Nik's Poulan Thread

[s sidewall]

You’d sweat cutting red oak with any kind of saw at your place in August...lol

Come May you'd be pouring sweat running a saw, heck, doing anything out side you'd be pouring sweat.

Steve

 

[BigDee]

Will a 46cc top end go on a super clean poulan 2200 farmhand, pre-chainbrake?

It looks like this. 145# compression. Needed a new fuel line and O-rings on the fuel and oil caps. Heavy oiler. And see it's not just a 2200, it's a 2200 Special!

 

[s sidewall]

It looks like this. 145# compression. Needed a new fuel line and O-rings on the fuel and oil caps. Heavy oiler. And see it's not just a 2200, it's a 2200 Special!
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Is that a mag case or clam shell design?

Steve

 

[scottr]

The ipl shows a clam shell like the 2500 and 2600 .

 

[BigDee]

Plastic all the way. Piston looks pristine through the exhaust port

 

[scottr]

My PP255 is similar . Neat little saws .
I'm curious does the rear decal give the displacement ?

 

[BigDee]

The rear decal does not give displacement, just a serial number. But since the recoil cover proudly proclaims "Made in the USA", the clutch side says 2.2 cubic inches. And the muffler bolts are 5/16.

 

[scottr]

2.2 cubic inches is 36cc . Have you cut with that saw ?

 

[s sidewall]

Too bad you can't put a 42cc motor in there.

Steve

 

[BigDee]

Too bad you can't put a 42cc motor in there.

Steve

I was thinking 46cc?

 

[s sidewall]

Thinking big cc

Steve

 

[BigDee]

Big and mighty. I like the 46cc ones. While searching for info on this 2200 I found the parts list. It also includes a 3050 model. It is 50cc on that same platform. Makes me wonder how much it is like a Husqv 350.

 

[scottr]

If I remember correctly the 3050 is a 49cc saw .

 

[Todd Loosli]

Keep digging for info, might be a real sleeper of a saw. I can hear it now " what the hell did you do to that saw"

 

[BigDee]

I have a PP295 --one of the 46cc variants of this saw. A slightly modified exhaust port and a muffler mod made a big difference in performance. I am thinking this 2200 is pretty pretty just as it is.

 

[ChipsFlyin]

Sold that one and bought 3 more. Never ending circle I cant keep ahead.

If a guy dont come up with soon on this 3750 TA soon with badboy still on the bar it is going to get listed for sale at my site and group.

New owner sent me a pic cutting yesterday with it in downed cherry.

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PM'd

 

[ChipsFlyin]

Just a FYI if you are thinking about pulling the piston to "clean off the carbon" on a micro series Poulan think twice unless you want to spend more time than you like.

I know some of you are laughing right now.

I give the wrist pin a small tap and find a couple microscopic needle bearings on my bench and a couple larger ones in the case. There are teeny tiny wonderful non-cased precision individual bearings, 12 on the crank and 20 on the wrist pin. A half hour, some grease, tweezers, small piece of copper wire (non-magnetic - any kind of magnetism on a mini screw driver or pliers will increase you installation fun) and back together. I'm sure glad I did not drink too much coffee this am. Any kind of shakes and a bearing is not going where it is supposed to.

 

[Todd Loosli]

A homelite 150 auto is about the same way, as they say ,never ever again.

 

[s sidewall]

Just a FYI if you are thinking about pulling the piston to "clean off the carbon" on a micro series Poulan think twice unless you want to spend more time than you like.

I know some of you are laughing right now. [emoji23]

I give the wrist pin a small tap and find a couple microscopic needle bearings on my bench and a couple larger ones in the case. There are teeny tiny wonderful non-cased precision individual bearings, 12 on the crank and 20 on the wrist pin. A half hour, some grease, tweezers, small piece of copper wire (non-magnetic - any kind of magnetism on a mini screw driver or pliers will increase you installation fun) and back together. I'm sure glad I did not drink too much coffee this am. Any kind of shakes and a bearing is not going where it is supposed to.

Been there, done that. Pulled the cylinder off one to inspect the cylinder bolt threads in the case, found case threads stripped out. Well I slid the connecting rod over just a little too far, well y'all know the rest of the story, an hour later we finally got the bearings back in and rod in place.

Steve

 

[BigDee]

I have a PP295 --one of the 46cc variants of this saw. A slightly modified exhaust port and a muffler mod made a big difference in performance. I am thinking this 2200 is pretty pretty just as it is.

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scottr informed me that there are several sizes of 2200 so I pulled the muffler on my Special 2200 and, for the record, it measures 40mm. Also, just gloating, everything behind the muffler was almost clean as new.