Nik's Poulan Thread

[sac]

The filter I took out looks like a Walbro felt filter, from what I have seen on google search. Modifiedmark do you have a part number for the complete filter from oregon or Tillotson ?

Thanks Scott

 

[Modifiedmark]

The filter I took out looks like a Walbro felt filter, from what I have seen on google search. Modifiedmark do you have a part number for the complete filter from oregon or Tillotson ?

Thanks Scott

I could give you the Oregon complete filter number but it is for a 1/8" ID line and it wont have the check valve either.

The original Poulan fliters with the checkvalve is NLA as well.

If your Walbro felt type filter is for the 3/16ID line that is probably your best bet. The Walbro part # is 125-528. Like I said the check valve setup is best for the bigger line but a non check filter will work, it will just take more pulls when cold to draw the fuel up in that large line.


Personally I suggest the switch over to a 2 piece line setup with a 1/8"ID line in the tank. I think I posted pictures of that switch over here before and a search might turn it up.

Edit, I found the post I made asking about the 1/8" line and the soultion we came up with.

http://www.arboristsite.com/chainsaw/157436.htm

 

[zogger]

Poulan GTG saws

Hey guys who were there..who had the baddest biggest meanest cutting Poulan?

Just wonderin'.....

 

[Modifiedmark]

Hey guys who were there..who had the baddest biggest meanest cutting Poulan?

Just wonderin'.....

Pure Poulan? If so then that would be several of us who had 5200 - 8500's.

If including relabed Poulan Pros, then probably my PP655.

There were a couple of badassed PP330s though as well if your counting bad for there size.. .

 

[OhioGregg]

Hey guys who were there..who had the baddest biggest meanest cutting Poulan?

Just wonderin'.....

Thats a tough one. All the bigger Poulans were in that category if ya ask me. :msp_smile: Chris had a 6000, and Mark had a 655 & 71A. Those would be the biggest. Was a bunch of 5200's & Chraftsman 5.2., 4900, 4200's.

I'm guessing, that the 655 might be the fastest of the bunch. I know they timed Brad's P60 against 3 5200's. The 5200's were faster, not by a great deal, but faster.


Gregg,

 

[zogger]

Thanks for the replies...

...now I know what to put out into the ether so the sawgawdz may smile upon me.....

 

[OhioGregg]

One other thing I would add to that. In real world cutting out in the woods, I doubt you would notice a big difference in most of them. While out cutting firewood, I never had some one standing there with a stop watch, telling me to pick it up. LOL

I think too, the size bars & wood will make a difference also. Just an example. We tested Nik's 84cc Dolkita big bore, against my 385xp. We swapped bars & chains to be fair. In the big log with my 30" bar, the Husky was faster. With Nik's 24" bar, in a smaller log, they were about dead nuts even. So there are variables that come into play. Same would go for the other Poulan saws etc. Just my opinion.


Gregg,

 

[Chris J.]

I'm supposed to pick-up a running Craftsman 3.7 (Poulan 3700) with a good b&c tomorrow afternoon. According to the owner all is good except it's hard to start cold. I'll try to get some photos posted, including my 3400, which means I'll need to re-learn the Photobucket procedures.

Chris :monkey:

 

[rms61moparman]

Hey guys who were there..who had the baddest biggest meanest cutting Poulan?

Just wonderin'.....

CB Farmall's 4200* has to be in there pretty close!!!:hmm3grin2orange:


Mike

 

[Nardoo]

Chris, if you replace the fuel lines and go through the carb, I bet it will be easier to start. They are a great little saw and cut fine for me.

Al.

 

[OhioGregg]

There were a couple more Poulan saws at the GTG, that I would call bad & mean! Wouldn't necessarily call them fast.
And those were Mark's 252 bow saw, & Mike's 8500 bow saw. Now there is couple you don't see every day! :msp_thumbsup:

And maybe the fastest, meanest saw there, was Mike's (Andre ported) 372xp. While not a Poulan, it was scarry fast & strong.


Gregg,

 

[sac]

Ok not to sound dumb, but what is the GTG ?

Thanks Scott

 

[67 Mustang]

Ok not to sound dumb, but what is the GTG ?

Thanks Scott

Get ToGether

 

[FATGUY]

There were a couple more Poulan saws at the GTG, that I would call bad & mean! Wouldn't necessarily call them fast.
And those were Mark's 252 bow saw, & Mike's 8500 bow saw. Now there is couple you don't see every day! :msp_thumbsup:

And maybe the fastest, meanest saw there, was Mike's (Andre ported) 372xp. While not a Poulan, it was scarry fast & strong.


Gregg,

scary fast would be about the best adjective for that saw....

 

[jerrycmorrow]

I could give you the Oregon complete filter number but it is for a 1/8" ID line and it wont have the check valve either.

The original Poulan fliters with the checkvalve is NLA as well.

If your Walbro felt type filter is for the 3/16ID line that is probably your best bet. The Walbro part # is 125-528. Like I said the check valve setup is best for the bigger line but a non check filter will work, it will just take more pulls when cold to draw the fuel up in that large line.


Personally I suggest the switch over to a 2 piece line setup with a 1/8"ID line in the tank. I think I posted pictures of that switch over here before and a search might turn it up.

Edit, I found the post I made asking about the 1/8" line and the soultion we came up with.

http://www.arboristsite.com/chainsaw/157436.htm

Mark, thanks for the link. good discussion. i had totally missed that last year. wondering what, if anything, you sealed the fitting with at the tank. thanks, jerry

 

[zogger]

scariest fastest

scary fast would be about the best adjective for that saw....

--the scariest fastest saw I ever saw run was my teeny tiny little cox model airplane engine gear drive saw..when I ran it on model airplane fuel, nitromethane.

I had to bury the bar in a gravel and old tar chunk parking lot to shut it off.

then had to change me shorts....

 

[WoodChuck'r]

http://www.arboristsite.com/chainsaw/182734.htm


This is on the main page. He's a n00b. Figured I'd bring it here so he can get some help.

 

[Eccentric]

http://www.arboristsite.com/chainsaw/182734.htm


This is on the main page. He's a n00b. Figured I'd bring it here so he can get some help.

I just gave him some advice and sent him here.

 

[Chris J.]

I'm supposed to pick-up a running Craftsman 3.7 (Poulan 3700) with a good b&c tomorrow afternoon. According to the owner all is good except it's hard to start cold. I'll try to get some photos posted, including my 3400, which means I'll need to re-learn the Photobucket procedures.

Chris :monkey:

I picked-up the 3.7/3700 this afternoon, and had quite a surprise which I'll put in a thread in the main chainsaw forum. The owner said the saw accidently got stored with mix in it, & the ethanol turned the fuel lines mushy; I'll know more once I get it a chance to give it a going over.

Him selling the saw simply because of a bad fuel line is a little surprising since I know that he has been turning a wrench since he was a young kid. I'll post more on that in the other thread .

 

[cbfarmall]

CB Farmall's 4200* has to be in there pretty close!!!:hmm3grin2orange:


Mike

That's a saw that Mark built. I watched him put it together, more or less, and managed to screw up the carby.

Chris B.