Nik's Poulan Thread

[EZRYDER]

Yeah Mark, I am dense, not playing, but you are getting Nasty.

Well Larry, maybe you should stick to plumbing.

Personally with these questions, I really think your just playing with us to make us think your really that uninformed.

Now if I'm wrong and you really are that dense, then I hope to hell you stay away from chainsaws all together. They can be dangerous and you could end up dead.

I don't know who you guys think you are but obviously you think you are better than me because you know more about chainsaws. You and 3000 are arrogant, rude and malicious.
I've got news for you, I have been using chainsaws for 30 yrs and never got hurt. How about I start asking you guys about corporate finance? I am so dense that I have a BA in accounting, an MBA in finance (cum laude) and a 35 year career as a VP of finance for significant corporations in the Aerospace industry. So where did you think I got my small engine mechanical experience? I paid people like you to do it for me. So now that I am semi-retired, I am learning something new. Sorry I'm so stupid.
I'm going to leave you small people and find another thread where there are decent people who aren't so self absorbed and are willing to help "dense" people. Have a nice life!
Larry

 

[Wagnerwerks]

I don't know who you guys think you are but obviously you think you are better than me because you know more about chainsaws. You and 3000 are arrogant, rude and malicious.
I've got news for you, I have been using chainsaws for 30 yrs and never got hurt. How about I start asking you guys about corporate finance? I am so dense that I have a BA in accounting, an MBA in finance (cum laude) and a 35 year career as a VP of finance for significant corporations in the Aerospace industry. So where did you think I got my small engine mechanical experience? I paid people like you to do it for me. So now that I am semi-retired, I am learning something new. Sorry I'm so stupid.
I'm going to leave you small people and find another thread where there are decent people who aren't so self absorbed and are willing to help "dense" people. Have a nice life!
Larry

Listen... I have nothing in this, but y have to understand, yr asking the same questions over and over. These guys... Mostly mark..lol....are blunt and on a mission to know as much about the entire world of chainsaws as they can before they die. If y have that many degrees, you surely can do a google search about a rim sprocket drum vs a spur drive. I'll be honest. I knew that kind of stuff when i was a kid, but I failed/quit college my third year because I hated it. Most of these guys are the very mechanical type and get bored with answering things they knew when they were kids. I'm in no way putting you down, I just want you to understand what's going on here.... The poulan specific thread is more geared to poulan specific stuff with the rare offshoot into something else, not the basics that make up every brand/kind of saw. Google has all of that covered. Don't hesitate to ask questions or brag about your poulans here...we all do.

I hate to see y get all peeved and go off in a huff because there are a bunch of good guys in here and I'm sure y can fit right in with a bit of time. I make it my policy to read till I have the basics covered, then ask about specifics.

 

[simmslumber66]

felling spikes for a 4400

Anybody happen to know where I might be able to find a set of spikes for my ol' 4400? I've been usin it with a set I made and they work well, but just thought since I'm going through it and pertyin it up I may as well see if I can find a proper set. Been watching e-bay for a while and don't see to many of that series of saws. Any leads would be appreciated.

Thanks

 

[3000 FPS]

I have a trio of them in various states... I'd like to sell them... Hint hint..

Well I do see one in my future but the funds are committed to other saws right now. But thanks for the offer.

 

[Wagnerwerks]

Well I do see one in my future but the funds are committed to other saws right now. But thanks for the offer.

Lol... No worries... They already have a spot here. They can just use it a while longer.

 

[crowellmachine]

Little warm in here I guess....got the shell of my shop addition almost complete. 2800 sq. ft. more heated shop space, 1600 under awning. Should have my machinery re-organized around new years, Finally hook up my new-to-me wire EDM probably buying 1 more mill also.
Unless it snows alot this winter, I'm looking forward to experimenting with some of my saw mod ideas....

anyways, still kickin, shingles on the awning thursday and friday. The boy and I watch the GTG videos often, very cool gathering.
Hurricane Sandy was enough of a reason to get out the 2 green generators and service them. Both got ran, and load tested. No worries.

