Nik's Poulan Thread

[Todd Loosli]

The piston is made from nylon with about. 010 clearnence so I don't have to lub it very often. Works great and it's cool to watch it push the oil out drop by drop. I use a syringe without a needle full of thin oil to flush the check valves out. Sometimes they are a bit of a chore to get them clean, a small fiber can make them not seal. Never use air pressure.

 

[Todd Loosli]

Almost looks like your ready to start surgery there on your saw.

They are puppy pee pads great for oil

 

[2stroke_shaman]

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Thats a great idea.

 

[3000 FPS]

They are puppy pee pads great for oil

They look a lot like the pads they use in hospitals.

 

[Acornhill]

Thats a great idea.

Todd, how long did it take you to fabricate all of your 4000 series tools? Also what is your lineup for wanting to make all of them up? Very cool


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[Todd Loosli]

Couple of days for the pump stuff, I like to make things like good saws from junk saws. I have always worked on stuff, cars,atv, and anything with a motor. I just started to fix poulan saws cuz I needed to fix the one I bought new in early 80 a 3400. Always thinking always fixing

 

[Todd Loosli]

I should add that I have a lathe and mill, I'm a Machinist by trade

 

[Acornhill]

Couple of days for the pump stuff, I like to make things like good saws from junk saws. I have always worked on stuff, cars,atv, and anything with a motor. I just started to fix poulan saws cuz I needed to fix the one I bought new in early 80 a 3400. Always thinking always fixing

I still have my first saw my Dad purchased for me in the early 80’s as well, a 3400, I have been hooked ever since


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[Todd Loosli]

Under this coat of whatever is a awesome poulan green 3700 just waiting to be saved from the junk man and fixed for my grandkids

 

[s sidewall]

Have fun getting that tree out of that saw along with 55gal of crude oil.

Steve

 

[s sidewall]

I think I would put that in the parts washer and let it soak for awhile, might help soften the crude and come off easier. Looks like a 2000 I got from my old preacher when he pasted away. Saw never was cleaned but it did preserve the paint.

Steve

 

[Todd Loosli]

Have fun getting that tree out of that saw along with 55gal of crude oil.

Steve

If I filter it I might get a years worth of bar oil

 

[Todd Loosli]

My 4000 that I posted about the wood chuck that the paint looked great was about the same way, hope this one is nice. I'll soak it in gunk cleaner for a while

 

[RedneckChainsawRepair]

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We got a Redneck genius on our hands here. WTG!

 

[Todd Loosli]

I thank you for the honor of redneck I accept, if I can help any of you please let me know

 

[3000 FPS]

We got a Redneck genius on our hands here. WTG!

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Yep some pretty cool stuff.

 

[2stroke_shaman]

Picked up a couple more free 2.0 saws . Seems thats all I find lately (and they are slow sellers) . Have parts on way for the 245. I also just bought a Farmertec MS660 kit to try my luck .

 

[Acornhill]

Picked up a couple more free 2.0 saws . Seems thats all I find lately (and they are slow sellers) . Have parts on way for the 245. I also just bought a Farmertec MS660 kit to try my luck .
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Agreed on the tough sell part, I probably have 20 of them, they are a light Little limbing saw,


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[Acornhill]

Finally worked on the Little 1800 today, got it running well & it oils like crazy, has great cap pressure after use as well


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[heimannm]

I decided to go ahead and make a fixture to allow me to chuck a fuel tank in the lathe and turn it slowly with a handful of small hex nuts inside to try and clean out the corrosion and loose varnish. I could have used the faceplate that came with the lathe but I wanted something that I could just clamp in the chuck rather than having to remove the three jaw chuck to thread the face plate on each time I wanted to use it. I had this in mind during the week and picked up a couple of circular drops from work to use as a base. A little welding, a little time on the mill drill and I have something that should work for a variety of different shape and sizes.

I can't post photos tonight for some reason, there is no "attach file" button at the bottom?

Mark