Nik's Poulan Thread
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I just got a good used 3/8-LP Windsor Mini-Pro bar that I'm going to run on one of my S25-CVA saws with my 3/8-LP rim/drum system. May even put a chainbrake on it (if I can get over the cost of it). I've also recently seen .325" pitch replacement sprocket noses for those Mini-Pro bars. I'm going to grab one if possible and put it aside. If I can scare up an NOS clutch cover decal for that Canadian saw (say from some old Canadian Poulan dealer.................Hey Tim can you help me out here???) then I'll have a good 'fake'.
I sent him an e-mail regarding labels. The only ones I did see were for a 2160 and he gave those to me.
Don't forget those parts numbers for the NOS S25-CVA upper AV buffers, S25 piston assemblies, and the gaskets you are looking for. I will be going out there in the next month or so.
I sent him an e-mail regarding labels. The only ones I did see were for a 2160 and he gave those to me.
Don't forget those parts numbers for the NOS S25-CVA upper AV buffers, S25 piston assemblies, and the gaskets you are looking for. I will be going out there in the next month or so.
Tuning reed valve saws. Slow return to idle
I am having an issue with a couple of reed valve saws returning to idle very slowly. I have not done a pressure/vac test on them.
Both idle well, rev up well and tune to a slight 4 stroke and clean up in the cut. Both cut very strong. Any ideas what's going on?
I am having an issue with a couple of reed valve saws returning to idle very slowly. I have not done a pressure/vac test on them.
Both idle well, rev up well and tune to a slight 4 stroke and clean up in the cut. Both cut very strong. Any ideas what's going on?
Eccentric
Mister Wizard
I just got a good used 3/8-LP Windsor Mini-Pro bar that I'm going to run on one of my S25-CVA saws with my 3/8-LP rim/drum system. May even put a chainbrake on it (if I can get over the cost of it). I've also recently seen .325" pitch replacement sprocket noses for those Mini-Pro bars. I'm going to grab one if possible and put it aside. If I can scare up an NOS clutch cover decal for that Canadian saw (say from some old Canadian Poulan dealer.................Hey Tim can you help me out here???) then I'll have a good 'fake'.
I sent him an e-mail regarding labels. The only ones I did see were for a 2160 and he gave those to me.
Don't forget those parts numbers for the NOS S25-CVA upper AV buffers, S25 piston assemblies, and the gaskets you are looking for. I will be going out there in the next month or so.
Will get you those numbers tonight.
The 'slow to return to idle' thing does sound like an air leak to me Tim.
I'll get them tested this week and see what I get.
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Are they micros, by any chance?
Nope. My latest aquisitions. A Pioneer P51 and a Homelite XL-901AM
The 901 is worse than the P51.
Wagnerwerks
The underdog..
Check the intake on the p51. I think they are similar to the p40s. They crack right at the brass inserts and leak a bit. Every farmsaw and p series saw I've brought home has had that going on.
I will thanks. Any luck sealing them back up again?
Wagnerwerks
The underdog..
I always melt the snot out of the crack with my soldering pencil then fill it back in with the melted plastic. You can make them pretty nice with a bit of arts and crafts time
I always melt the snot out of the crack with my soldering pencil then fill it back in with the melted plastic. You can make them pretty nice with a bit of arts and crafts time
Can do. Used to seal my decoys up like that. I think my old hunting partner used to shoot them when I wasn't looking.
With the micros it's just about as easy to change the whole engine, just takes a few minutes. I usually keep one or two around for parts, same thing with the little Homelites.
EZRYDER
ArboristSite Operative
Thanks for your help about the rim sprockets,but you guys are way over my head.
So I'll try to understand one more time before I give up for now.
So the drum sprocket that takes a rim is different from a sprocket with no rim?
Is there a simple yes or no?
Larry
I have one in 1/4" pitch.........and recently obtained a 3/8-LP rim for it. Thank you gentlemen.......you know who you are. The rims are 9-spline and aren't easy to find in any pitch other than 1/4". There are a few out there still however. The 1/4" pitch XXV series Poulan application rim/drum systems (and separate 1/4"-9 nine spline rims) are still pretty easy to find.