KJC

 

[Modifiedmark]

Listen... I have nothing in this, but y have to understand, yr asking the same questions over and over. These guys... Mostly mark..lol....are blunt and on a mission to know as much about the entire world of chainsaws as they can before they die. If y have that many degrees, you surely can do a google search about a rim sprocket drum vs a spur drive. I'll be honest. I knew that kind of stuff when i was a kid, but I failed/quit college my third year because I hated it. Most of these guys are the very mechanical type and get bored with answering things they knew when they were kids. I'm in no way putting you down, I just want you to understand what's going on here.... The poulan specific thread is more geared to poulan specific stuff with the rare offshoot into something else, not the basics that make up every brand/kind of saw. Google has all of that covered. Don't hesitate to ask questions or brag about your poulans here...we all do.

I hate to see y get all peeved and go off in a huff because there are a bunch of good guys in here and I'm sure y can fit right in with a bit of time. I make it my policy to read till I have the basics covered, then ask about specifics.

Good post and I think you summed it up nicely.

 

[Modifiedmark]

Little warm in here I guess....got the shell of my shop addition almost complete. 2800 sq. ft. more heated shop space, 1600 under awning. Should have my machinery re-organized around new years, Finally hook up my new-to-me wire EDM probably buying 1 more mill also.
Unless it snows alot this winter, I'm looking forward to experimenting with some of my saw mod ideas....

anyways, still kickin, shingles on the awning thursday and friday. The boy and I watch the GTG videos often, very cool gathering.
Hurricane Sandy was enough of a reason to get out the 2 green generators and service them. Both got ran, and load tested. No worries.

KJC

Glad to hear your projects are coming along!

We will be waiting to hear about the saw mods.

 

[Modifiedmark]

I don't know who you guys think you are but obviously you think you are better than me because you know more about chainsaws. You and 3000 are arrogant, rude and malicious.
I've got news for you, I have been using chainsaws for 30 yrs and never got hurt. How about I start asking you guys about corporate finance? I am so dense that I have a BA in accounting, an MBA in finance (cum laude) and a 35 year career as a VP of finance for significant corporations in the Aerospace industry. So where did you think I got my small engine mechanical experience? I paid people like you to do it for me. So now that I am semi-retired, I am learning something new. Sorry I'm so stupid.
I'm going to leave you small people and find another thread where there are decent people who aren't so self absorbed and are willing to help "dense" people. Have a nice life!
Larry

Thats what I was afraid of right there. You were serious.

I guess the bright spot is with all those degrees you can afford a new saw or two if you want to and you can keep paying people to fix them for you.

 

[EZRYDER]

Yeah

Thats what I was afraid of right there. You were serious.

I guess the bright spot is with all those degrees you can afford a new saw or two if you want to and you can keep paying people to fix them for you.

I can afford to buy a new saw or two or ten and I can pay people to fix them but that is not my mission. I am doing this for the challenge, the fun and because, like you guys I happen to have a thing for chainsaws. Maybe it's because when I was young in the seventies and eighties, a $200.00 chainsaw was out of the question and I heated a house with wood for ten years from free firewood on my property. I bought two used ones back then that I kept running with no serious problems. I hand split all of my wood because an $800.00 splitter was also out of the question. I just bought an 80's splitter for $600.00 on CL that is clean and works beautifully. A big part of the enjoyment for me now is buying a 70's and eighties saw which I could not afford and the time, making them work if they don't and picking any one of my 15 saws on any day, polish it, use it and tweek it until it runs like new. Buying a new one is absolutely boring. Each of my saws has it's own shelf in my shed. I jump on my 70's sears lawn tractor that I bought for $100.00 and restored it. I truck into my woods or to my woodpiles with three 8 cu ft wagons in tow that I bought on CL in tow to cut or haul. I just bought a fully restored 1979 HS Tarm 140K MB40 BTU wood/coal boiler that I am currently installing as I did with it's smaller 100K brother back in 1979.
That is a little more of where I am coming from.
I am sorry if I had to ask the same question a couple of times but I never really got my answer although I thought I was clear with it and I thought it might have been unique to Poulan.
That was that It looked to me that the wheel was not round (and I don't mean perfectly!) such that the feet or brushes or whatever you call them were hitting against the wheel only in one spot by a significant measurement. And yes, I have limited flywheel experience but have worked on them and never experienced this situation.
You guys need to have more patience or announce to newbies that you don't want non-Poulan mechanical questions. Out of space!

 

[EZRYDER]

OH, one post script. Mr. Stupid made a mistake.

My new old boiler is an MB55 not an MB40. The MB40 was my old one. Boy am I dense!

 

[fossil]

My new old boiler is an MB55 not an MB40. The MB40 was my old one. Boy am I dense!

