Nik's Poulan Thread

[3000 FPS]

Thanks a lot Joe, that was what I had remembered seeing before. One thing I'll ad about these, why does the camera make them look so big? There really not that much if any bigger than other saws.

I was out cutting up a big chunk of cottonwood with my Poulan 505 and Husky 2100. I went to grab my 3700 for the noodling and I thought, man this saw is small and lite and it sure worked great.

 

[echoshawn]

Ok, total noob question. Just grabbed a 3400/3800/hell I have no idea because its in craftsman grey. Outside of tearing it down and measuring the bore, is there any way to tell?

 

[Tractorsaw1]

I haven't had my hands on a 505, but I think a 3700 would be like a limbing feather weight saw compared to a 2100. On another note I am almost done dismantling the 8500, tomorrow night should be building it back up. Wow the exhaust port is all ready pretty wide on that one.

 

[echoshawn]

Ok, mine was on my way home, and I talked him down to $50. Fires right up too

 

[jerry quinn]

I dunno, does it look anything like this? I drove 200 miles today to pick this up for$20. It started on the second pull. I hate Craigs list.
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200 Miles in what direction from you?

 

[joe25DA]

Ok, total noob question. Just grabbed a 3400/3800/hell I have no idea because its in craftsman grey. Outside of tearing it down and measuring the bore, is there any way to tell?

On the older red saws, the 3.4s were 16", the 3.7s were 18". However, if you punch your serial # in sears directs website it might say that saw is 3.0. But its not, if it says that the saw is a 3.4.

 

[joe25DA]

Thanks a lot Joe, that was what I had remembered seeing before. One thing I'll ad about these, why does the camera make them look so big? There really not that much if any bigger than other saws.

To most "normal" people a 3.7 is a big saw.

 

[ImNotASwede]

Ugh....I knew I shouldn't have followed this forum...I know what my next purchase is...lol

 

[jerry quinn]

Ugh....I knew I shouldn't have followed this forum...I know what my next purchase is...lol

Once you start you will never stop.

 

[ImNotASwede]

I've already had a dozen saws pass through my hands. Mostly 2150/2250s and similar...but I keep learning about saws worth "keeping" I'm afraid my 5 saws will soon become 20 lol

 

[ILikesEmGreen]

I've already had a dozen saws pass through my hands. Mostly 2150/2250s and similar...but I keep learning about saws worth "keeping" I'm afraid my 5 saws will soon become 20 lol

Nothing to be afraid of... come join the dark side. We have cookies... Albeit, they aren't baked... And we cut them from logs with chainsaws. Hehehe

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[rocketnorton]

had 3 a year ago, found an old pioneer on c/l, came here w/questions about it... now @ 17 runners & a few projects...

 

[jerry quinn]

west, little town of Kaleva, darn near lake Michigan, not in your back yard or you would have snagged it

Picked a 3,7 parts saw yesterday, No bar chain, recoil, or clutch cover. About 1/2 a saw. But some parts I needed.

 

[Tractorsaw1]

Did they sell these things cheap enough that a person could have a saw if they needed it, so they just sit around until the fuel lines fall off? I bought a 2700 poulan a while back for parts at $30, the lady said it ran until we went to start it the last time & it would not start. I pulled off the air filter cover & pieces of fuel line fell every where, Ha ha

 

[fossil]

Ok, total noob question. Just grabbed a 3400/3800/hell I have no idea because its in craftsman grey. Outside of tearing it down and measuring the bore, is there any way to tell?

Pull the front cover off the muffler and push a popsicle stick, tongue depressor or plastic drinking straw through the exhaust port to the back of the cylinder and gently run the piston up against it so that you leave a mark on it. Measure the end of the stick to the mark made by the piston. It helps if the end against the cylinder wall is small so you get a more accurate reading.
A 3400 bore is 1.81 inches
A 3800 bore is 1.88 inches

 

[fossil]

oK, maybe those are all gone, but I remember reading you did a write up on it laying out all the lines & all that, real shame if thats all gone. Yep, i was planning on opening the muffler some also. Thanks

If you meant the fuel lines the post is still there but the pics are gone. If you have the saw in front of you, you don't really need the pics.
http://www.arboristsite.com/community/threads/poulan-3400-3700-4000-etc-fuel-lines.85259/

 

[echoshawn]

On the gray ones did they switch to the chrome piston/raw bore for both sizes, or just the 3800? Sorry for all the questions

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[fossil]

On the gray ones did they switch to the chrome piston/raw bore for both sizes, or just the 3800? Sorry for all the questions

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3400 and 3800 are bare bore and chrome piston
3700 and 4000 are bare piston and chrome bore
for Craftsman, usually the red 3.7's were 3700's and the grey ones were 3800's
I have two red 3.4 Craftsman's

 

[PogoInTheWoods]

Pull the front cover off the muffler and push a popsicle stick, tongue depressor or plastic drinking straw through the exhaust port to the back of the cylinder and gently run the piston up against it so that you leave a mark on it. Measure the end of the stick to the mark made by the piston. It helps if the end against the cylinder wall is small so you get a more accurate reading.

A wooden b-b-q skewer stick works well for that reason..., provided it's pretty much dead center in the exhaust port. Otherwise, the result could be "skewed".

(rimshot?)

 

[echoshawn]

Bad pun award for the morning

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