benz66
Used to sell firewood for $5 a face cord, deliverd
A couple years ago the neighbor must have gotten tired of me praising my little 015. He went out an bought a 170. A few months ago he asked if I wanted his old craps-poulan. He said it quit running/wouldn't start. That makes 3 poulans I own for "free." 40cc, the sticker says epa 2002 so it is too lean/cold blooded. Today I decided to see if I could diagnose it. It had obviously had "mixed fuel" in it. (gasoline/ethanol/water) The tank was dry (yay!) I put some fuel in it, and pulled the cord a few times, and it started! Very cold blooded (as expected). When I tried to cut logs with it it was very gutless. If I but the bar and chain on my 015, I doubt it would have been any different. I have a Poulan Pro 305 (Pre-smog crap) and the difference is night and day. The 305 will cut at least twice as fast.
Details:
Model: 358.350800 (or maybe .350860?)
Serial: 02246D201168
Series: 2PWE80424CY
Question: How do I get this dog to hunt?
All my other saws are old, with real tuning screws you turn with a screwdriver. I ordered a set of goofball epa tuning screwdrivers. I am guessing the first step is to give it more fuel. The second step is to take off the muffler and see what can be done to make it flow better. I may do this tomorrow while I am waiting for the goofy tuning screw drivers.
I doubt if this saw has 5 hours run time. It was probably bought just before Katrina hit, or right after. I think it can be turned into a decent saw.
My second question is about the chain. I didn't file it, but the engine didn't have guts enough to pull the chain as is. A properly filed chain would have just stalled it sooner. Are the crapsman OE chains ok, or should I just go buy a new chain? I have always hand filed my chains. I will file this one tomorrow. Probably just needs a filing and the depth gauges are probably too high. (intentionally so it cuts slow, so nobody sued sears)
Any other suggestions? I am mostly cutting popple (aspen) with some hard maple and norway pine so I think filing the depth gauges for softwood will be ok, if I get the engine to run well enough it has some guts to pull the chain.
Thanks to all. I have gleaned a lot of good info here.
I cut a trailer load of firewood and loaded it this afternoon in 3 hours. Yeah, I probably would have gotten more when I was 17, but most of this was hauled about 50 ft to the trailer. And 17 was 53 yrs ago. Most was cut with the 015. The vertical rounds were cut with the craps-poulan.
Details:
Model: 358.350800 (or maybe .350860?)
Serial: 02246D201168
Series: 2PWE80424CY
Question: How do I get this dog to hunt?
All my other saws are old, with real tuning screws you turn with a screwdriver. I ordered a set of goofball epa tuning screwdrivers. I am guessing the first step is to give it more fuel. The second step is to take off the muffler and see what can be done to make it flow better. I may do this tomorrow while I am waiting for the goofy tuning screw drivers.
I doubt if this saw has 5 hours run time. It was probably bought just before Katrina hit, or right after. I think it can be turned into a decent saw.
My second question is about the chain. I didn't file it, but the engine didn't have guts enough to pull the chain as is. A properly filed chain would have just stalled it sooner. Are the crapsman OE chains ok, or should I just go buy a new chain? I have always hand filed my chains. I will file this one tomorrow. Probably just needs a filing and the depth gauges are probably too high. (intentionally so it cuts slow, so nobody sued sears)
Any other suggestions? I am mostly cutting popple (aspen) with some hard maple and norway pine so I think filing the depth gauges for softwood will be ok, if I get the engine to run well enough it has some guts to pull the chain.
Thanks to all. I have gleaned a lot of good info here.
I cut a trailer load of firewood and loaded it this afternoon in 3 hours. Yeah, I probably would have gotten more when I was 17, but most of this was hauled about 50 ft to the trailer. And 17 was 53 yrs ago. Most was cut with the 015. The vertical rounds were cut with the craps-poulan.