Nik's Poulan Thread
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SalahHH83
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My dad bought a 4000 around 85 or 86 and it is a blue label. Funny thing is he said he paid $300 or $350 for it at the time. 30 years later and good 4000s are going for around that much haha
echoshawn
....Beer is good.....
I remember seeing an original craftsman ad for one of the red 3.7s, and I think they were either 359.99 or 379.99, back in the 80s!
I got an old Sears Roper, filter cover is white and busted up, cheap made, the clutch cover is also cheap made. Compression, that's a different story, will pull your arm out of place. I went to start mine with the decompression on and it snatched the handle out of my hand and took out the filter cover. Oiling system is over complicated, three copper lines to the oil tank, oil knob is like a pressure type valve to dump more oil to the bar. I'll take a Poulan over it any day.
Steve
Steve
It may be a mix of parts on that one, the production year on bottom of cover is 73 but the year on cylinder head is 80. But now that I think about it, that sticker maybe from a roper...
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Boomer 87
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Just did some muffler altering on one of my pro 475s. That muffler design leaves a lot of room for improvement I'll post some pics but I modified the inner and outer plate so the exhaust doesn't have to travel a Rube Goldberg device to get out. Also cut some slits in the bottom corner progressively getting shorter toward the center, it runs and sounds like It aught to.
Aussiehardwood
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Thankyou!
Boomer 87
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I found a 42" sprocket tip bar with full skip chain for reasonable money. Can I run this on one of my 475 pros without it being way overkill I'm sure it won't be a speed demon with one but, if the chain was kept razor sharp would it pull it decent. What say yee?
blk05crew
I like 'em green
Got my new to me 4000 last night. Piston and cylinder look fantastic and it cleaned up really nice. 18" bar and decent chain on it. Just need to replace the cylinder cover and rear handle that are both cracked and it'll be a pretty sweet saw. Compression read just over 140 psi on my gauge. This is a 1983 model for those discussing years of this later model of 4000.
Clean pics.
Clean pics.
blk05crew
I like 'em green
It really will be once the top cover and rear handle are replaced.
SalahHH83
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That 4000 looks spectacular! Where did you find it? It looks like it sat on a shelf in somebody's garage for the majority of its life.
blk05crew
I like 'em green
Other than the broken cylinder cover and the broken rear handle it does look spectacular. Those will be replaced shortly though. Not bad for $75.
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