Nik's Poulan Thread

[s sidewall]

Lot of racing saws.

Steve

 

[RedneckChainsawRepair]

Lot of racing saws.

Steve

Some were woods ported work saws I used for practice. I had pairs. So not to use the race saws to practice with.

 

[s sidewall]

Nice, all I got are just plain saws, nothing special like those.

Steve

 

[RedneckChainsawRepair]

Nice, all I got are just plain saws, nothing special like those.

Steve

They are all sold now. I gave that up.

Went full circle right back to the poulans again for my uses.

 

[ChipsFlyin]

Yes the yellow tape was left on it in pics for hat and shirts. Pretty cool.

How I marked the balance point of my saws when racing. Middle finger on middle tape was perfect balace. Aim for it when cold start racing back in the day.

See it on more of them too. But black in middle.

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That's a cool past time!

 

[Todd Loosli]

Let me tell you a story, wife and I took the horses in mid February to a place that we can ride inside . Yes I have a horse named Fudge he is a very nice horse. After riding I was talking to a guy who was also riding and he asked if I was having a good time my answer was not so much. He said what would you be doing if you weren't here and I replied working on my chainsaws, he asked if that is what I do and I told him I like to find old ones and fix them . What kind do you have he asked , green ones because I didn't think he knew what a Poulan was. He told me his brother used to do a lot of sawing before he passed on many years ago. Told me to come over and see him because he had a couple of old saws that had been left in his shed by his brother . So the next day I went to see him and we went to see the saws. Over in the corner covered with a old rug was the saws he pulled the cover off and there was 3 saws so dirty that it was hard to tell what I was looking at but my heart was pounding. I asked him if and what he wanted for them but he didn't know so I made a offer and it was ok by him . Got the saws home and started working on them, did I say they were dirty grimy. I have all 3 running now and they are runners the effort was worth it number 1 was a 5200 with a full wrap handle and 30 inch bar . Number 2 is a 5400 with a 24 inch bar and number 3 is the one that blue my mind it is a 5400 with a big bore kit, 2.1 bore and 88 cc with a 24 inch bar, this one took the most to get going, had been straight gased just a little bit. It's another story for later .

 

[ChipsFlyin]

Great score!!! That pretty much deserves a You Suck!

Someone is going to have to tell me about a big bore on a 5400. Is that a hybrid? P/C from another saw brand? Bored replated cylinder with a larger piston?

 

[scottr]

Well Todd , you were in the right place at the right time . : )

 

[s sidewall]

Congrats Todd, great find. Bet you were tickled pink, I know that I would have. That would have made my heart stop I believe.

Steve

 

[s sidewall]

Great score!!! That pretty much deserves a You Suck!

Someone is going to have to tell me about a big bore on a 5400. Is that a hybrid? P/C from another saw brand? Bored replated cylinder with a larger piston?

That's a passes a "You Suck".

Steve

 

[Todd Loosli]

Go back to page 1110 and read about them you have to read about to 1115 to get the full story. There was a outfit that was making this kit by boring out a cylinder to 2.100 and plating them. Only 2 that are out there as far as I can tell. I'll do a story about it later this weekend

 

[Jethro 2t sniffer]

What a great find Todd very impressed mate and very excited for you

 

[RedneckChainsawRepair]

I been getting asl about my 54cc 60cc project and parts.

Guess somebody else is going to finish up the c 3.7 60cc with oem 24" bar now. It is sold.

I just couldnt get motivated to make time for another one of these.
Feel like I could do them blindfolded or in my sleep anymore.

 

[RedneckChainsawRepair]

Let me tell you a story, wife and I took the horses in mid February to a place that we can ride inside . Yes I have a horse named Fudge he is a very nice horse. After riding I was talking to a guy who was also riding and he asked if I was having a good time my answer was not so much. He said what would you be doing if you weren't here and I replied working on my chainsaws, he asked if that is what I do and I told him I like to find old ones and fix them . What kind do you have he asked , green ones because I didn't think he knew what a Poulan was. He told me his brother used to do a lot of sawing before he passed on many years ago. Told me to come over and see him because he had a couple of old saws that had been left in his shed by his brother . So the next day I went to see him and we went to see the saws. Over in the corner covered with a old rug was the saws he pulled the cover off and there was 3 saws so dirty that it was hard to tell what I was looking at but my heart was pounding. I asked him if and what he wanted for them but he didn't know so I made a offer and it was ok by him . Got the saws home and started working on them, did I say they were dirty grimy. I have all 3 running now and they are runners the effort was worth it number 1 was a 5200 with a full wrap handle and 30 inch bar . Number 2 is a 5400 with a 24 inch bar and number 3 is the one that blue my mind it is a 5400 with a big bore kit, 2.1 bore and 88 cc with a 24 inch bar, this one took the most to get going, had been straight gased just a little bit. It's another story for later .View attachment 724882

Right guy finally found him some saws. Full wrap too.

Everything happens for a reason. Firm believer in this. WTG!

 

[Todd Loosli]

This is what I call dirty grimy

 

[s sidewall]

Wow, lots of history there. Looks like what mine looked like when I got it. Didn't think I'd ever get it cleaned.

Steve

 

[Bobby Kirbos]

This is what I call dirty grimy View attachment 724950 View attachment 724951 View attachment 724954

Some would call that low hours.

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Make sure you use all 4 bolts when putting the jug back on.

 

[ChipsFlyin]

My saws play nice with each other! Pick out the 3 Poulans.

 

[Todd Loosli]

How to fix a Big Bore 5400
First I could not have done this without the help of Fossil, Tim was a major help.
When I took the 5400 apart this is what the piston looked like
I was going to get a piston and after finding out what size it was I reached out to Fossil because he is the one that always has the old hard to find information. Tim sent me a link to the information at page 1110 and told me that he had fixed worse pistons than mine. So I got to work with my files and took the high spots off and used a buff pad to finish it. The cylinder wasn't very bad and Tim sent a utube link on how to get the aluminum out, easy to do . The rings were the hard part but I found some in England at a scooter repair place 53.2mm. They were for a 125cc Lambretta scooter 6th oversize. When they arrived I had to make a fixture to cut the height down by. 015 thou. It worked by holding the ring so I could face it off. After they were done I gaped them and put it all back together. And as they say the rest is history .the picturesare in reverse order

 

[Todd Loosli]

Part 2, after reading the link at 1110 it was found that the piston skirt was not the same but no one wanted to do anything about it. I set up the piston in my mill and cut it to match