Nik's Poulan Thread

[Deerhunterguns]

It is in Idaho City, ID, we are a very small town in the mountains north on Boise. Not to brag, I also have a Homelite super xl Automatic and a Echo 750 evl that also came from the landfill, I don't know why people through them out, I guess they wanted something new or didn't want to deal with fixing a few minor problems. Their loss is my gain I guess

 

[Nardoo]

Plus I've been toying with idea of trying to get the squish on a 3400 down by removing some material from the cylinder.
Bob

Bob, I have been thinking the very same thing. My larger countervibes have wonderful comprssion yet the 3400's I have struggle to reach 130 psi with new rings.
Is there a way to do it without a mill or lathe? I am kind of handy but keeping the cylinder base flat is going to hard. My old turning and fitting teacher would have me draw file it but that isn't going to happen. What are your thoughts?

Al.

 

[Mastermind]

Bob, I have been thinking the very same thing. My larger countervibes have wonderful comprssion yet the 3400's I have struggle to reach 130 psi with new rings.
Is there a way to do it without a mill or lathe? I am kind of handy but keeping the cylinder base flat is going to hard. My old turning and fitting teacher would have me draw file it but that isn't going to happen. What are your thoughts?

Al.

Measure the squish........buy a cylinder on ebay (they aren't expensive).......have it shipped to me........I'll turn it and send it to you in the package that's heading there anyway.

 

[a. palmer jr.]

Good afternoon everyone, I am new here but really like the old Poulans, I have a very nice old (Poulan made) Craftsman 3.7 chainsaw with a 24" oregon power match bar which I put on it. I really like this saw, I found it at our local landfill, I put new fuel lines and new throttle trigger on it as it had been broken off by the previous owner. How would I go about opening the muffler for more power? any advise is appreciated. I also have an old Craftsman 2.0 that also came from the landfill as well all I did to it was clean it up and put gas in her, away she went.

Sounds like the local dumpers aren't exactly Poulan lovers...

 

[Nardoo]

Measure the squish........buy a cylinder on ebay (they aren't expensive).......have it shipped to me........I'll turn it and send it to you in the package that's heading there anyway.

Randy, you just made an old dude very happy! I will start trolling the evilbay for one today.
I'll measure the squish shortly - got two whole weeks holidays coming up!:msp_biggrin:
Thank you kind sir.


Al.

 

[rms61moparman]

Bob, I have been thinking the very same thing. My larger countervibes have wonderful comprssion yet the 3400's I have struggle to reach 130 psi with new rings.
Is there a way to do it without a mill or lathe? I am kind of handy but keeping the cylinder base flat is going to hard. My old turning and fitting teacher would have me draw file it but that isn't going to happen. What are your thoughts?

Al.

The way I did it Al makes Nik just shake his head.
I took a piece of paper and laid it on the top of my desk and set the cylinder, base down on top of the paper.
Took a sharpie and marked a line around the base.
Measured the line with a pair of calipers and it was .029.
I wanted about .030 off, the "gentle squeeze" I think was .052
I bought some sticky sandpaper and stuck it to the top of my desk.
I just kept spinning the cylinder gently around on the sandpaper until the line was gone.
I would check the line every minute or so and if it was thicker on one side I would press a little harder on that side for a few spins or make a slide stroke or two across the sandpaper.
When the line was all gone I bolted it back on and the compression was up around 145 or so if I remember correctly.
Poor folks got poor ways!


Mike

 

[rms61moparman]

Randy, you just made an old dude very happy! I will start trolling the evilbay for one today.
I'll measure the squish shortly - got two whole weeks holidays coming up!:msp_biggrin:
Thank you kind sir.


Al.

No matter what SOME around here might say, the world needs a bunch more folks like Randy!!!
He could have been a "Poulan lover" if he hadn't got bit by the Husky bug!
I've seen a few signs recently that there might be hope for him yet.:msp_biggrin:


Mike

 

[Nardoo]

Mike, that is ingenious. I will try that on an old cylinder when I have time but I fear I will do what I did to the stock of my old S3 Beretta field gun.: (That cost me $1000.00 at the stock maker.)

After Randy kindly shaves one cylinder I can get all radical with some emery paper on one of my old countervibes.

I am sure both Randy and Jeremy are closet Poulan freaks. Why else would they keep visiting this backwoods thread? :msp_biggrin:

Al.

