Nik's Poulan Thread

[Acornhill]

Fellas, most of you know I am getting rid of all of my NOS parts and saws, this is not a for sale posting


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[Todd Loosli]

Thanks for the updates and pictures, hope this sale goes good for you. They are a nice looking saw in red and black.

 

[s sidewall]

Fellas, most of you know I am getting rid of all of my NOS parts and saws, this is not a for sale posting


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I noticed you posting up of bunch of your saws, even saw that pretty 8500.

Steve

 

[s sidewall]

Pressure tested my saw today, flywheel side had micro bubbles, clutch side, it was making a lot of soap suds. I'll pickup some seals Tuesday and replace those. So far it has cleaned up real well. Gonna have to test the oil pump. Saw a lot of wear on the bow where the chain comes off the sprocket to the bow. I've filed it smooth, fixed the bottom guide rail also. My brother thinks who ever ran it, kept the chain too tight. The top rail didn't have much wear except were the chain leaves the bow to the sprocket also. I was thinking oiling problem. What's y'all thoughts?

Steve

 

[EngineNoO9]

Don't really need another but figured I throw this up here. If it was closer I'd probably buy it for only $30... It's a craftsman 3.7" in NJ.

 

[Todd Loosli]

Only thing to watch for is thin rings ,3700, or thick rings, 3800, craftsman did both. If you open up the exhaust port on the 3800 you have a much stronger saw. Just square out the top part and your done.

 

[heimannm]

Does this look like a standard round file cut or something else. Looks like it was done with a flat file. Never seen a chain sharped like this around my parts.

Steve

I am a few days behind, but that looks like chipper chain with round cutters, not semi-chisel so a 90 degree side plate angle (or thereabouts) would be normal. You can't really compare semi-chisel or chisel chains with the old round chipper type chain.

Mark

 

[s sidewall]

Thanks Mark, haven't used chipper chains before, use to full or semi.

Steve

 

[s sidewall]

I just realized this chain is Poulan stamped. Don't know what the 25 means.

Steve

 

[heimannm]

If Poulan follows other conventional identification, the 25 refers to the recommended (outside) top angle.

Mark

 

[scottr]

The 25 is the depth gauge setting .

 

[s sidewall]

What's the correct angles, etc for this chain. After looking at the chain some more, I want to say dad ran this style on his Homelite xl12 bow. Just been along time so I didn't recognize it. Done got used to semi and full chizel.

Steve

 

[green lust]

Thought I saw one on the bay, but don't hold me to it.

Steve

I found a nice clutch cover today . The only problem with it is it’s hooked to a nice saw with the big bow .

 

[jerrycmorrow]

trying to replace o-rings on poulan 361 manual oiler. How to remove thumb button so can slide new o-ring on without breaking thumb button

 

[Todd Loosli]

Lust, that looks like a nice one.

 

[s sidewall]

Nice looking cover, you getting the cover for yours? Don't look like the guy is using it, no chain.

Steve

 

[s sidewall]

trying to replace o-rings on poulan 361 manual oiler. How to remove thumb button so can slide new o-ring on without breaking thumb button

This is all I found.

Steve

 

[s sidewall]

No set screw or a roll pin securing the knob?

Steve

 

[green lust]

Nice looking cover, you getting the cover for yours? Don't look like the guy is using it, no chain.

Steve

This one runs too good to be a parts saw so now I still need a cover . Oops saw budget shot for a while.

 

[jerrycmorrow]

No set screw or a roll pin securing the knob?

Steve

No