Nik's Poulan Thread

[Jethro 2t sniffer]

For anyone who's never run the plastic Poulans they have very good power and if not treated roughly can give years of service. If I needed a cheap saw, the Poulans would be my first choice.
They get a really bad rap from being used once or twice, put away full of fuel, and won't run two years later. Not to mention people who likely shouldn't be anywhere near a saw.

Your absolutely right Tim very well said. He already has a few of those style saws.

I guess I jump on them a bit harshly too

 

[Welderman85]

I'm trying to get my ducks in a row for a few big maples at my moms that are coming down. There having them dropped but I am going to harvest the wood. The biggest saw I have besides the 3400 is a few plastic 42cc poulans. The 5020 I found is cheaper and I thought it would be a good idea to have another bigger saw in case needed. I fig8it will give me a chance to give the 3400 a good work out and maybe have a other bigger saw to help with the trunk. Plus I think I'm addicted to buy used junk saws and fixing them

 

[Jethro 2t sniffer]

I'm trying to get my ducks in a row for a few big maples at my moms that are coming down. There having them dropped but I am going to harvest the wood. The biggest saw I have besides the 3400 is a few plastic 42cc poulans. The 5020 I found is cheaper and I thought it would be a good idea to have another bigger saw in case needed

Fair enough it's still not really much bigger or better that 3400 will do it no problem

 

[Welderman85]

I'm trying to get my ducks in a row for a few big maples at my moms that are coming down. There having them dropped but I am going to harvest the wood. The biggest saw I have besides the 3400 is a few plastic 42cc poulans. The 5020 I found is cheaper and I thought it would be a good idea to have another bigger saw in case n

Fair enough it's still not really much bigger or better that 3400 will do it no problem

I do like that saw. I haven't ran it yet but when you hold it you can tell it's a good machine well built. I have been looking for another but no luck yet

 

[Screwbolts]

In 25 years your 3400 will still be running

I agree totally

Ken

 

[Jethro 2t sniffer]

I do like that saw. I haven't ran it yet but when you hold it you can tell it's a good machine well built. I have been looking for another but no luck yet

They are tanks of things indeed. How far apart is it?

 

[s sidewall]

Nothing wrong with a plastic Poulan, got an 06 wild thing I run run. Mostly dropping trees along with my echo cs400. Chain gets dull on the echo, I grab the WT and keep on going til it dulls out then I swap out both chains and go back at it.

Steve Sidwell

 

[Welderman85]

They are tanks of things indeed. How far apart is it?

I didn't get to far my 7 year old was hpi g then it turned into building cars out of blocks of wood. I took the top cover off and gave it good looking and found a few things that I need to replace. Hopefully this weekend I can get into it more a clean it up change the fuel lines and see what she sounds like

 

[3000 FPS]

The Poulan 5020 is ok. Remember it is only a 50cc saw. It does have a metal clutch cover not plastic.
I have two of them and they are a strato design so not a lot of porting you can do. I tried.
They seem to respond to a muffler mod pretty good.

I would rather have a 3450, or 335, or 330 which are 54cc saws.
Then there is the TA 3750 the 365 and 3500 which are 60cc and run really well.
Poulan like many other makes had some models that were really kick but and some that were just so so.

 

[RedneckChainsawRepair]

View attachment 792871 There were two of these cars made in 66 with 426 hemis, for a while they were touring the Chrysler shows together. One of them belonged to a friend back before they prices went crazy. I met the original owner of the one my friend wound up with. I believe the fellow that restored Scott's cars name is Plotkin. I spoke with him once, I had a lot of pics of his car before he got it. I also heard he had a standing offer of $750,000 for it. Scott got it from the original owners son for $3500, kept it a few years and I think he told me he let it go for $5000. I guess yours has a little more blue in the color.

Did you see the original bullitt car auction and what it sold for? They started out the bidding at $3500 that owner had paid for it. I watched it till end. Was amazed.

Glad they are leaving it alone and not restoring it. I like the character it adds and history. Same with saws. https://www.motor1.com/news/394972/bullitt-mustang-owner-not-restoring/

 

[RedneckChainsawRepair]

Tell me about it. When Scott bought the car I asked him to sell it to me. I had met the original owner racing stop light to stop light. He was old and grey and I was 18-20. He blew my doors off with three old grey haired ladies in the car. They were going to Roy Rogers for lunch. Scott told me he paid $3500 for it, and would let me have it for $4500, he wanted to make $1000. I went to the bank and borrowed the money, then he told me I jumped the gun, he wasn't ready to sell it yet. It had a leaking freeze plug and some other minor wok needed done. He got it up to snuff but I had bought a dragster and didn't have the money. It's a good thing I didn't get it, I would have wrecked it, and then there would only be one of them left.

Reminds me of the stop light racing dad told me about coming home from Navy work in 70's. Dad had a 69 442 4sp posi etc and one day this mopar pulled up beside coming home. They both hit it and as the mopar pulled away he seen, on the back was painted (you just got blown away by hemi).

