Nik's Poulan Thread

[parrisw]

This is us


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Just a bunch of nuts havin FUN!!!


Mike

ha ha ha. That's too funny. Wish you guys were closer.

 

[redunshee]

ha ha ha. That's too funny. Wish you guys were closer.

Man, my kind of fun! I wish I could get there sometime. Very impressed with those "Wildthings". What was the wood in the last few cuts? Looked very hard and dry.
Bob

 

[rms61moparman]

Man, my kind of fun! I wish I could get there sometime. Very impressed with those "Wildthings". What was the wood in the last few cuts? Looked very hard and dry.
Bob

I'm not sure what that was but it might have been petrefied elm!!!LOL

It was like concrete.
I wish you could get up for one of our "mini gtgs" too Bob, they are a lot of fun.


Mike

 

[Guido Salvage]

Another one coming my way....

Thanks to a "heads up" from Vibes, I was the winning bidder on this little saw on e-Bay. It was listed as local pickup only and my bid of $1.75 was tops. I have sent payment via Paypal, hopefully he will go through with the deal.

Here is the lone picture on the auction:

On a related note, I met a buddy at a local scrap yard this morning in the hopes of picking through their stuff. Quickly found a Poulan 306, but my buddy said that as of last week nothing is leaving the yard. Apparently their was a police raid and charges of accepting stolen property though he said all their paperwork was in order.

 

[Modifiedmark]

Inside the Poulan 2500

Took this thing apart today to see if I could give it a little souping up.

I always thought it ran pretty well as is for a 40cc saw. I checked the compression and it blew 140lbs so no problem there.

I was surprised to see that this "green" Poulan did indeed have a chrome bore in it! I also found the engine pan had its own set of screws to hold it on instead of pulling the screws through the case. It also had the made in Sweden stamps on the crank.

I had never been deep inside one of this series of saws and I have to say I was a little impressed. I know the PP295's seem to be pretty good and now I know why.

Exhaust port before.

After

New muffler mod.

Spent some time on the carb as well and I have to say it runs pretty good. Pretty loud also.

 

[rms61moparman]

This is gonna be fun!!!

Good luck Mark.


Mike

 

[joe25DA]

Sticky!

Alright Guys The Poulan thread is a sticky now!
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[redunshee]

Good looking 3400 JOe. Love that Banana bar. Poulan no less.

 

[Modifiedmark]

Here is the 2500 with its 12" bar. Kinda stubby aint it?

I know one thing the more I'm around this Carlton/Woodland pro chain the less I like it. This LP chain dont seem much better then the .325 stuff I tried, no gullet in the cutter to speak of and the file wants to ride too high on it till you clear the gullet out. I'm stopping to get some Oregon LP chain for it tomorrow.

Thinking of putting a PP295 rim and drum setup on it so I can use the 3/8 x 7 sproket on it instead of the 6 tooth spur.

I know the full 3/8's sprocket may not mate up the best with the LP but I think it will be fine for the limited use of this for now.

I may also try a .325 pitch sprocket on it as well but the shortest .325 bar I have is a 16"

 

[blackoak]

I'd be interesed in the results of this test. 38cc vs. 42cc. I think the S25DA might win.

I know which one will last the longest and preform with least amount of troubles. As long as the S25's have a good fuel line and a proper adjusted carb, they are had to beat for their design. I would walk by 10 wildthings to pick up an S25 to use. I don't care much for purple saws.

 

[a. palmer jr.]

I know which one will last the longest and preform with least amount of troubles. As long as the S25's have a good fuel line and a proper adjusted carb, they are had to beat for their design. I would walk by 10 wildthings to pick up an S25 to use. I don't care much for purple saws.

All I know about that is that I've had two of the Craftsman versions of the 25 since they were almost new and never had a failure with either one except for replacing chains when needed and putting fuel and oil in them.

 

[CGC4200]

Older chrome cylinder version of a Wild Thing

I have a S25D & a PP260, I like the the 260 better for some uses than the
S25, but the S25 was made of better materials & workmanship & comparing
top handle & rear handle saws is like comparing oranges to apples.

 

[game04]

Hi,
Can someone tell me what Poulan model my Craftsman saw is? Thanks

 

[rms61moparman]

It is a Micro25.


Mike

 

[Modifiedmark]

Hi,
Can someone tell me what Poulan model my Craftsman saw is? Thanks

Nice Craftsman version of the Poulan 2300AV you have there.

 

[scottr]

Hi,
Can someone tell me what Poulan model my Craftsman saw is? Thanks

It looks like a Poulan 2300 to me.

 

[redunshee]

It looks like a Poulan 2300 to me.

That's what I thought.

 

[a. palmer jr.]

Nice little saws...you can take the whole thing apart and put it back together in no time. One of the easier saws to change fuel lines and carb kits.

 

[redunshee]

Heading for hopefully cooler weather

Well heading to Vermont for a week. Anxious to see and run my Husky 288XP. Had it mailed directly there so who knows. Also received my 245A. No spark but I started to tear it apart and cleaned up points a bit. Noticed that gap was quite wide so I reset at .017 in. Will have to wait till I return to see if I fixed anything. Might be the condenser but not having much exp. with point saws it could be something else. I disconnected kill switch so I know it isn't the switch. Comp is 120 but I don't have a reference point.
Bob

 

[a. palmer jr.]

Well heading to Vermont for a week. Anxious to see and run my Husky 288XP. Had it mailed directly there so who knows. Also received my 245A. No spark but I started to tear it apart and cleaned up points a bit. Noticed that gap was quite wide so I reset at .017 in. Will have to wait till I return to see if I fixed anything. Might be the condenser but not having much exp. with point saws it could be something else. I disconnected kill switch so I know it isn't the switch. Comp is 120 but I don't have a reference point.
Bob

Don't forget the coil and plug wire. The air gap on the coil is still critical on points saws.