Nik's Poulan Thread

[joe25DA]

Completed teardown and assembvly of my recent purchase. Replaced cylinder, crank seals, carb rebuild and a simple muffler mod.. Need a bar and chain but saw starts well. Comp at an acceptable 125 using existing rings. Painted saw using Valspar Allis Chalmers Orange. Pretty good match to original color as seen by unpainted cylinder cover.

nice job! looks familiar...
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[lawnmowertech37]

whose saw is that with the sabre bar on it ?

 

[joe25DA]

whose saw is that with the sabre bar on it ?

thats my dayton with the old sabre bar.

 

[lawnmowertech37]

thats my dayton with the old sabre bar.

can you tell me if it has a B-11 on the bar ?

reason why is i have some sabre bars im trying to find a home for

 

[joe25DA]

I can look after, but that bar came off a homelite SXLAO. I used an "S" clip from another saw. I put that on the bar studs and perfect fit, adjusts and oils perfect

 

[joe25DA]

the bar says b3, here it is on the sxl

 

[whitedogone]

I saw a top handle saw in a resale shop today. It was in great cosmedic condition. I'm not sure which model it was but it didn't have a brake and had a manual oiler. The starter rope was broke so I couldn't check if it had and guts left.

 

[CHEVYTOWN13]

Old School

Here's a Poulan 44 I have.

 

[turtle561]

old school too

is the 44 a chain reduction drive like my model 54 ? does it have any kind of muffler or straight pipe like mine ?

 

[Mr. Bow Saw]

A few Poulans.

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[redunshee]

You have some good looking saws!
Bob

 

[CHEVYTOWN13]

is the 44 a chain reduction drive like my model 54 ? does it have any kind of muffler or straight pipe like mine ?

It does appear like it has some kind of gearing. It does have a muffler but it is missing the cover.

Bow Saw, looks like you have a 44 too. And it looks bad ass with that bow bar on it

 

[turtle561]

poulan power

CHEVYTOWN - great picture,thanks, need one of those for mine, it's kinda loud.

MR. BOW SAW-nice line up ! does the round bow bar have a special purpose, i mostly see the more flat ended ones ?

 

[pbtree]

Sorry Bob, but put your saw back together! Theres nothing wrong with it.

Steve and Bo nailed it for you ......

Amen - mine have done it over the years, and no harm no foul.

 

[CHEVYTOWN13]

CHEVYTOWN - great picture,thanks, need one of those for mine, it's kinda loud.

MR. BOW SAW-nice line up ! does the round bow bar have a special purpose, i mostly see the more flat ended ones ?

Turtle, I have a lot more respect for older saws. Sorry fellas, don't mean to post this, but it sounded pretty cool. I didn't run the Stihl; As the fellas helping me with the rail road ties borrowed it from work. It sounded much different than the saws I'm used to.

 

[CHEVYTOWN13]

Southern Cal GTG...???

pbtree, Mr. Bow Saw, HenryG, Bounty Hunter and CT.

Any others

 

[lewis16]

hello all,

i recently came across a dolmar hobby 100, it has no starter rope but we did try to drill start it but with no avvail, if anyone knows how to fix it let me know, or better, if anyone knows where i can get a new starter rope that would be excellent. The saw itslef is in good shape, the oil pump works and i couldnt find a primer bulb.
I am new to arborist site and have little experience with chainsaws.
I have this little saw to manage my small number of trees and i love it, it is the perfect weight and size, please help,
regards lewis
yeah, i copy and pasted this off my previous thread, i now think its a ht lead prob, there compression but no spark, i really want to repair this, any help would be appreciated

 

[pbtree]

Southern Cal GTG...???

pbtree, Mr. Bow Saw, HenryG, Bounty Hunter and CT.

Any others

I'm game!

 

[barneyrb]

New Poulan 330

As MS460 said TSC has (or had) a few new Poulan Pro 330 saws. With the tip I went to my local TSC and they were able to locate on in Ohio and graciously shipped it in.

First thought is it's very much like my 335 (which is a great saw) but has a new air filter that I really like. It was shipped to me with a 22" bar (missing but replaced) and .375 x .050 chain. I didn't like that set up so I converted it to a 18" x .325 x .050 and it really likes this configuration. The bar looks pretty bad in the pictures but I assure you it's almost new just an ugly Oregon after some use.

I've run it about 15 min and everything seems just right. Next up will be a muffler mod and the squish will not even dent .032 lead wire so the jug is coming off to reset to .020.

One thing I can't figure out is I pulled the limiters from the carb and threw them away as it has screw heads with springs behind them but both screws were 2 turns out and it runs great except I did back the H jet out 1/8 turn to get more fuel on top.

Overall I would say this saw is one of the last of the well built Poulans being that it does have a verticaly split crankcase with separate cylinder and not a clamshell design. Personally I would put this in the same category as the MS260, 5100S, or the 346NE....it's that well built at first impression but time will tell.

The attached pictures were taken today (I didn't have time to blow it off after running) and this is the first day I can run it as the weather has been LOUSY!!! Don't you just hate it, you get a new saw and the weather is bad for a week.

Another thing I am confused on is the tag says Italy but assembled in USA. Can someone shed some light on this for me?

 

[stihl sawing]

Can't tell you nothing about it but it's a really nice poulan. Looks like a good runner.