Nik's Poulan Thread

[blsnelling]

I got my Dayton (245SA) today. It's in very nice condition and runs great. Where can I get a duckbill valve for the fuel cap and a new decomp? The shaft is bent on the decomp, and is likely why it was sold It took a fair amount of force to snap it back out. I'll just avoid using it for now.

 

[OhioGregg]

I got my Dayton (245SA) today. It's in very nice condition and runs great. Where can I get a duckbill valve for the fuel cap and a new decomp? The shaft is bent on the decomp, and is likely why it was sold It took a fair amount of force to snap it back out. I'll just avoid using it for now.

Brad, I had some of those, but don't remember where I ordered them from off hand. They were Homelite duck-bills. The Stens # 610-345, Homelite #69451. This should work also. I got one of these one time from Order Tree. #530026119 Thats the Poulan# I used, they were more expensive, $2.08 a piece.
Can't help ya on the decomp valve, mine doesn't have one. Mark or somebody more in the know, is the fella to help with that.

Can't waite to see & hear it running!!


Gregg,

 

[blsnelling]

Brad, I had some of those, but don't remember where I ordered them from off hand. They were Homelite duck-bills. The Stens # 610-345, Homelite #69451. This should work also. I got one of these one time from Order Tree. #530026119 Thats the Poulan# I used, they were more expensive, $2.08 a piece.
Can't help ya on the decomp valve, mine doesn't have one. Mark or somebody more in the know, is the fella to help with that.

Can't waite to see & hear it running!!


Gregg,

Pics and vid coming soon. This thing had a crazy .325 9-pin rim on it I swapped it out for a 3/8 8-pin. It seems to pull it well.

What kind of RPMs are these supposed to tune to? Mine sounds good somewhere between 9,000-9,500. I've got it set to 9,000 to be safe.

 

[blsnelling]

Here are the first of the pics of the Dayton. For some reason I can't access my photo website.

 

[blsnelling]

 

[jnl502]

that sure is a good lookin orange poulan. doesn't seem to have been used much and got a nice bar on it too. i like those roller nose bars.
jnl

 

[blsnelling]

I just checked compression and it's only 130 PSI. Is that normal on these? Squish is greater than my solder. It didn't even touch it. It's hard to imagine the rings being very worn based on the condition of the saw. The piston looked perfect.

 

[blsnelling]

The Dayton version I just put together with a brand new piston, cyl and rings was barely pushing 140.

Anyway those #'s are excellent.

Looks like my compression's not out of line. I found this in another thread.

 

[OhioGregg]

9000-9500 rpm sounds about right to me. Most of the older Poulans were allways listed at around 8500rpm. I don't have a tach, so just guess at it, where it sounds good cutting. I have only run mine once, since I got it.
I'll post the video of it again, incase ya missed it. Have a 24" bar on it.

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Gregg,

 

[Denman123a]

My one-yr old PP4218AVX got weak and VERY hard to start. I finally had a look and found the cyl and piston badly grooved, the to point that the ring broke trying to get it out of the damaged piston. No problem I thought (wrong!), "I'll just grab a p/c kit and good as new". My local dealer just shook his head and said, "Throw it away, parts cost more than you paid ". Well this is a nice saw to use, with the anti-vibration system and I hate to throw out that much good stuff. Anyone had similar grief with these? Meanwhile I have two 14" 33cc(I think) Poulans that start and pull like little bears, and one has three times the use as the "Pro". .. :censored:

 

[OhioGregg]

My one-yr old PP4218AVX got weak and VERY hard to start. I finally had a look and found the cyl and piston badly grooved, the to point that the ring broke trying to get it out of the damaged piston. No problem I thought (wrong!), "I'll just grab a p/c kit and good as new". My local dealer just shook his head and said, "Throw it away, parts cost more than you paid ". Well this is a nice saw to use, with the anti-vibration system and I hate to throw out that much good stuff. Anyone had similar grief with these? Meanwhile I have two 14" 33cc(I think) Poulans that start and pull like little bears, and one has three times the use as the "Pro". .. :censored:

That is the problem with that type of saw, unfortunately. Will cost as much as a new one, especially if you have to pay someone else to do the work. Best bet, if you like the saw, is to find a used one that still runs good, and swap parts from yours over to it, if yours looks better. Ebay is full of them. I just don't know much about the newer Poulans.


Gregg,

 

[Denman123a]

Hey Gregg, .... looks to be the case, ... the up side is these are amazingly cheap to buy, which makes the parts seem unrealistically spendy. I do my own wrenching, and may just bite the bullet and shake the "ordertree" as I think Poulan calls it. Really even $200 is not too much to pay for a good-running saw, yet I think I caught this one new on sale for around $180 with a nice case, spare chain and the lot. In case I change my mind, wanna buy a new 18" chain? LOL!! ... Dennis

 

[Torin]

Dennis,
Good advice on e-bay. There are a bunch of them around. I bought a 4218AV new (not a refurb) reasonably on a Home Depot close out.
If I have my nomenclature correct, mine is the one w/o the dreaded tool-less tensioner.
I still haven't fired it up, make you a deal...

 

[blsnelling]

For some reason I had to re-upload the video.


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[Denman123a]

A Solution Afoot

Dennis,
Good advice on e-bay. There are a bunch of them around. I bought a 4218AV new (not a refurb) reasonably on a Home Depot close out.
If I have my nomenclature correct, mine is the one w/o the dreaded tool-less tensioner.
I still haven't fired it up, make you a deal...

Help is on the way: I found jackssmallengines.com and ordered piston kit and cylinder kit for $81 incl shipping. Only question is they had Husky parts under the same part# and asked which mine was. The Husky parts were marginally more but I was tempted to lie and maybe get better parts. I might maybe have got wrong-size parts too so I chickened out and said "Poulan". So now I'll sit on my front porch for the next however long til I get my claws on those parts and get this little turkey back together. FWIW mine has the tool-less chain tensioner; what have you heard that's caused them to be dreaded? Mine seemed OK and sure quick to use, .... Dennis
PS: I ran the "order tree" for Poulan parts and found same part#s, relatively same prices, but when I "added to cart" I got a dialog box saying "there's a problem with this part". Poulan really has to get on the stick with this stuff. Jack's was as easy as JC Whitney, and parts are on their way

 

[rms61moparman]

Dang Brad!

That old saw pulls like a BEAST!
The compression you are getting is VERY good for those saws.
It has a lot of life to live and wood to cut into cookies.
I carefully straightened the decomp on the 066 I rebuilt and it works great, might be worth a try if you can't find one reasonable.


Mike

 

[rms61moparman]

Help is on the way: I found jackssmallengines.com and ordered piston kit and cylinder kit for $81 incl shipping. Only question is they had Husky parts under the same part# and asked which mine was. The Husky parts were marginally more but I was tempted to lie and maybe get better parts. I might maybe have got wrong-size parts too so I chickened out and said "Poulan".

Good thing you "chickened out" on that one!
You would have paid more for the EXACT same part!
MIGHT have come in a Husky box instead of a Poulan box but probably not.


Mike

 

[OhioGregg]

Looks and sounds real good Brad
The curiosity got the best of me, so went and checked the comp. on my 245.
I got right between 130-135. So, like you said, were in the ballpark.


Gregg,

 

[redunshee]

Those two saws really look and run nice. I'm jealous!!!

 

[blsnelling]

Looks and sounds real good Brad
The curiosity got the best of me, so went and checked the comp. on my 245.
I got right between 130-135. So, like you said, were in the ballpark.


Gregg,

Excellent. Sounds like a good saw for a squish tightening