Nik's Poulan Thread

[fossil]

Comes in a gallon jug, but reusable it says.

Check out this Poulan S25CV drum sprocket, looks like it's gone way too far for a JB weld patch... lol

There’s some maintenance challenged people out there for sure!

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Economy minded user. Kind of like the rim drives that have the hub teeth cut through.

 

[s sidewall]

Try electrolysis, works great on rusty metal.

Steve

 

[s sidewall]

Comes in a gallon jug, but reusable it says.

Check out this Poulan S25CV drum sprocket, looks like it's gone way too far for a JB weld patch... lol

There’s some maintenance challenged people out there for sure!

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That's one way to get the bearing out.

Steve

 

[JCouch7051]

So I finally got the wheel off of the 4200. The key is intact. Found some rough patches on the flywheel under the pawls I’m going to put a file to it and smooth it up a bit. Not sure if that’s what’s causing the rope to kick back out of the starter housing when it pops. Now with the starter housing the actual pulley how much wiggle room should be there when the bolt is in it? Mine moves up and down a little more than 1/8 of an inch. Normal movement? Or is there supposed to be some kind of spacer other than the thin flat washer that’s there? I believe something is causing the starter pawls to stay engaged possibly.


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[JCouch7051]

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[Acornhill]

If you have the old type starter dawgs, then yes they will catch, the newer style are notched


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[s sidewall]

Lot of metal preservative in that picture

Steve

 

[JCouch7051]

That’s probably the first time that the flywheel has been on of the powerhead. It is the old style pawls.


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[ChipsFlyin]

Comes in a gallon jug, but reusable it says.

Check out this Poulan S25CV drum sprocket, looks like it's gone way too far for a JB weld patch... lol

There’s some maintenance challenged people out there for sure!

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What's wrong with it? It still has one tooth!

 

[blk05crew]

Hey Nate, you’re up late!

That’s a Bosch CD module, same as the Stihl 045/056, Dolmar 113/153, Husky 285/480, Ducati and others.

Never saw a new OEM for sale, & most have already failed due to a crappy capacitor and/or the SCR trigger transistor.

However, there’s still some aftermarket Taiwan units left that worked well, from fleabay via Saegenspezi in Germany. It takes two longer mounting screws, the kill wire has to be extended & reterminated, & you may have to grind the OD of the mounting plate to get it to fit right...I know I did on the pair I got, Lol.

Also, look up & read the thread “Success!!!” by foggysail for possibly repairing that one you have. I had one out of three bad modules that actually made spark again after the surgery & capacitor addition. Nothing to lose but a cheap $2 capacitor & an hour of time. Neither of these fixes changes the timing at all.

The third workaround does change the timing, and uses an external Stihl trigger & your existing coil cut loose from the module.

I’ll post a couple of comparison pics of the plate advancement required to run it...about impossible to advance it that far unless you make a new mounting plate or run keyless on the flywheel. Left pic is with the coils lined up, the right is with the mounting slots aligned, the Saegenspezi is the lower one, on the saw.

Plug wire is a standard 5mm copper strand, just screw the old one out & a new piece in & cut it to length.

Edit- there is a new Husky 285 Bosch CDI on fleabay, for $180, lol

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Thanks for the reply, I appreciate it! So as it turns out, I think the module itself is actually good, it just needs a new ignition wire soldered onto the the piece that broke off near the base of the module. So here is another question, do you happen to know what size or kind of wire matches up to this module so I can pick up some to solder the two together? Thanks for the help as always!!!

 

[Todd Loosli]

Picture of the starter please. JC

 

[JCouch7051]

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[JCouch7051]

Please just don’t ask me to take that spring out [emoji2359]


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[JCouch7051]

So I pulled the spring someone had stuck a spacer behind the plastic disk. Put it back together and lubed the spring and put the starter housing on and pulled it a few times got it to start. I’ll post a video for you here in a few just excuse the whiney kid in the background.


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[JCouch7051]

Where should my next direction be?


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[Acornhill]

Where should my next direction be?


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Hope you didn’t scare your child to bad


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[JCouch7051]

Hope you didn’t scare your child to bad


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She liked the saw. She’s 2 and was more worried about the fly that was flying around her lol


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[Todd Loosli]

Thanks for the picture of the flywheel, both of my 4200 and 5200 have the old ones, will have to do something about them

 

[fossil]

Thanks for the picture of the flywheel, both of my 4200 and 5200 have the old ones, will have to do something about them

You guys lost me. What's the difference between the flywheels?

 

[JCouch7051]

You guys lost me. What's the difference between the flywheels?

Referring to the starter dogs. Not the flywheel


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