Nik's Poulan Thread

[redunshee]

I would think 120 is usable. If it's as hot down there as it is here now might not be the time to do it. Does the saw start and run okay? If it does I'd probably leave it as is.

Haven't reached that point as of yet. Just put on recoil to see what comp was. Still have to reinstall carb, fuel line and clutch side of saw. Didn't want to go too far if I was going to remove cylinder again.
bob

 

[chainsawwhisperer]

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I got this 306 a while ago, finally had time this weekend to look at it.
It has a busted clutch spring
Any of you fellas have an extra one or better yet all 3?
Thanks!
jim

P.S. get a load of the handle repair! looks funky, but it's real solid

 

[jerrycmorrow]

need a fuel cap for my poulan 306A. played swap-a-part and discovered that the cap off my 361 fits very nicely as does the cap off my homie C-5 (non-vented but correct size). the cap off my monkey ward saw fits too but its not vented either. looks like there may be several makes that will fit.
also needing a vented cap for my C-5.
this appears to be the "fuel cap phase" for me. not sure what else will fit but i'm not proud, just want functional caps. anyone got fuel caps they'd be willing to part with?
also posted on old mag thread and homelite thread
thanks, jerry

 

[3000 FPS]

What is the "normal" comp range for one of these saws. I picked up a non runner, replaced seals, removed and replaced Cylinder w/o a gasket and comp is barely 120. Me thinks I should have installed a new ring. Now would be a good time to do it , rather than later. However its so hot in my garage, that 15 min. stints is the max.
Bob

I believe that is probably about normal. I have a 2000 that I did the same thing on and the squish band was still over 40 thousanths of an inch. You would have to lower the cylinder even more to get the compression up. I put a new ring in mine also without the base gasket and what I got was 120 psi. But it ran good still cut good so I am just leaving it that way.

 

[RedneckChainsawRepair]

Just to show what a poulan 475 can do racing in a 5 cube 0-81cc saw class. 475 is giving up a few cc's too.

Running alky and nitro at Chardon Ohio.

[video=youtube_share;_qpFhkGiEb0]http://youtu.be/_qpFhkGiEb0[/video]

 

[Warped5]

$25 flea market saw ...

.. grabbed yesterday. The seller 'just put it in his truck this morning' after getting it from an estate sale. It's a runner and the best thing is that all it needs is a new air filter!

 

[a. palmer jr.]

Haven't reached that point as of yet. Just put on recoil to see what comp was. Still have to reinstall carb, fuel line and clutch side of saw. Didn't want to go too far if I was going to remove cylinder again.
bob

Somehow compression readings can be misleading. I don't know how but I checked the compression on my 245 and it read a little below 100 if I remember right, it's been awhile. Anyway, I couldn't get it to start and assumed it was the compression so I considered it a parts saw. I looked at it about a year later and decided to put the parts back on it that I removed and try it out. It ran as good as anything I have! It seems like it has more compression than it did before, starts on about the second or third pull so I don't know for sure what happened.

 

[jerrycmorrow]

.. grabbed yesterday. The seller 'just put it in his truck this morning' after getting it from an estate sale. It's a runner and the best thing is that all it needs is a new air filter!

nice score. people around here hardly ever sell saws at flea markets. i've only ever seen three saws around here at flea markets. one was greatly overpriced, one was a pos, shoulda bought the other but hesitated and lost.

 

[3000 FPS]

.. grabbed yesterday. The seller 'just put it in his truck this morning' after getting it from an estate sale. It's a runner and the best thing is that all it needs is a new air filter!

By the looks of the paint especially around the handle it does not appear to have seen much use. It also does not look all beat up like it was tossed around for the last 15 years in someone's junk pile. Nice looking saw and a great find. You will not find them like that very often.

 

[Showme]

.. grabbed yesterday. The seller 'just put it in his truck this morning' after getting it from an estate sale. It's a runner and the best thing is that all it needs is a new air filter!

I thought I did well with a nice clean one like that for $40. Thought I would need to rebuilt carb and ru new fuel lines but they were fairly new. Poured old fuel out added fresh and dumped to clean tank and it started and ran/idled perfect on the second pull. It also came with a new in the package Poulan 20" bar. Sweet!

 

[RedneckChainsawRepair]

Got a question. My 4000 has the foam style handle grip. My parts saw 3400 has the new rubber style grip like I like. Is it because of when they were made early v/s newer?

I'm thinking of pulling the foam handle off to keep from tearing it all up.

To show what I am talking about.

 

[Jim Timber]

Saved another wild thing from the dump yesterday.

Went to have my tune checked on my jonny, and decided to heckle the guy who sold me the other WT about how it was missing parts and had a fire. So he asked if I wanted another one? Sure!

It wouldn't run but the oil was full and it'd fire. So I pulled the plug, checked the cylinder, put the plug back in (it's black and sooty), dumped the fuel, refilled the tank and had to mess with the idle a bit (it raced). She runs fine.

The cylinder looked pretty good too. Other than being dirty and having a craptastic safety chain on it, there's nothing wrong with it that I noticed. Granted, I need to check the oiler, because it has a newish oregon bar, but that should be an easy fix if it's broken.

