Thanks for all the replies,guys.There is a clean 375 on feebay that I was looking at,hence the question. I'm really wanting a nice 4000 or 395 so if anyone has one they would sell or trade for please contact me.Thanks, Dan :msp_thumbup:
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stubnail67
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joe i never got that to work ...the one you are thinking of was a poulan micro solid state coil to work on a solid state s25da saw... had to do the mods i have the pics some place if thats what you trying to do i could even make you a template and mail it to you .I never did get the solid state coil to work on the points housing... i drilled it tapped it was going to swap fly wheels and kinda lost interest i dont think it would work all that well... but your pretty darn good at mods!!! give it a shot i would love to check your pics out if you got it to work!
stubnail67
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what would ya all do?
Ok so last nite i sold one of my poulan saws i paid 40 for it redid the lines the carb etc... saw worked fine started fine ....if you started it the way your supposed to ... pull choke soon as it fires put to half choke and blip the trigger etc... so this fella bugs me for 3 days calls me at 8 last nigt i gotta have that saw !!!! right away as im showing him the saw how to start it i know he is not super on the ball.. he keeps hitting the hand guard i say what are ya doin??? he says trying to get the chain brake to go on... I say thats just a hand guard ... so any ways i sell it to him for 75.... he calls me at 5 pm this saw worked fine this morning we cut till lunch set it down and now it wont start this is my message..... i was working could not get to the phone he calls 3 times i call him back and it sounds like he flooded the saw im sure he did but then he says yea i took the top off and changed the plug with my weedeater plug and so on wth?????i dont know what this guy has done to the saw? i wrote down the right fuel mixture etc should i just give this guy his money back and tell him beat it???? the saw worked flawless till he had it for the day? what would ya all do?oh and when i talked to him he said i only made five cuts but on the message he said he cut till lunch time?
Ok so last nite i sold one of my poulan saws i paid 40 for it redid the lines the carb etc... saw worked fine started fine ....if you started it the way your supposed to ... pull choke soon as it fires put to half choke and blip the trigger etc... so this fella bugs me for 3 days calls me at 8 last nigt i gotta have that saw !!!! right away as im showing him the saw how to start it i know he is not super on the ball.. he keeps hitting the hand guard i say what are ya doin??? he says trying to get the chain brake to go on... I say thats just a hand guard ... so any ways i sell it to him for 75.... he calls me at 5 pm this saw worked fine this morning we cut till lunch set it down and now it wont start this is my message..... i was working could not get to the phone he calls 3 times i call him back and it sounds like he flooded the saw im sure he did but then he says yea i took the top off and changed the plug with my weedeater plug and so on wth?????i dont know what this guy has done to the saw? i wrote down the right fuel mixture etc should i just give this guy his money back and tell him beat it???? the saw worked flawless till he had it for the day? what would ya all do?oh and when i talked to him he said i only made five cuts but on the message he said he cut till lunch time?
redunshee
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Have a shot of Jack Daniels, or maybe two.
redunshee
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As Frank Barone would say," Holy Crap"
I just received Brad Snellings WildThing 4018WT. I have the same saw and was curious to see how they matched up. I used my bar and chain and HOLY CRAP! I'm not sure a 55cc saw or maybe even a 60cc could cut any faster! I was shocked to say the least. I know he opened up the muffler big time but assume he did a port job on the cylinder as well. I think I need to learn to port!
Bob
I just received Brad Snellings WildThing 4018WT. I have the same saw and was curious to see how they matched up. I used my bar and chain and HOLY CRAP! I'm not sure a 55cc saw or maybe even a 60cc could cut any faster! I was shocked to say the least. I know he opened up the muffler big time but assume he did a port job on the cylinder as well. I think I need to learn to port!
