Nik's Poulan Thread

[ThistleIA]

This arrived Wednesday 6/26.Seller is about 3 hours from me,for what I was charged Shipping I couldn't put gas in the truck & make the 6 hour round trip,not to mention that I'm pretty busy right now.Great compression,dont know about spark yet.Has very good 17" hardnose .404 bar/chain also,old McCulloch mount I believe,perfect fit of course .

Looks good next to my strong running Model 71.

 

[PogoInTheWoods]

Yep, you’d need to pull the muff off to tell.

It needs cleaned out & a couple of shark gill louvers cut into it anyway, lol

Thanks for the input.

Facebook ad near me asking $60 non-running. Was just wondering if it was anything special considering the rather unconventional color combo/look.
Think I'll leave it for someone else to sort out..., and muff mod, of course. LOL

 

[s sidewall]

Well Hotshot, didn't bother to pull it apart, got one from NAPA with a life time warranty for $78 out the door my cost. I figured the brushes were worn out and possible the communicator on the armature. Mitsubishi starter has about 365,??? miles on it. Being gear reduction I imagine the gears had a lot of wear also. The starter bendix looked pretty good, no wear on the gear and locked up as it should.

Steve

 

[s sidewall]

Well it was this and then when I got back from lake this. Couldnt remember how long it had been since I fired up Gen. SOB! Better to find out now then when needed.

Running them dry and storing doesn't work either. E-free 90 and stabil for the Gen now too. Just like the saws, trimmers etc and boat.

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That looks almost like a Briggs carb. That old e10 gas will get them for sure. I've got to pull mine on my Husqvarna Fast Tractor, doesn't sit much but starting to lope at idle. Never had a carb off a Kohler so hope it goes well.

Steve

 

[95custmz]

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That might be the Craftsman 5.2/30”. That thing is a beast!


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[s sidewall]

Wrong design for a 5200, this is in the 3400, 3700, 3800,4000 line. This is a 3400, looks the same.

Steve

 

[Timdog]

Well it was this and then when I got back from lake this. Couldnt remember how long it had been since I fired up Gen. SOB! Better to find out now then when needed.

Running them dry and storing doesn't work either. E-free 90 and stabil for the Gen now too. Just like the saws, trimmers etc and boat.

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I picked this one up off the side of the road saw the guy sitting it out for garbage told me nothing was wrong with it and sure enough when I got home it started right up but somebody told me when storing them you would have to start them up and run them once in awhile or something will happen with the magnets is there any truth in that

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[Jethro 2t sniffer]

I picked this one up off the side of the road saw the guy sitting it out for garbage told me nothing was wrong with it and sure enough when I got home it started right up but somebody told me when storing them you would have to start them up and run them once in awhile or something will happen with the magnets is there any truth in that

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Surely that guy was slightly short of sandwiches to go n biff that out I'm gob smacked at that just unreal. Good score

 

[s sidewall]

Super score there. You do need to start them once in awhile. If it won't put out voltage, you will have to repolarize it with a drill connected to it and turn the drill by hand. Don't ask me how it works but it just does.

Steve

 

[s sidewall]

That puts my free Honda em2200x to shame. Only had to get a few parts to get it going.

Steve

 

[s sidewall]

She ain't pretty but starts one first pull and works great, real quiet compared to some.

Steve

 

[Timdog]

She ain't pretty but starts one first pull and works great, real quiet compared to some.

Steve

I'll probably never use the one I picked up thinking about giving it to one of the nephews who just got a little place out in the country

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[s sidewall]

Those Honda generators last a long time if taken care of. Yours looks brand new. Sweet find.

Steve

 

[RedneckChainsawRepair]

That looks almost like a Briggs carb. That old e10 gas will get them for sure. I've got to pull mine on my Husqvarna Fast Tractor, doesn't sit much but starting to lope at idle. Never had a carb off a Kohler so hope it goes well.

Steve

Never have paid attention to all of that to date. Guess I need to look. Thinking it was a troybilt 5500.
All I know is it was a 10hp and had to buy it back in 99-00 (WAG) time frame after a ice storm hit. Wasnt one to be found local, so had dad pick one up for me 3.5hrs south of me.

Comes in handy for the 220 stick welder when needed. Makes the set up kind of portable.

He has the same one and for a few years longer and he said he never had a issue yet. I sent him pics just in case he ever has to dig inside.

Roger talks about honda gen and one he had to repolarize in this thread. http://chainsawrepair.createaforum.com/other-repairs/honda-em-5000s-generator/

 

[Todd Loosli]

Timdog, you suck, not much else I can say but nice score. If I was closer I would be at your home begging on bended knee for it with some cash in hand

 

[EngineNoO9]

Tore down my craftsman 3.7 last night. Re-ringed it and cleaned it up a little. I think the small scuff on the Piston may have been old. The cylinder looked good but I cleaned up everything and did a base gasket delete. Still need to open up the oil pump to check it out and probably do the crank seals while I'm working on it. Realized while checking everything out that my coil was loose and bunged up some. I cleaned it up but probably going to need a new one. Also did a muffler mod on it.

Should've taken pics last night but I was tired.

 

[Todd Loosli]

Finally have the watering done for this week, I start at 6am Saturday morning with my 2 neighbors on each side as we have a 7.5 hp pump. I get 10 sprinkler heads to water my 2.5 acres so it takes me till 8 PM Sunday to get it all watered. Do this every weekend till fall and been doing it for 40 years or so. If you want me on the weekend I'm home

 

[s sidewall]

Timdog, you suck, not much else I can say but nice score. If I was closer I would be at your home begging on bended knee for it with some cash in hand

While you're on the front porch keeping him busy, we'll be out back loading up the genset.

Steve

 

[Todd Loosli]

I like team work

 

[Todd Loosli]

I'll use it June July and August and the rest of you can have it when you want