Mark
Can you re-create that list and post up a corrected version? I'd hate to forget about the errors and do something based on an inaccurate list!
All, good evening. Thanks for the replies a few days ago. Well, I'm making progress, slowly but surely. The first P3400 that was given to me with the bow bar was running tonight, but my goodness, that carb is tricky! I'm still tinkering with it, I have patience (sometimes), and it's fun. I'll make her growl yet.
I put the handle and trigger assembly on it from the yellow Skil parts saw, and that came out well. Comparing it to the P3400 I bought last week, there are some obvious differences. Because of the bow bar, the drive cover is cast/notched to accommodate the extra girth of the bar. Also, the chain catch below the drive cover is really stout, and accommodates the bow bar via a large offset. This causes the saw to sit at a tilted angle when on a flat surface.
The newer P3400 is pretty clean, with a good amount of paint loss on the handle. The rest is fairly good with pretty good decals. Love that color though! Both saws have the thick rings for what that's worth. Are the carbs usually this temperamental? The new one is a bear too, I imagine from sitting. Does the bow bar set up make the other saw more rare than others? I understand that rare does not necessarily mean more desirable, but this truly is a pretty neat setup and I have not seen another one, yet.
I will post pictures when I can. Have a great week, and take care. Max.
All, good evening. Thanks for the replies a few days ago. Well, I'm making progress, slowly but surely. The first P3400 that was given to me with the bow bar was running tonight, but my goodness, that carb is tricky! I'm still tinkering with it, I have patience (sometimes), and it's fun. I'll make her growl yet.
I put the handle and trigger assembly on it from the yellow Skil parts saw, and that came out well. Comparing it to the P3400 I bought last week, there are some obvious differences. Because of the bow bar, the drive cover is cast/notched to accommodate the extra girth of the bar. Also, the chain catch below the drive cover is really stout, and accommodates the bow bar via a large offset. This causes the saw to sit at a tilted angle when on a flat surface.
The newer P3400 is pretty clean, with a good amount of paint loss on the handle. The rest is fairly good with pretty good decals. Love that color though! Both saws have the thick rings for what that's worth. Are the carbs usually this temperamental? The new one is a bear too, I imagine from sitting. Does the bow bar set up make the other saw more rare than others? I understand that rare does not necessarily mean more desirable, but this truly is a pretty neat setup and I have not seen another one, yet.
I will post pictures when I can. Have a great week, and take care. Max.
Touch wood and it would stall out. I called the seller up and politely explained the situation. He asked me to bring it back so he could look at it. It turned out that he bought warranty returns and fixed and sold them. Often it was stuff like a new owner dumping the bottle of oil in the saw's fuel tank and then adding gas, so all he had to do was put a proper mix in it, change the plug and he had a virtually new tool to sell. But this one must have had something actually wrong with it. He offered money back or said he would need to order a carb kit and go through the carb. I wanted the saw and he seemed like a decent guy so I went with the carb O/H and return the saw. Today he dropped the saw off and it seems to run just fine.
I joined the Poulan club today with a 4620AVX. That's a 46cc 20" "Poulan Pro" with the toolless bar adjustment system that everyone loves to hate.
I'm not a woodsman but I had a 14" Echo (CS-306) for dealing with tree trimming on my suburban lot. And I had a box elder that was threatening my neighbors house and decided it had to go. I could cut a lot of limbs off it with the Echo (and I did most of the above ground work with a bow saw and unpowered pruning saw - make a man out of me yet!) Anyway, the trunk of this tree was way bigger than I thought I could manage with a 14" bar so I checked out rental options (Makita with 20" bar for about $50 for 4 hours) or a new Poulan Pro on craigslist for $110.
Unfortunately when I got the Poulan home, I found it had no power.
It does seem like takes longer than I expected to go through a 20" log. None of the 10 second times like I see in your videos, but then again, it has a factory safety chain on it and it has not been hot rodded. But it does seem to make a lot more chips and use a lot more gas than the Echo. I think the kerf might be nearly twice as wide (90SG chain vs 33SL.)
The other problem is that he left the idle set too high. With a couple tanks of gas through the saw, it idles fast enough to run the chain. Where is the best place to find the special tool for adjusting idle speed?
Anyway... I've got a Poulan and it's doing the job. It may not be a saw that I'll hand down to my son (he has a 16" Echo anyway) but I think it will meet my very occasional needs around here or I may decide to list it on craigslist.
-hank
Btw, where are the pics?
No worries. I kid. I like to take pictures anyway and would be disappointed if no one asked.
