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zenoah G 5000 ? is that saw any good?
Thats a nice lookin saw, I may give one of those a try. (kingpark 58cc)
Hey TS73,what exhaust mod di you do to the Poulan?
My uncle is good friends with a guy that semiprofessionally mods saws (big saw's- 4&5' bars). He told us the easiest and cheapest way to increase your saws performance buy 15-20% is to open the exhaust / muffler so that its volume (output) is opened up to 85% of the cylinder exhaust port. Basically let it breath. And then retune the high low jets on the carb. I run good quality synthetic 32:1 mix (another suggestion) ethanol free gas from the local Kwik Fill. I also run 16" bars on two of the 5020's and a 20" on the other. As of today my son gets a pissed with me because when we cut together these "cheap" saws are hands down out cutting his new 455 husky. He wants me to open his exhaust and retune his saw but he's worried about the warranty.
No problem's whatsoever i was just playing around and tore it down deleted the base gasket a ported the cylinder it really suprised everyone that ran it even stock it ran good my friend uses it all the time.I haven't purchased a Chinese saw - yet. Every time I about pull the trigger and buy one, Vminnovations on eBay has a sale on a 5020. And then I get to thinking: the Poulan is American, I've cut 12-15 full cord a year with them, haven't had any problems, and after I open up the exhaust and adjust the carb, with a 16" bar --- they run like a raped ape (as my uncle used to say).
How does that saw run? Any problems with it? How much wood has it been through? Good looking machine!
zenoah G 5000 ? is that saw any good?
I doubt a Craftsman saw has a steel sleeve cylinder. I don't know of any current built saw with anything more than a plated cylinder. But I am not an expert by any means.
This all goes toward the saying, "A sharp chain and good tune will keep most saws happy."
I noticed a very similar design to the kingpark saw when i saw the new craftsman saws the plastics are different but the engine design looks identical i wish i had them side by side to compare anyone else notice this.View attachment 568740
Get it quick 58cc saw ebay type it in search free shipping can't link on this phone 49.65Grack, I searched ebay for a kp 5500 and the only thing that comes up is a 5800 that looks different from yours. Can you send me a link for that saw, and the seller you bought from please. Im a noobie here, you may be able to message it to me I dunno.
The guy sold out of mine but he has the regular recoil mine was assisted start which i hate he has the orange saws pictured above.Grack, I searched ebay for a kp 5500 and the only thing that comes up is a 5800 that looks different from yours. Can you send me a link for that saw, and the seller you bought from please. Im a noobie here, you may be able to message it to me I dunno.
Get it quick 58cc saw ebay type it in search free shipping can't link on this phone 49.65 View attachment 568797
Didn't even look at his feedback lol the other guy i bought mine from was sold out he is in california.Look at his ebay feedback - got to be a scam!!! I wouldn't!
It is under "start a conversation".
It has shipped and I should have it Thursday!
I wouldn't mind playing with porting on this baby but I don't need another hobby, lol.
Also, I was reading in @Modifiedmark 's thread, and I see that there may be and Echo clutch that would convert the pp5020 to spline drive...
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