Well, I let myself get violated by Craig again... Craigslist that is, I bought a used Poulan 3400 with the understanding that it "needs a carb rebuild" and thats it... Welllll NO, other than an excellent piston and cylinder, bearings and seals etc this thing was pretty clapped out. I began tearing into it with the thought I would go only so far as necessary as to make it run well again, well I kept going further and further until I uncovered all the problems, problem was by this time the saw looked like this.
I mean, by this time it was comical. I thought this was going to be a nice relaxing cleaning/carb service/new chain type job.
So, since I was already invested and kinda interested in the project now I decided to continue, because I am an idiot. So I thought, well this thing really needs to be repainted but what color should I paint it? I work in an industrial setting and we buy lots of paint, so I called my paint vendor and I said "could you send me a sample of orange polyurethane?" (Because Orange saws are cool, apparently) "Sure" said the paint vendor, "we have some leftover from a recent job". Cool, FREE paint! I think the paint was leftover from the finishing of the most recent Coast Guard cutter, as you will see below.
Before..
During... I took FOREVER to get all the lime green paint off.
Holy $hit!
So during the stripping of the parts I found that the chain cover was too cracked too use so I went ahead and painted the other parts now because I woke up this morning and felt like making a huge mess all over my driveway today.
I spent a couple of years taking a vocational high school course on automotive refinsihing thinking that I would make that into a career, but the first time my respirator fell of while painting a car I found a BETTER reason to take the course....
So far into this project I have accomplished the following.
Clean and paint cases and recoil cover.
made giant mess.
Got comfortably numb from atomized xylene.
wasted several oppurtunities for good loving by grubbing around in the shed .
(told you eariler I was an idiot).
Did I mention the mess yet?
Anyway, I'm in the process of acquiring a parts saw to get some pieces I need for reassembly. Hopefully within a couple of weeks I'll be posting some more pics of this project as I continue to dig this hole to China.
Cheers!
I mean, by this time it was comical. I thought this was going to be a nice relaxing cleaning/carb service/new chain type job.
So, since I was already invested and kinda interested in the project now I decided to continue, because I am an idiot. So I thought, well this thing really needs to be repainted but what color should I paint it? I work in an industrial setting and we buy lots of paint, so I called my paint vendor and I said "could you send me a sample of orange polyurethane?" (Because Orange saws are cool, apparently) "Sure" said the paint vendor, "we have some leftover from a recent job". Cool, FREE paint! I think the paint was leftover from the finishing of the most recent Coast Guard cutter, as you will see below.
Before..
During... I took FOREVER to get all the lime green paint off.
Holy $hit!
So during the stripping of the parts I found that the chain cover was too cracked too use so I went ahead and painted the other parts now because I woke up this morning and felt like making a huge mess all over my driveway today.
I spent a couple of years taking a vocational high school course on automotive refinsihing thinking that I would make that into a career, but the first time my respirator fell of while painting a car I found a BETTER reason to take the course....
So far into this project I have accomplished the following.
Clean and paint cases and recoil cover.
made giant mess.
Got comfortably numb from atomized xylene.
wasted several oppurtunities for good loving by grubbing around in the shed .
(told you eariler I was an idiot).
Did I mention the mess yet?
Anyway, I'm in the process of acquiring a parts saw to get some pieces I need for reassembly. Hopefully within a couple of weeks I'll be posting some more pics of this project as I continue to dig this hole to China.
Cheers!
