Ya on bay under poulan 3400 down aways is a red one just like it for a good price of make a offer, I always like those but I try to make offer on most. They want to sale it. SORRY it is a Craftsman
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A good excuse to get some orange paint and tidy it up real nice
I think it looks just dandy as is. She’s got a story or two.
Seen a green one. No red tho.
Well very true I like mine a bit rough too but a green handle will be odd that would anoy me. You could do a black handle though. Apparently the orange saws are a bit rarer. Kinda like the green but orange is what I have too.
You could get creative with rivets and some thin sheet metal and fix it up easy enough
Black one would look good till you find a orange
Yours looks great. Green would drive me insane. I’ll find something,
Nice saws cant wait to get it running again. A black handle would allmost look factory
Black would look fine, see if I can get this one welded up.
There's an adjustment screw on the brake to change trip pressure. You don't want it too light or you might get a full throttle surprise. Might be set wrong or missing.
Also the pawls on those series of brakes are very soft and eventually cause the brake to drag.
The trip adjuster is attached to the left end of the horizontal spring and the pawl is attached to the right end.
The brake is in the set position.
Thx tim. I’m not ready to dig into this thing quite yet. But that pic will come In Handy.
Watch those springs. They are very stiff suckers and can be difficult to reset.
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I got a poulan 361 saw a while back. The previous owner said he took the advice of the Stihl dealer and ran it at 50:1 with stihl oil. I wonder if has something to do with the failure. Also I can’t seem to find a Allen wrench the right size to fit the bolts on the connecting rod.
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Haven't had any problems with Stihl or Husky oil at 50:1, but I swapped over to 40:1. Possible not mixed correctly or a major air leak.
Steve
Steve
Has the chrome in to bore came off? Looks like my s25da, chrome in bore came off.
Steve
Steve
Dam that looks horrific. Looks like he picked up the 4stroke fuel tin
Yep, good thing that plenty of those 361 cylinders are still around. Have seen NOS ones for $20 shipped on fleabag. I’d clean that piston up & run it again.
The manual states 16:1 gas mix with SAE 30W oil, but run it at 32:1 with modern 2 cycle oil, as it uses full complement needle bearings.
The Allen size is 9/64” for the con rod bolts.
Regardless, the chrome plating was not bonded very well to the aluminum cylinder wall on that one. Poulan had some issues with their chrome loss around exhaust ports.
The manual states 16:1 gas mix with SAE 30W oil, but run it at 32:1 with modern 2 cycle oil, as it uses full complement needle bearings.
The Allen size is 9/64” for the con rod bolts.
Regardless, the chrome plating was not bonded very well to the aluminum cylinder wall on that one. Poulan had some issues with their chrome loss around exhaust ports.
That one looks pretty bad, looks like almost all of it coming off.
Steve
Steve
Never liked the 50 to 1 and just barely like 40 to 1 , can't afford to smoke a old poulan so I add a extra few drops of oil to the green premix and let it smoke. When I first start a rebuilt I add even more oil. Back in the day I used Bardahl at 32 to 1 and never had a oil failure.