 

[rarefish383]

I was lucky, I graduated high school in 74. The first gas crisis hit and all of the 60's-70's muscle cars hit the used car market dirt cheap. I had 3 340 swingers, 2 Barracudas, a 67 R/T 440. Had lots of fun.

 

[Welderman85]

What a good decent priced 20" bar and chain for my 3400

 

[Jethro 2t sniffer]

What a good decent priced 20" bar and chain for my 3400

Anywhere you like really. Husky D009 works well with a little S clip or other around the studs. Think Oregon still does D176. I rarely buy a new bar as unless its a laminated bar they usually can be saved even frozen tips can be soaked and got running again. My favorite bars to save are hard nose bars you can re cut the groove and use a hammer to close the rails then use a square and a light behind to dress it up with a angle grinder.

How bad is that bar? I did see it was rusty

 

[Jethro 2t sniffer]

Welderman I went back and had a look that bar you have is a Windsor speed tip and bars don't get much better than that I'd say it can absolutely be saved it's a 20 too by the look of it. Can buy a new tip if need be. Very nice bar I am jealous.

Chuck a wire buff on it and strip it clean they look stunning like that to me the Windsors have a nice dark color

 

[Jethro 2t sniffer]

Here is a NOS same bar

https://www.ebay.com/itm/WINDSOR-BA...584931?hash=item3d61e7c7a3:g:L0AAAOSwTdda4Nj1

Not sure what the shipping would be but the bar is a good price. In a completely different league to a elcheapo laminated bar

Here is a tip if yours is toast

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Windsor-ST...573625&hash=item421017cc44:g:ZqUAAOSwYZJeF71N

 

[Modifiedmark]

Anywhere you like really. Husky D009 works well with a little S clip or other around the studs. Think Oregon still does D176. I rarely buy a new bar as unless its a laminated bar they usually can be saved even frozen tips can be soaked and got running again. My favorite bars to save are hard nose bars you can re cut the groove and use a hammer to close the rails then use a square and a light behind to dress it up with a angle grinder.

How bad is that bar? I did see it was rusty

I guess you and I have a difference of opinion of working well.
The D009 mount with its 9mm slot don't work at all with the standard S clips unless you file the slot out to 3/8's for the clip to fit. Even if you make your own stud spacer that would be a awful thin one.

The other problem in using say a 20" D009 bar is that its a 72 dl chain instead of the standard 70 dl chain used on the Poulan. If all the rest of your saws are 72 dl that still will be a problem as when mounting a D009 on a Poulan, Homelite or Echo, the 72 dl chain will be a link too long most the time meaning you will need a oddball 71 dl chain. 83 dl on a 24" and 92 dl on a 28".

The 28" is the only one that ends up with a standard chain for a D176 bar as those were 92 dl.

So for those reasons , I only use the D009 on my Poulans with 28" bars or over just because the D176 or D196 bars that length are getting hard to find.

 

[Jethro 2t sniffer]

I guess you and I have a difference of opinion of working well.
The D009 mount with its 9mm slot don't work at all with the standard S clips unless you file the slot out to 3/8's for the clip to fit. Even if you make your own stud spacer that would be a awful thin one.

The other problem in using say a 20" D009 bar is that its a 72 dl chain instead of the standard 70 dl chain used on the Poulan. If all the rest of your saws are 72 dl that still will be a problem as when mounting a D009 on a Poulan, Homelite or Echo, the 72 dl chain will be a link too long most the time meaning you will need a oddball 71 dl chain. 83 dl on a 24" and 92 dl on a 28".

The 28" is the only one that ends up with a standard chain for a D176 bar as those were 92 dl.

So for those reasons , I only use the D009 on my Poulans with 28" bars or over just because the D176 or D196 bars that length are getting hard to find.

I think now that you mention it I used a grinder on the slot to get it over the S clip. To me that kinda thing is no drama but I spose is to some. Never thought of the driver link thing as here all the saw shops make your for you and not really a saw shop if they don't.

The D009 bar that was originally 24 on my 4000 I shortened up to 20 inch and used the tail to mark the bar is 72 links.

What off the shelf bars fit the 34/37/4000?

 

[Modifiedmark]

I think now that you mention it I used a grinder on the slot to get it over the S clip. To me that kinda thing is no drama but I spose is to some. Never thought of the driver link thing as here all the saw shops make your for you and not really a saw shop if they don't.

The D009 bar that was originally 24 on my 4000 I shortened up to 20 inch and used the tail to mark the bar is 72 links.

What off the shelf bars fit the 34/37/4000?

https://www.oregonproducts.com/en/p...rocketsAnsi&preselectedFilters[2].value=false

 

[Screwbolts]

That green 3400 with a 16" hard nose bare will nearly keep right up either of my red 3700 thin ring's with craftsman written on them. All my mufflers have been slot modified by me.

I need to take the oiler apart and clean/check it out. It isn't oiling enough. The previous user used old motor oil in it so a good cleaning is definitely needed.