Nik's Poulan Thread

[blk05crew]

 

[Acornhill]

Very nice

 

[blk05crew]

Well, I just peeled off an old dealer sticker from the other side and found this under neath. So one side says 5200 and the other days 4200. I'm gonna be real disappointed if it's not a 5200 like I thought. That's a 20cc difference! guess I need to figure out which sticker is wrong!

 

[fossil]

Well, I just peeled off an old dealer sticker from the other side and found this under neath. So one side says 5200 and the other days 4200. I'm gonna be real disappointed if it's not a 5200 like I thought. That's a 20cc difference! guess I need to figure out which sticker is wrong! View attachment 372456

There should be model tag behind the clutch cover near the rear that will tell you what you have. If not, 5200, 2.065" bore, 4200 1.845" bore.

Either way, both are very strong runners.

 

[blk05crew]

Thanks ill go check

 

[blk05crew]

That plate behind the clutch cover is gone. Gonna have to measure it to find out I guess.

 

[Wagnerwerks]

That plate behind the clutch cover is gone. Gonna have to measure it to find out I guess.

Get on it son! Inquiring minds need to know! Lol... Good luck!

 

[blk05crew]

Get on it son! Inquiring minds need to know! Lol... Good luck!

I know I want to know too! Gonna have to wait though, family dinner tonight. Good news is it fired right up with fresh fuel. But then the fuel line broke from being brittle so I need to replace that. I really hope its a 5200 but I'd be happy with a 4200 as well. Either way I think $100 is a decent price for either so I'm happy.

 

[fossil]

Can any of you remember if there is a bridge in the 5200 exhaust port? I know there's one in the 4200 but didn't think the 5200 had one. If that's true, that would be a quicker way to tell.

 

[blk05crew]

Yeah there is one.

 

[fossil]

Well, my memory may not be right. Did you measure the bore? Drop the piston down so you can put a plastic straw, wooden skewer or something in there that can be marked. Try to center it and push it to the back of the cylinder and bring the piston up so it marks the straw or whatever you are using and then measure from the end of the straw to the mark left by the piston / exhaust port against the straw. That should get you close enough to tell.

 

[blk05crew]

Great idea Tim, I never would have thought to do it that way! I'll check after work tonight when I get home. Thanks for your help!

 

[fossil]

Me neither but there's lots of guys on here with great ideas that make things a lot easier. I like popsicle sticks but with the demise of the two stick popsicles I've had to resort to dollar store sticks

 

[blk05crew]

I bet those wooden stir sticks from places like Starbucks would work great instead of popsicle sticks too.

 

[Acornhill]

Can any of you remember if there is a bridge in the 5200 exhaust port? I know there's one in the 4200 but didn't think the 5200 had one. If that's true, that would be a quicker way to tell.

no bridge on the 5200's that i have.

 

[Acornhill]

I know I want to know too! Gonna have to wait though, family dinner tonight. Good news is it fired right up with fresh fuel. But then the fuel line broke from being brittle so I need to replace that. I really hope its a 5200 but I'd be happy with a 4200 as well. Either way I think $100 is a decent price for either so I'm happy.

You stole it for $100, 4200 is a stout saw.

 

[blk05crew]

Well stir stick trick doesn't lie, measured just under 2 inches so it's a 4200. It's all good though, I wanted one of those too!

 

[Wagnerwerks]

If that saw were mine, I'd be pulling the muffler and p/c and cleaning up some carbon. It looks like your piston already ate a little of it.

 

[blk05crew]

Yeah I think so.

 

[blk05crew]

If that saw were mine, I'd be pulling the muffler and p/c and cleaning up some carbon. It looks like your piston already ate a little of it.

I don't mind pulling the muffler and cleaning it up but is there a way too clean the p/c without removing them? I've never done that and I don't have the right tools to get it back together I don't think.