Nik's Poulan Thread

[Kostas]

Yeah,i know that Mark.New carb,seals,lines,filters,tunning perfect,no dust inside the cylinder and after ~20 tanks,low compression.The cylinder isn't so bad,2-3 signs of wear.Same the piston.No scoring at all.My guess is that these cylinders are very low quality.The saw is running perfect as it is.Strong,cool,nice idle,all ok.The problem is that when it is hot and i try to restart it,it is impossible except if i pull the rope 15-20 times.

 

[redunshee]

somebody got rid of a 5200? wow. :hmm3grin2orange::hmm3grin2orange::hmm3grin2orange:

Yea, it was one of those guilt trip days when I realized I'd never use it in Texas. I have them every so often.

 

[67 Mustang]

Did you look under your bench?:msp_rolleyes:

Maybe he should try looking under the bed too.

 

[brokenbudget]

No,i bought the aluminium cylinder with the chrome plated piston.New seals,carb,filters,tuning ok but after a couple of tanks,it was starting to loose compression.I don't really want to get an aluminium cylinder again so i am looking for a chrome bore-aluminum piston now.

there is no more of a reliability issue with the chrome piston/bare aluminum cylinder as there is with the chrome cylinder/bare piston. if the top end only lasted '20 tanks' that points a person in the direction of an incorrect tune or hidden airleak. 20 tanks imo points more to a poor tune, not 'low quality parts'.

 

[Busmech]

I may know something about that one, missing the bar studs??????

That's the one, what do you know ?

 

[Modifiedmark]

Yeah,i know that Mark.New carb,seals,lines,filters,tunning perfect,no dust inside the cylinder and after ~20 tanks,low compression.The cylinder isn't so bad,2-3 signs of wear.Same the piston.No scoring at all.My guess is that these cylinders are very low quality.The saw is running perfect as it is.Strong,cool,nice idle,all ok.The problem is that when it is hot and i try to restart it,it is impossible except if i pull the rope 15-20 times.

I forget what saw your talking about but that is a common knock on some of the earlier plastic saws, not wanting to restart hot. It's more of a tuning/vapor lock problem most off the time.

 

[Kostas]

I forget what saw your talking about but that is a common knock on some of the earlier plastic saws, not wanting to restart hot. It's more of a tuning/vapor lock problem most off the time.

there is no more of a reliability issue with the chrome piston/bare aluminum cylinder as there is with the chrome cylinder/bare piston. if the top end only lasted '20 tanks' that points a person in the direction of an incorrect tune or hidden airleak. 20 tanks imo points more to a poor tune, not 'low quality parts'.

Tomorrow i'll try to make a video of the 2250 running.I'll include the 2775 which have a new top end from a 4620.

 

[redunshee]

Maybe he should try looking under the bed too.

I keep my 9mm under the bed, but maybe my 655 BP would be a better deterrent.

 

[Chris J.]

Yeah,i know that Mark.New carb,seals,lines,filters,tunning perfect,no dust inside the cylinder and after ~20 tanks,low compression.The cylinder isn't so bad,2-3 signs of wear.Same the piston.No scoring at all.My guess is that these cylinders are very low quality.The saw is running perfect as it is.Strong,cool,nice idle,all ok.The problem is that when it is hot and i try to restart it,it is impossible except if i pull the rope 15-20 times.

Kostas, maybe I'm missing something (not unusual :msp_rolleyes, but your post has some conflicting information which has me confused . Does the saw have good compression when cold, but low compression when hot?

 

[Chris J.]

Damned temperamental edit feature .

I also would like to hear more about the mysterious P62? P65? PP655? that was on feePay.

 

[fossil]

I keep my 9mm under the bed, but maybe my 655 BP would be a better deterrent.

Your 9mm won't leak oil

 

[Kostas]

Kostas, maybe I'm missing something (not unusual :msp_rolleyes, but your post has some conflicting information which has me confused . Does the saw have good compression when cold, but low compression when hot?

Low compresion when cold and even less when hot.Please let me know where i am conflicting just to make things clear.

 

[RedneckChainsawRepair]

I also would like to hear more about the mysterious P62? P65? PP655?

I dont know these and not going to own any, but where does the P60 fit in? Know where one is for $140 or best offer.
I already passed info onto 1 guy that was looking for them.

 

[promac850]

I keep my 9mm under the bed, but maybe my 655 BP would be a better deterrent.

9mm? You need a .45

Or maybe a 5.56

 

[clintonior]

Damned temperamental edit feature .

I also would like to hear more about the mysterious P62? P65? PP655? that was on feePay.

It sold for 230 + missing bar studs but i guess there still cheap i was thinking could've been striped out or something could be anything from a pp405-pp655

 

[7hpjim]

It sold for 230 + missing bar studs but i guess there still cheap i was thinking could've been striped out or something could be anything from a pp405-pp655

It had the aux oiler so it was a 655

 

[redunshee]

It had the aux oiler so it was a 655

I had the same thought as I believe the PP655 and I believe the P65 were the only saws to have the manual oiler .

 

[redunshee]

9mm? You need a .45

Or maybe a 5.56

Yea, a .45 would would have more stopping power.

 

[fossil]

I had the same thought as I believe the PP655 and I believe the P65 were the only saws to have the manual oiler .

It had the aux oiler so it was a 655

A friend of mine just picked up a P60 (his 3rd) with a 36" bar and an auxiliary manual oiler on it. It may have been an option.

 

[redunshee]

A friend of mine just picked up a P60 (his 3rd) with a 36" bar and an auxiliary manual oiler on it. It may have been an option.

Ok. Tim. Didn't know that. Guess nothing is set in stone. I should have learned that by now.