By the way, got spark???
View attachment 436136 View attachment 436137 I've been working on the Poulan 375 as time allows. Now, I have the green Poulan bow that came with it but it's not included in the pictures. I plan on painting it dark gun metal gray and adding a new chain. I think it was originally a standard blade saw because the notch in the body is missing paint and doesn't appear to be from the factory. Same for the drive cover. It has a factory 3 spike dog which I've mostly seen with standard blade saws and not bow saws, although my experience with bow saws is very limited. Any thoughts on the spike?
It's a good runner and has great spark and compression. I went through the carb with an OEM kit, fuel lines, fuel filter, breather line and duck bill, and a new NGK spark plug. It also has a NOS air filter. As the pictures will show I need to add a drive cover bolt and also a black chain catcher and hardware. I also replaced the front muffler section because it was damaged and the bolt hole had been enlarged. Does anyone have a correct one out there? Lastly, it does have the metal recoil pieces and the "advanced/pro" air filtration system derived from the 4000. Max. View attachment 436138
Haven't seen one like this before. Not mine.
Tim...Kijiji. Your area.
Wellllll...got her going and she runs like a champ. Issue was in the carb after all. I blew through the carb with some fuel line in my mouth and could tell air was going somewhere. The fuel pump diaphragm from the carb kit I bought didn't really fit right and was allowing fuel to dump down the impulse hole into the crankcase. I put the old diaphragm and gasket back in and it held. She fired right up and adjusted right out and idles fine. Starts on the first pull. At last I have a functioning 25!Got a S25DA that is whipping me. Nice looking estate sale find. Nice looking specimen. Rebuilt the carb and put on new lines and filter. Here are the symptoms doctors:
-pretty hard to get started.
-will run at about half throttle, but sort of erratic.
-won't even begin to idle
-runs super fast at full throttle and then seems to starve for fuel and die.
-adjusting carb really hasn't had much effect
-acts like it has a vacuum leak, but the carb spacer looks good as well as the gaskets on both sides.
-has a walbro carb. Had a good Tillotson off another 25 and it did the same thing. Therefore I don't think it's the carb.
-at times it will flood like mad after only a few pulls.
Open to suggestions or prescriptions. Thanks!
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