 

[Showme]

No matter what SOME around here might say, the world needs a bunch more folks like Randy!!!
He could have been a "Poulan lover" if he hadn't got bit by the Husky bug!
I've seen a few signs recently that there might be hope for him yet.:msp_biggrin:


Mike

Waiting for a 4000 to come back from Randy that he made well. Can't wait. He went out of his way to make it a runner.

 

[Showme]

PP330 carb

Need to rebuilt a carb for a PP330. I've got a really dirty HDA-49 (off of a 335) or seemingly a little cleaner HDA-164 (original on saw) that still doesn't seem to be doing it. Which should I rebuilt? Saw fires with prime but won't run. Impulse line does go to the top of the carb right? If that's wrong then problem is solved. I don't think I'm wrong on that though.

 

[redunshee]

Measure the squish........buy a cylinder on ebay (they aren't expensive).......have it shipped to me........I'll turn it and send it to you in the package that's heading there anyway.

That's the easiest way to do it. I was planning on taking a piece of glass and gluing a sheet of sandpaper to it. It will provide a level surface but will take much more time than a lathe. But any port in a storm.
Bob

 

[redunshee]

Need to rebuilt a carb for a PP330. I've got a really dirty HDA-49 (off of a 335) or seemingly a little cleaner HDA-164 (original on saw) that still doesn't seem to be doing it. Which should I rebuilt? Saw fires with prime but won't run. Impulse line does go to the top of the carb right? If that's wrong then problem is solved. I don't think I'm wrong on that though.

You're correct on where the impulse line goes. I've heard some 330's had carb issues but I can't tell you which one was the problem carb. I'd rebuild the one you have. Bet a dollar to a dime that's your problem.
Bob

 

[redunshee]

You're correct on where the impulse line goes. I've heard some 330's had carb issues but I can't tell you which one was the problem carb. I'd rebuild the one you have. Bet a dollar to a dime that's your problem.
Bob

I recall something about an HDA 137 swapping right on to a PP330.

 

[Showme]

You're correct on where the impulse line goes. I've heard some 330's had carb issues but I can't tell you which one was the problem carb. I'd rebuild the one you have. Bet a dollar to a dime that's your problem.
Bob

Well thanks for the confirmation on the way I had the lines run. I own both carbs just thought if one was better for this application I would use it. I thought I read somewhere that some were switching to the HDA-49. Since I had one I wondered which to try to work with.

 

[redunshee]

Well thanks for the confirmation on the way I had the lines run. I own both carbs just thought if one was better for this application I would use it. I thought I read somewhere that some were switching to the HDA-49. Since I had one I wondered which to try to work with.

So long as they will fit and are rebuilt I'd give it a try. Nothing to lose.

 

[Nardoo]

Waiting for a 4000 to come back from Randy that he made well. Can't wait. He went out of his way to make it a runner.

You are a lucky guy. Randy sure has the knack of teaching saws to run.:msp_biggrin:

Al.

 

[Modifiedmark]

Well thanks for the confirmation on the way I had the lines run. I own both carbs just thought if one was better for this application I would use it. I thought I read somewhere that some were switching to the HDA-49. Since I had one I wondered which to try to work with.

The 164 was the one that had some problem carbs. The HDA-49 will work but is a smaller venturi so performance will suffer. The HDA-137 is the same venturi size as the 164.

The HDA-137 is the one you want, in fact I had my problematic HDA-164 replaced by Poulan under warranty. When the dealer orderd the new carb which should have been a 164, guess what? Poulan replaced it with a HDA-137. :msp_rolleyes:

I doubt yours is still under the 2 year warranty?

 

[Showme]

The 164 was the one that had some problem carbs. The HDA-49 will work but is a smaller venturi so performance will suffer. The HDA-137 is the same venturi size as the 164.

The HDA-137 is the one you want, in fact I had my problematic HDA-164 replaced by Poulan under warranty. When the dealer orderd the new carb which should have been a 164, guess what? Poulan replaced it with a HDA-137. :msp_rolleyes:

I doubt yours is still under the 2 year warranty?

Thanks for info on the carb. I'll look around. I am the warranty provider at this point. My warranties suck.

 

[BroncoRN]

3400 bow saw

Came across a 3400 bow saw. What is purpose of bow saw? How hard is it to convert to straight bar?

 

[rms61moparman]

Waiting for a 4000 to come back from Randy that he made well. Can't wait. He went out of his way to make it a runner.

Does this mean we are fixin' to see a Mastermind meets the Poulan 4000 thread???


Mike