Nik's Poulan Thread

[blk05crew]

Doing ok here, good to see you around young man!

Thanks Mark, glad your doing well! Yeah I haven't been on as much, the two little ones keep me busy as well as my full time job and my side business. Always enjoy you folks here though!

 

[fossil]

I just put this saw back together this morning. It was slightly smoked from either the cracked impulse line or the splits in the intake boot under the carb. This isn't the first time I had seen the small intake boot in the tank with the studs from behind and the big boot hole with splits in it where it sets flat on the tank body

No matter, cleaned the cylinder up to mint, done a little porting on the exhaust, new piston, muffler modded it, new lines, crank seals and intake boot. Setup with a 18" .325 setup with a purpose in mind for that. Took it to the woodpile and it runs like a champ.

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Are those 54cc? I've seen some on this site but not up here.

 

[blk05crew]

Bought another new one today, mostly because I haven't seen one branded this way and it was only $15. Really just a coolness factor for this one I guess.

 

[RedneckChainsawRepair]

Yep 3.3 54cc Tim. One is my favorite limber saw with 16" 325.

Same set up small intake, carb with big intake tank.
Got a couple of them.

adding = chrome bore with 330 3450 pistons.

 

[Modifiedmark]

Heck Mark, I seem to call every one a young man nowadays!

Bob, I hate to break it to you but there is a good reason for that.

 

[Modifiedmark]

Are those 54cc? I've seen some on this site but not up here.

Yes, thats what it is. Kinda a oddball the way its setup. Like I always say when people ask which saw the relable matches, sometimes it won't exactly. They mix and matched on these. I remember at one time a certain somebody said all the black ones were bare cylinders like the 3300 but they found out different. I wish I would have saved the model number as I seen one that was thin ringed like the 335 but this one is single ringed like a PP330. It does have double starter dogs also.

I'm not going to go looking for the big 137 or 164 carb for this, I found out before that on the 54cc saws they only add no load extra rpm and the small carb will cut just as fast.

 

[Modifiedmark]

Bought another new one today, mostly because I haven't seen one branded this way and it was only $15. Really just a coolness factor for this one I guess.

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Nice find there and quite rare badged that way, yours makes #3 that I have ever seen. One is mine..

Ask your mom or grandma if they remember Aldens mail order catalogs.

 

[fossil]

Bob, I hate to break it to you but there is a good reason for that.

I often get strange looks when I mention my little brother or my big brother. I guess they will always be that to me even though size wise they are the opposite.

 

[Ginger15]

Well shoot. I had the saw running and started to cut, it was a little rich so I went to turn it down, then it died, now it wont restart. I have spark and poured some fuel down the throat. Nada. Going to wait for the engine to cool down and see if I can do a cold start or at least a pop. I have both H and L at 3/4 turn out.

 

[s sidewall]

Try 1 turn on both, now me, I've always went 1 1/2 turn, 3/4 turn is too lean.

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[Ginger15]

Im fairly high in elevation hence the 3/4 turn. Im about 3000 above sea level. But ill set them back to 1 and try a cold start. Maybe I lost compression? It does feel a little light on the pull cord. I dont have a tester on me.

 

[s sidewall]

Just for s $#t and giggles, pull the muffler and inspect the piston. Just to be sure piston is ok.

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[heimannm]

Back home from the PNW GTG this week, I swapped the coil and spark plug from the 3.7/18 that I brought home into that troubled 3400 and it seems to run very well now.

I will try the coil again with another spark plug, I think that was in fact the problem.





Mark

 

[s sidewall]

Is it me or is it that it seems like the craftsman saws had a wider clutch cover than the regular Poulan.

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[s sidewall]

Question, on reassembling my 5200 build, what do y'all recommend on the cases, gasket or sealant? If a gasket, does anyone have a copy of a template? Thanks.

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[Ginger15]

Looks like it was extremely flooded. A TON of fuel dumped out of the muffler and again when I tipped it upside down with the plug out and pulled the pull cord. Will let it dry out and try again tomorrow. Weird. Never had a saw dump that much fuel.

 

[s sidewall]

Vent valve working ok on the fuel tank?

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[fossil]

Looks like it was extremely flooded. A TON of fuel dumped out of the muffler and again when I tipped it upside down with the plug out and pulled the pull cord. Will let it dry out and try again tomorrow. Weird. Never had a saw dump that much fuel.

Carb metering needle stuck or crap on the seat.

 

[Modifiedmark]

Question, on reassembling my 5200 build, what do y'all recommend on the cases, gasket or sealant? If a gasket, does anyone have a copy of a template? Thanks.

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Here you go.

 

[Modifiedmark]

Is it me or is it that it seems like the craftsman saws had a wider clutch cover than the regular Poulan.

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Some later Poulans got that same wider plastic cover also. The lower handle brace was changed to match it as well..