 

[Warped5]

Somehow compression readings can be misleading. I don't know how but I checked the compression on my 245 and it read a little below 100 if I remember right, it's been awhile. Anyway, I couldn't get it to start and assumed it was the compression so I considered it a parts saw. I looked at it about a year later and decided to put the parts back on it that I removed and try it out. It ran as good as anything I have! It seems like it has more compression than it did before, starts on about the second or third pull so I don't know for sure what happened.

Agree completely. My 371XP shows 140 or so all the time, but the resistance on the pull rope tried to tell me differently. I guess the size of the recoils pool does matter.

nice score. people around here hardly ever sell saws at flea markets. i've only ever seen three saws around here at flea markets. one was greatly overpriced, one was a pos, shoulda bought the other but hesitated and lost.

Thanks! There is one guy I see occasionally that has a pristine Micro and an equally nice 25DA, both PHO. He has the Micro priced at $65 and the 25DA at $80. Both saws have sludge in the fuel tank, like they were run once and put away 20 years ago. I keep askin' him and he won't budge .... :msp_ohmy:

By the looks of the paint especially around the handle it does not appear to have seen much use. It also does not look all beat up like it was tossed around for the last 15 years in someone's junk pile. Nice looking saw and a great find. You will not find them like that very often.

Thanks! By looking at it, I think it was run dry every time before it was stored. I got lucky!

I thought I did well with a nice clean one like that for $40. Thought I would need to rebuilt carb and ru new fuel lines but they were fairly new. Poured old fuel out added fresh and dumped to clean tank and it started and ran/idled perfect on the second pull. It also came with a new in the package Poulan 20" bar. Sweet!

This one came with a 16" 'banana' bar. I switched bar with another 3400 I have so that this one now has an 18" bar of the same style. Had safety chain on it, so a few minutes with the bench grinder and we're good to go ...

 

[OhioGregg]

Got a question. My 4000 has the foam style handle grip. My parts saw 3400 has the new rubber style grip like I like. Is it because of when they were made early v/s newer?

I'm thinking of pulling the foam handle off to keep from tearing it all up.

To show what I am talking about.

I sure don't have a definitive answer for ya. But, I'm guessing by the style of decal on your parts 3400, that it was one of the very last of the 3400's. Like just before they did away with that model, and started with the gold & black Poulan Pro versions of these saws. Like the 375, 395 etc. From what I have seen, they generally have the harder, smooth rubber grips, along with black painted metal. I know my PP Super 380 has the same type of handle.
I personally like the older, thicker, soft foam grips. But they are more susceptible to damage. Would be interesting to know also, when Poulan switched the hand guards from being on the handle, to being on the top cover. I much prefer the later. Gives you a little more hand room for a slightly different grip at times.


Gregg,

 

[hemiyota]

Guess this is what happens.....

when the piston is put on backwards. Picked this 330 Pro up, today, from a shop. Had spark, but wouldn't fire. Looked ok thru the exhaust, but wouldn't pop even with gas mix squirted in the carb. Pulled the p/c and found this....

I guess it's been apart, once, and the piston wasn't installed right. Anyone have a good p/c lying around?

 

[3000 FPS]

Wow that is a shame. Well you could port the saw and raise the transfers alittle and decrease the blow down.

I noticed the transfers on this cylinder are alittle different then on the 3450. The 3450 has two transfers both the same size where this one has a thin one and a wide one.

I would imagine you will find another P/C without much problem I see parts on ebay all the time.

 

[joe25DA]

Wow that is a shame. Well you could port the saw and raise the transfers alittle and decrease the blow down.

I noticed the transfers on this cylinder are alittle different then on the 3450. The 3450 has two transfers both the same size where this one has a thin one and a wide one.

I would imagine you will find another P/C without much problem I see parts on ebay all the time.

one on there right now.

 

[dce1843]

I sure don't have a definitive answer for ya. But, I'm guessing by the style of decal on your parts 3400, that it was one of the very last of the 3400's. Like just before they did away with that model, and started with the gold & black Poulan Pro versions of these saws. Like the 375, 395 etc. From what I have seen, they generally have the harder, smooth rubber grips, along with black painted metal. I know my PP Super 380 has the same type of handle.
I personally like the older, thicker, soft foam grips. But they are more susceptible to damage. Would be interesting to know also, when Poulan switched the hand guards from being on the handle, to being on the top cover. I much prefer the later. Gives you a little more hand room for a slightly different grip at times.


Gregg,

Are you sure that your parts saw is a 3400? The reason I ask it that it has a high top filter cover. No 3400 Ive seen has that, unless someone put it on. My 4000 has that same high top air filter cover.

 

[RedneckChainsawRepair]

Are you sure that your parts saw is a 3400? The reason I ask it that it has a high top filter cover. No 3400 Ive seen has that, unless someone put it on. My 4000 has that same high top air filter cover.

Pretty sure it's 3400 and high top cover was just added by someone. Has different flywheel and recoil then my 4000, has bare bore and chrome piston, not a 4000 muffler style. Just from the differences I have learned from others.

 

[redunshee]

Pretty sure it's 3400 and high top cover was just added by someone. Has different flywheel and recoil then my 4000, has bare bore and chrome piston, not a 4000 muffler style. Just from the differences I have learned from others.

You're probably right but you can pull the muffler and see if it has thin or thick rings. 3400 has thick rings and as you stated a chrome piston.

Bob