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Bob, Yours has to be an early 3400, when they first came out. Does yours have an adjustable oiler? Seen a few on here. I never had one. Ive got 3 other 3400"s, but none with the adjustable oiler. Another sign of an early model is the smaller screw setup on the rear handle. The air cleaner cover knob on Maintenance supervisor's saw looks like early style also. But those can are easily changed or replaced over the years.
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Mine does have 1979 stamped on all the metal parts , 79 surrounded by the date casting.
 
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That must be a mess cleaning that out. I have been working on a 3400 a later one that has a scored piston and cylinder. Going to put a 3700 piston in it.

I just sat it tail down for a few hours in a garbage can. Most of it drained out. I was hoping the check valve was shot but it's good so the sealer may have given up between the tank and the crankcase. Hope not. It will fog some when I fire it up. If it still leaks into the crankcase I guess I'll be splitting it to reseal it.

It will be going down the road anyway. It's in very nice shape.

Where did you find a 3700 P&C?
 
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I just sat it tail down for a few hours in a garbage can. Most of it drained out. I was hoping the check valve was shot but it's good so the sealer may have given up between the tank and the crankcase. Hope not. It will fog some when I fire it up. If it still leaks into the crankcase I guess I'll be splitting it to reseal it.

It will be going down the road anyway. It's in very nice shape.

Where did you find a 3700 P&C?

Well Tim I tell ya I have bought stuff over the years and then put it away and then one day I am going through the parts looking for something and then bingo look what I have. I still NOS Poulan rings for 3700's and 4000's that I bought and a PP 395 that I have not even fixed up yet. Then when I was working part time for a shop people sometimes did not want to spend the money to fix a saw and would just leave it there for disposal. Well I would ask for the saw and I have a collection from there too that I have not yet repaired like this 3400 I am now working on. I just I finished a Husky 50 special that I had been given for free from that time when I was working part time. I have a lot of Poulans but I have a lot of other saws too.
 
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I think Hoggwood has a 3400 adjustable oiler. I have at least one saw with the hole in the case to adjust the pump but the pump is not adjustable.

Working on a Poulan 2300 CVA today. Hydro locked with bar oil.
I do have one setup with the adjustable oiler. Another spare pump with the adjustable oiler (in a bin, in a bin, in a bin...) somewhere. Pointless feature really. I did a write up with pics on it years ago here. All the screw does is thread into the inlet channel on the pump. Just a gate valve, really. You could only adjust them to deliver less oil than the non-adjustable setups.
 

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