There's a 'mystery' 3/8-LP 9-spline rim/drum system (for an unknown saw application) that keeps getting relisted on feebay. Somebody with an old Oregon catalog could probably tell us what saw it's for by the numbers. It's for a larger saw than a XXV series Poulan, as the drum is over 3" in diameter according to the seller's description.
On the Acres site, there's a listing for a 2400 Poulan that's very interesting. Now a 2400 actually is a rear handle version of a 2300AV Micro, but the Acres listing is for a Canadian market S25-CVA with a Windsor 'Mini-Pro' replaceable sprocket tip .325" pitch bar and a chain brake. The label on the clutch cover of the pictured saw (in the listing) clearly shows "Super XXV-CVA Mini Pro". I'd LOVE to see one of those saws 'in person'.
My guess is that it had the rim/drum system and a .325" pitch rim. I'm also guessing that there were 9-spline .325" pitch rims made for that 'mystery application' rim/drum system that I've seen on feebay. By the size of the clutch, it was probably at least a 50cc saw. Just for the heck of it, I'd like to try .325 pitch chain on an S25 saw someday. It must've worked OK, or they wouldn't have sold the Canuck saw with it...
I just got a good used 3/8-LP Windsor Mini-Pro bar that I'm going to run on one of my S25-CVA saws with my 3/8-LP rim/drum system. May even put a chainbrake on it (if I can get over the cost of it). I've also recently seen .325" pitch replacement sprocket noses for those Mini-Pro bars. I'm going to grab one if possible and put it aside. If I can scare up an NOS clutch cover decal for that Canadian saw (say from some old Canadian Poulan dealer.................Hey Tim can you help me out here???) then I'll have a good 'fake'.
Here are some Oregon #'s.
19779 is the number for the XXV series 1/4" pitch rim/drum system. I need to go get the # off of the drum itself. It's in the shop. I'll edit my post here with it later today.
18250 is the number for the 1/4-9 9-spline rim.
22580 is the number for the 3/8-LP 9-spline rim.
23115X is the number for the 'mystery application' 3/8-LP 9-spline rim/drum system.
Model Profile: 2400 (CANADA)
So I'll try to understand one more time before I give up for now.
So the drum sprocket that takes a rim is different from a sprocket with no rim?
Is there a simple yes or no?
Larry
Moparpoulan
ArboristSite Lurker
Swap meet saws
So I got pretty lucky at my favorite swap meet last weekend, picked up a micro, an s25, three 3.3 craftsmans, a 3700 and a 6900! oh and a partner farmer..
Obviously the first one I got running was the 6900, it needed more cleaning then actual work. I put a new fuel line and filter on and cleaned up the bar and threw away the rotted chain and away she went. I dont know if you can tell from the picture how bad it was, but I had to chisel the chain out of the bar groove on the bottom of the bar. I set it next to my 5200 and you can really tell the difference in the design of the case, the 6900 is longer then the 5200. Ill post some more pictures when I get them all cleaned up.
So I got pretty lucky at my favorite swap meet last weekend, picked up a micro, an s25, three 3.3 craftsmans, a 3700 and a 6900! oh and a partner farmer..
Obviously the first one I got running was the 6900, it needed more cleaning then actual work. I put a new fuel line and filter on and cleaned up the bar and threw away the rotted chain and away she went. I dont know if you can tell from the picture how bad it was, but I had to chisel the chain out of the bar groove on the bottom of the bar. I set it next to my 5200 and you can really tell the difference in the design of the case, the 6900 is longer then the 5200. Ill post some more pictures when I get them all cleaned up.
A spur sprocket is when the clutch drum and sprocket are one piece.
A rim is when the drum has a place for a sprocket to slide on and off and is referred to as a rim.
So change the sprocket on a spur you have to change out the clutch drum because it is part of the sprocket.
To change out a sprocket on a rim you just slide the rim off and slide another on.
Wagnerwerks
The underdog..
So I got pretty lucky at my favorite swap meet last weekend, picked up a micro, an s25, three 3.3 craftsmans, a 3700 and a 6900! oh and a partner farmer..
That.... Makes me really jealous.
Moparpoulan
ArboristSite Lurker
Ive also been coming across way to many of these saws, I just cant pass them up people just give them away! The one on the end to the right is a 365 in 330 clothes:msp_biggrin:View attachment 261892
