I finally got my saw and mounted a new bar and chain. Saw runs great and even looks pretty good. I have one concern though and that is with the bar/ clutch cover installed, there is about a 1/8 gap between the cover and crankcase. I can see this filling up the cylinder fins with saw dust pretty quick. Not meaning to answer my own question, but I am guessing a spacer is missing from the crankcase. Is that a part that can still be found? Thanks for any help.
Poulan Pro 445 question.
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Spacer? Your running the chain brake right?
Common with the plastic covered ones. See if your clutch cover mounting area is wore, warped and level. I had to trim many of those down in plastic.
Hope you been running the outer bar plate too. It is a must for the plastic covers to help stop such.
Saved thread where I told how to years back. Keep everything there. http://chainsawrepair.createaforum.com/poulan/plastic-clutch-cover-wear/
Metal covers the best for those and harder to find then plastic ones. Came in yellow and red.
If using all the time. Can just take a 268 etc etc etc cover trim it up to use.
Showing NOS plastic and metal so you can tell by looks.
Common with the plastic covered ones. See if your clutch cover mounting area is wore, warped and level. I had to trim many of those down in plastic.
Hope you been running the outer bar plate too. It is a must for the plastic covers to help stop such.
Saved thread where I told how to years back. Keep everything there. http://chainsawrepair.createaforum.com/poulan/plastic-clutch-cover-wear/
Metal covers the best for those and harder to find then plastic ones. Came in yellow and red.
If using all the time. Can just take a 268 etc etc etc cover trim it up to use.
Showing NOS plastic and metal so you can tell by looks.
Here is what I have. I know the engine housing is chewed up right above the clutch, just seems the rest of the gap is a bit much. Chain brake and bar plates all intact. As far as the spacer I was talking of, I saw a picture of a 445 that had a black strip along the crank case and thought maybe I was missing it. Thanks for the replies.
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Nope that is actually what they do over time IMO. Had several like that too. With plastic covers.
Your chain brake cassette is ate up bad too. Bet fix that will take care of most of your gap.
Black prob just the balck chain brake part your seeing. Came in yellow and black and red on jred too.
See it there black. Just the chain brake housing like your yellow one.
Your chain brake cassette is ate up bad too. Bet fix that will take care of most of your gap.
Black prob just the balck chain brake part your seeing. Came in yellow and black and red on jred too.
See it there black. Just the chain brake housing like your yellow one.
Just the plastic cassette part # to put your parts in. 506093404
My crew and I ran a Craftsman 3.7 today that is abut the same saw and same vintage as Bubster's. I rebuilt the saw two years ago, and it operated wonderfully yesterday:
It ran dead even with a Stihl 036 that another crew member used. At one time. Poulan did make really fine professional saws.
It ran dead even with a Stihl 036 that another crew member used. At one time. Poulan did make really fine professional saws.
Nice saw for sure. What you have there though is a 3700 Poulan under the Craftsman name. The 445 Poulan Pro is actually a Partner design and they are 2 totally different saws. Some were even marketed as Jonsered saws. I do have a Poulan Pro 375 that is about the same as the saw you have pictured. Nice to see the old saws still gettin ran and in that good of condition.
Ya 3.7 in 3800 or 3700 top is not even close to same saw @Wood Doctor 61cc compared to a closed port 71cc PP445. Owned them all in both to know this.
If 3.7 is a thin ring 3700 61cc be this one open port and I will post the quads 71cc too
445 more online to the oe 372 and 044 440 in the wood.
If 3.7 is a thin ring 3700 61cc be this one open port and I will post the quads 71cc too
445 more online to the oe 372 and 044 440 in the wood.