Settle down EZRYDER!

There are lots of different personalities here. The people in the brand specific stickies have great passion for their saws.

I've bought a variety of saws over the past months and have received freely offered and invaluable advice.

No point getting yourself worked up over a few words. I think you were offered a lot of good advice in your posts and there is tons of info regarding that advice in the forums. A little research in the forum on your own is also good advice.

Stay on and I think you will find it rewarding.

Everyone has the right to an opinion and I think most of us respect that whether we agree with it not.

Good luck with your saws.

The guys here are a great bunch.

Tim

 

[3000 FPS]

Maybe it's because when I was young in the seventies and eighties, a $200.00 chainsaw was out of the question and I heated a house with wood for ten years from free firewood on my property. I bought two used ones back then that I kept running with no serious problems. I hand split all of my wood because an $800.00 splitter was also out of the question. I just bought an 80's splitter for $600.00 on CL that is clean and works beautifully. A big part of the enjoyment for me now is buying a 70's and eighties saw which I could not afford and the time, making them work if they don't and picking any one of my 15 saws on any day, polish it, use it and tweek it until it runs like new.

You say you heated your house for ten years with wood you cut and split yourself and that you maintained your own equipment because you could not afford to pay someone. Are you telling me you never wore out a chain, or a sprocket, or a bar in ten years and yet you do not know the difference between a spur and rim sprocket. Your a big finance guy how does that add up. BS.

 

[Saw Dr.]

I don't know who you guys think you are but obviously you think you are better than me because you know more about chainsaws. You and 3000 are arrogant, rude and malicious.

Not even close

I've got news for you, I have been using chainsaws for 30 yrs and never got hurt. How about I start asking you guys about corporate finance? I am so dense that I have a BA in accounting, an MBA in finance (cum laude) and a 35 year career as a VP of finance for significant corporations in the Aerospace industry.

The only person you are impressing with that info is yourself.

So where did you think I got my small engine mechanical experience? I paid people like you to do it for me.

Glad you can afford it. Sorry, but most of the folks here are more interested in saws than money. Quite a few folks here have good jobs and long resumes.

I would suggest getting an Intertec chainsaw repair manual, and older one, and read the fundamentals of operation over and over. They explain quite well everything you want to know. You may actually have to do some homework to find an older one with the good info in it.

 

[thomas1]

Poulan Pro 455 Chainsaw

Been emailing since it came out with no reply yet...

They wouldn't answer my first email from my work account, about 2 hours after the ad was put up, then answered my second email from my personal account about 4 hours later. Wouldn't provide a phone number and then told me it was supposed to be picked up today.

 

[Acornhill]

They wouldn't answer my first email from my work account, about 2 hours after the ad was put up, then answered my second email from my personal account about 4 hours later. Wouldn't provide a phone number and then told me it was supposed to be picked up today.

yes they were very vague with me also, it is a place of business (hardscape co.) not sure who got it though, i turned two people on to it and that is the last i have heard.

 

[thomas1]

yes they were very vague with me also, it is a place of business (hardscape co.) not sure who got it though, i turned two people on to it and that is the last i have heard.

Not me as of yet. Just weird that they wouldn't provide a number. They offered to ship it if I Paypal'd. I said, not without speaking to someone, gimme a number. Response was, there is someone else picking it up.

 

[hemiyota]

3400 oiler

I have a 3400 that doesn't throw any oil off the bar tip. It IS oiling. I removed the b/c and oil runs down the side of the case. Cleaned the bar, and reinstalled, with the same results. Using the manual oiler only results in a very small amount of slinging. Is this normal, or maybe the diaphragm is getting weak? Didn't see any way to adjust it.

 

[67L36Driver]

202/306 Question.

Can someone shoot me the crank seal numbers? C.R. or National or ?

And, the ball bearing number. 202? w/snap ring groove.

Also, a good color match for the 202 yellow(?) paint in rattle bomb?

 

[Warped5]

I have a 3400 that doesn't throw any oil off the bar tip. It IS oiling. I removed the b/c and oil runs down the side of the case. Cleaned the bar, and reinstalled, with the same results. Using the manual oiler only results in a very small amount of slinging. Is this normal, or maybe the diaphragm is getting weak? Didn't see any way to adjust it.

Not to play the role of 'Dr Obvious' here, but the oil passage up to the chain groove is clear, yes?