Bob
stubnail67
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cant do that man i have a lil indian in me i get a lil crazy on fire water .....maybe a few cold beers ... i told my wife i had a bad feeling about the guy ive worked with guys like him they always ream and break stuff.... i showed him 3 times how to start it... i told him how to clear the saw from bein flooded at about 523 pm aint heard back since ... any of ya all had this sorta thing happen?
jimdad07
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It's a lot of fun, I have done two now, my 044 and my SD 120si. It is awesome what a porting job will do to a saw.
stubnail67
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LMFAO! so here is an update guy brings the saw back apart top off air filter off.... i say so does it still have gas in it? he says yup. im shaking my head i say are ya sure you did it like i showed ya? he says yes but it wont start now.... if you start that saw im going to be so pissed at my self...... choked pulled it till i heard that faint pop... i said you got this saw real flooded i go to half choke babam! fires up smoking like a pig!!!!!!!! reved it and cleard it out let it sit and idle turned it off started it again!!!! shook my head and said why dont i get your money cause you shouldnt use one of these LOL REALLY! ugggg i said man if ya start it and keep on pulling away once its flooded its a ##### to start... i know he never pulled the plug to clear it i said really i can still sell this saw before you kill it he was just a young dude likes to pull pull pull instead of listning to the saw for that pop LMAO! time for a cold beer!
rms61moparman
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So have you got the saw back...or did he keep it???
There are people who shouldn't be allowed around power tools!
Mike
stubnail67
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lol
he kept the saw he was like i see what you did man i have to have this saw for tommorow ... i said leave it here i will look at it in the day time then i made hime start it two times the first time he did it he started to pull it was not on ...yea it does not have a chain brake im not sure he should be doin trees kids going to hurt him self or some one .... i dont know man maybe im bein to hard on him:hmm3grin2orange: he looked about 23 at least he is out there workin.... i just think he should be on the ground a few more years LOL
he kept the saw he was like i see what you did man i have to have this saw for tommorow ... i said leave it here i will look at it in the day time then i made hime start it two times the first time he did it he started to pull it was not on ...yea it does not have a chain brake im not sure he should be doin trees kids going to hurt him self or some one .... i dont know man maybe im bein to hard on him:hmm3grin2orange: he looked about 23 at least he is out there workin.... i just think he should be on the ground a few more years LOL
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I learned from a guy I bought some golf clubs from. After giving him the money, he said they were guaranteed for 1-year, or when I crossed his property line, whichever came first.
rms61moparman
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In Kentucky, we call that a "Tailight Guarantee"!!!
When your tailights go out of sight...so does your guarantee!!!
Mike
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thats funny !!!the thing is it starts and runs perfect i even got it to start as flooded as it was .... if a saw is running right it will pop if your listning for it he seemed kinda embaressed the guy with him started laughing when i started it up and said i told you you flooded... thats the kinda dude that bad mouths a poulan saw when its really him...its all good i proved my point in the dark in a few minutes LOL'''''come on ya all must have a few storys like this i got 2 beers in me now im feeling amused LOL
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8433jeff
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Mike, wasn't that long ago for some of us, a while longer for you, I suppose.
Just went through the same thing, lady wants me to fix her mower, won't start, bad battery, starter gear, blades were an inch short on both ends and one was tilling the lawn for them, they don't even get the lawn mowed and the transmission is junk, broken axle I think. Can you fix it? Sure, I said, but throw that money into a newer mower, as hers was a Craftsman from the early nineties. So she buys a different one, a week goes by, "Can you fix my weed wacker?" she says. Tuned it, new plug (BTW, the idiots have again come up with a new adjusting screw-two flat sides, and splined, small enough that your splined driver won't turn it), showed her how to start it, 3 days later she calls "I can't get this thing started". So we have the training session again, and it turns out her son tells her that position three (choke wide open) is where you have to start it at, not at one (full choke). Maybe he learned to count backwards, I don't know. Today, father says the chain saw you have here won't start, it pops, but won't stay running. I'm thinking my $20 northern tool Poulan that came with a new bar, $4.97 without the chain brake and brake handle, is letting me down? I asked, "Did you take the choke off?" He says what choke? "That blue thing under the switch" I said is the choke. "Wheres the oiler then?" Its a Poulan, Dad, not your boat anchor PM 610, and BTW, the choke was blue on that also. "Well, whats it got that primer bulb for then?" I told him to confuse older folks like you, I suppose, and started it on the second pull.
