ran in my 2-stroke motorcycles and such in the 1980's.....:cool2:
because they were American made runners! people that brought up and supported this country bought poulan and homelight, back in the day before people thought of those german saws as the norm, not to mention that most people didn't know about that sewing machine company.
It was the 261 of its day, the 4500 the 362 of its day and the. by todays standards, folks would prolly cringe just the thought of running one....
The 3400 runs great to this day and has never had a part replaced, except for drive sprockets, bars and chains.
I'm sure it dose and I'll bet you if you go check it, it will have some end play on that crankshaft that all the "experts" around here would proclaim to be unexceptable.
I also wont be surprised when someone comes along soon and says the air filters on them are no good either. LOL
It does have a little end play. I noticed that a long time ago when replacing the drive sprocket once.
Mine still has to original air filter.
must be junk... throw it away then. we live in a throw it away society. Would you wear the same underwear since 1979? :hmm3grin2orange:
Think of it this way... i was born in 79.... those were the saws My father had when i was old enought to remember. 34 years young and the ones that have them have used them...
Being the Sachs Dolmar freak that I am,
There seems to be a little more to the relationship between Beaird Poulan and Sachs Dolmar than just some re-labled saws between the two.
I see the influence on both saws, whether it came from Beaird Poulan or Sachs Dolmar I dunno.
So next time Mark grips about the "over engineered German saws", me thinks he needs to take a closer look at his green babies.
I did not know that Dolmar made a reed valve engine that competed with Poulans.
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