Confusing, I read your previous post as meaning you found the plug & duckbill vent...it does have one.
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Confusing, I read your previous post as meaning you found the plug & duckbill vent...it does have one.
Ryanp2842
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Duckbill valve. Is that a Poulan 4200 or 5200?
Use a six point socket with the end ground flat, or you’ll strip that soft aluminum plug!
Use a six point socket with the end ground flat, or you’ll strip that soft aluminum plug!
Ryanp2842
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4400. Are the duckbill valves still available?
Sorry about the confusion
"front of the fly wheel and is just to the rear and slightly above the oil plug"
The oil tanks is vented that is what I found .
Still no vent in the fuel tank of this poulan 2900. Rumored to be a partner design. A few features similar to the husky 41. 1997 time frame.
46cc my friend likes the strong cut IF it is running. For him it is also hard to start. Yet he runs a 268XP and 262XP which i rebuilt both for him....
Whats the problem with this 2900?..... LOL
"front of the fly wheel and is just to the rear and slightly above the oil plug"
The oil tanks is vented that is what I found .
Still no vent in the fuel tank of this poulan 2900. Rumored to be a partner design. A few features similar to the husky 41. 1997 time frame.
46cc my friend likes the strong cut IF it is running. For him it is also hard to start. Yet he runs a 268XP and 262XP which i rebuilt both for him....
Whats the problem with this 2900?..... LOL
Yes I buy them 10 at a time off Amazon.
So i have 2 3400 saws 1 is pretty much oem spec 1979 except for a hidden muffler mod. The other I put together with spare parts from the scrap yard, both got seals ,fuel system gone through ect...
The parts saw 3400 really rips though? I mean it doesn't even sound right? Faster ,louder, and seems to be more powerful, idk if it was ported in its past but I'll have to post a video.
They both kinda stumble just a hair if I point the nose of the bar down quickly, then even out , this common?
The parts saw 3400 really rips though? I mean it doesn't even sound right? Faster ,louder, and seems to be more powerful, idk if it was ported in its past but I'll have to post a video.
They both kinda stumble just a hair if I point the nose of the bar down quickly, then even out , this common?
There should be a sintered plug with a duckbill check valve on the recoil side of the fuel tank. You would have to remove the recoil to see it.Sorry about the confusion
"front of the fly wheel and is just to the rear and slightly above the oil plug"
The oil tanks is vented that is what I found .
Still no vent in the fuel tank of this poulan 2900. Rumored to be a partner design. A few features similar to the husky 41. 1997 time frame.
46cc my friend likes the strong cut IF it is running. For him it is also hard to start. Yet he runs a 268XP and 262XP which i rebuilt both for him....
Whats the problem with this 2900?..... LOL
Ditch the blue pump diaphragm. They do not pump well at all.
If you have trouble finding the tank vent, let me know and I'll pull a recoil off a similar Poulan and send some pics tomorrow.
That is the right PN for the plug.
here's a great pic of the bronze plug on the 3450 chassis. I wonder if its close to where its located on the 2900.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/OEM-Poulan...745567?hash=item28983bc45f:g:FLkAAOSwh3VfEjCs
https://www.ebay.com/itm/OEM-Poulan...745567?hash=item28983bc45f:g:FLkAAOSwh3VfEjCs
In a pm to a contributor I said I would pull off the last remaining item...the plastic and rubber manifold panel,
found it (fuel tank sintered bronze plug)
I may have to go inside with a dental mirror to possibly see the hole or duckbill as it is NOT visible at all from the fill hole. It did pull 10" hg through the carb line to the filter. May be starving the mini carb pump for fuel.
Added: exam complete, there is a duckbill. Same pair as oil tank
Thanks guys think I'm good now
found it (fuel tank sintered bronze plug)
I may have to go inside with a dental mirror to possibly see the hole or duckbill as it is NOT visible at all from the fill hole. It did pull 10" hg through the carb line to the filter. May be starving the mini carb pump for fuel.
Added: exam complete, there is a duckbill. Same pair as oil tank
Thanks guys think I'm good now
Nice pic, that'll help someone else in the future good job!
Canadian versions had a chain brake, I have 2
May be the “Understatement of the year award”!
post a couple pics when you get a moment. I may pick up some Canadian versions just for the chainbrakes on a couple of mine.
My friend did not use E-10 but his friend (prior owner E-10 maybe?) Is the duck bill goo? Did the duck bill get opened by the vacuum?May be the “Understatement of the year award”!
Inquiring minds want to know
Added:
Just filled the little hole with the bronze filter with isopropal alcohol and pumped a vacuum. It may have cleaned out old gooey oil. It won't pull much vacuum any more and I can watch the alcohol get sucked down in 3-4 seconds.
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neutral4x4
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The Homelite 69451 valves will also work.
Why don’t you simply order the 2 fuel tank vent parts, then pull that assembly out to properly fix it?
It shouldn’t pull any vac in reverse like that, now you know it has failed & will leak gas out when turned on it’s side felling.
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