Just went through the same thing, lady wants me to fix her mower, won't start, bad battery, starter gear, blades were an inch short on both ends and one was tilling the lawn for them, they don't even get the lawn mowed and the transmission is junk, broken axle I think. Can you fix it? Sure, I said, but throw that money into a newer mower, as hers was a Craftsman from the early nineties. So she buys a different one, a week goes by, "Can you fix my weed wacker?" she says. Tuned it, new plug (BTW, the idiots have again come up with a new adjusting screw-two flat sides, and splined, small enough that your splined driver won't turn it), showed her how to start it, 3 days later she calls "I can't get this thing started". So we have the training session again, and it turns out her son tells her that position three (choke wide open) is where you have to start it at, not at one (full choke). Maybe he learned to count backwards, I don't know. Today, father says the chain saw you have here won't start, it pops, but won't stay running. I'm thinking my $20 northern tool Poulan that came with a new bar, $4.97 without the chain brake and brake handle, is letting me down? I asked, "Did you take the choke off?" He says what choke? "That blue thing under the switch" I said is the choke. "Wheres the oiler then?" Its a Poulan, Dad, not your boat anchor PM 610, and BTW, the choke was blue on that also. "Well, whats it got that primer bulb for then?" I told him to confuse older folks like you, I suppose, and started it on the second pull.
stubnail67
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LMAO i feel better already !
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Hi guys. Some of you may remember that I found a NOS Poulan Pro 415 this winter at an old timers shop. I am trying to sell it right now to raise money to pay for my new Dolmar 9010 coming this week. I have already sold my 044 that I ported (that one was hard to let go) and this one also has to go. I have an add up in the classifieds and my wife has one up on fleabay. I paid over $400 for it this winter and I don't even think I have 6 tanks through it. I was trying to get $400 out of it but I can negotiate a little, but not much. You guys think I am trying to get too much out of it?
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I don't know anything about the value of saws. I have some that I am sure I paid to much for but it made both the seller and the buyer happy.
That saws looks to be in great shape. If you find somebody who wants exactly that model I think they will feel good about the purchase.
I do think that this time of the year is a little "soft" for selling saws. We are all so busy doing "summer stuff" saws are kind of on the back burner.:cool2::cool2:
That saw is just as shiny and nice as the day it came out of the box probably twenty years ago. I think you're right about the time of year.
redunshee
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If its the one on Ebay, $90 shipping will scare any interested offers away.
Bob
PS: it is a great looking saw!
jimdad07
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I thought my wife listed the shipping at $61 because it is a heavy saw. That's why the OBO is on the auction. The lowest I can go on it is $350.00 plus shipping and handling. I think you will see that the shipping for a lot of stuff on fleabay will be higher now because they have just tacked more fees on for the shipping. Before you know it nothing is going to move on that site because of all the fees. Anyone who gets it on here through the classifieds will have a little different situation on the shipping end.
IIRC you just auctioned that saw on eBay and it only brought scant more that $300, around $315. Must not have met your reserve, but eBay is a fairly good indication of price/value, at least at the top end. Another nice 415 sold recently by Bowmaster for $200 with $25 shipping. His prices are usually high. When you chose to start that saw when it was NOS it was like driving a new car off the lot and even though you paid over $400 you may have "driven" the NOS off of it and that may cost you. $65 shipping it still high and may discourage bidders. And lastly, I have seen some very nice PP 475's go for only about $350. At least one was from an AS member. For these reasons your saw may not bring what you hope for but I hope you are able to get it to fund your 9010.
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