POULAN The Official Poulan Thread

[Maintenance Chief]

Rescued from the scrap yard a few years ago. Seems to have had an easy life. It needed fuel system refresh and crank seals.
Unfortunately it had sat in a damp location at some point and the bottom of the rear handle has some white rot in, that doesn't affect anything though.

 

[heimannm]

 

[heimannm]

Modified Mark provided me with the details on the seals (I had the right parts on hand), and Bufford Parrish had rings, the AF cover springs, and the recoil starter spring. Other bits I had or made something work.





The rings I received from Bufford Parrish, they had square ends so I had to file some notches to clear the locating pins in the piston.



I did not capture all of the gorey details, but some of the parts were in really bad shape when I got this one. I was able to get most everything working correctly, and to replace a few bits





Mark

 

[heimannm]

I'm not sure exactly which model Poulan this comes from, may be the 361 but the tag on the saw says 4.0 In3.







Mark

 

[fossil]

I'm not sure exactly which model Poulan this comes from, may be the 361 but the tag on the saw says 4.0 In3.

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Mark

After looking at some 2011 conversation on AS with Mark, Chris and Aaron, it appears the 361 never had an auto oiler and were 59cc. The 451 was 4 cubes with an auto oiler.

 

[oddsaws]

Pair of Poulans popped up on the marketplace this morning. Any good? I’ll go grab them on your behalf if so. $30 for two

 

[ammoaddict]

Pair of Poulans popped up on the marketplace this morning. Any good? I’ll go grab them on your behalf if so. $30 for two

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Nice. Great find

 

[hacskaroly]

Pair of Poulans popped up on the marketplace this morning. Any good? I’ll go grab them on your behalf if so. $30 for two

Those are good little saw, great for limbing and quick cleanup work. Usually the fuel lines can be iffy, but are easy to replace. Also make for great loaner saws or for younger ones "first" saws!

 

[ammoaddict]

Those are good little saw, great for limbing and quick cleanup work. Usually the fuel lines can be iffy, but are easy to replace. Also make for great loaner saws or for younger ones "first" saws!

They are great firewood saws. 56cc

 

[ErnieG]

I have a 655 that doesn't have spark ...what are the odds of finding a coil and does this saw share a coil with any others ?

Thanks
Ernie

 

[Fishnuts2]

I could be mistaken, but most of the later big Pioneers use the same coil, as this saw is a re-branded Pioneer.
Great saw!

 

[heimannm]

No Poulan collection would be complete without....



This fine example came from Shane1. I picked it up on October an my way the the MM GTG and got around to cleaning it up for the display today.





Mark

 

[lehman live edge slab]

No Poulan collection would be complete without....

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This fine example came from Shane1. I picked it up on October an my way the the MM GTG and got around to cleaning it up for the display today.

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Mark

Need to see if I still have it but I had a really nice shape preditor poulan also you may want

 

[heimannm]

Earlier in the week I had this Craftsman example on the bench, replaced the fuel lines and fuel filter, cleaned the carburetor, and it is ready to go cut some wood again.



Fuel line was broken off in the tank and it had evidently been operating without the benefit of the fuel filter for a while.



Mark

 

[lehman live edge slab]

Earlier in the week I had this Craftsman example on the bench, replaced the fuel lines and fuel filter, cleaned the carburetor, and it is ready to go cut some wood again.

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Fuel line was broken off in the tank and it had evidently been operating without the benefit of the fuel filter for a while.

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Mark

Filters are optional to a point

 

[FergusonTO35]

Earlier in the week I had this Craftsman example on the bench, replaced the fuel lines and fuel filter, cleaned the carburetor, and it is ready to go cut some wood again.

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Fuel line was broken off in the tank and it had evidently been operating without the benefit of the fuel filter for a while.

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Mark

That's a Poulan 2150 which is a really good cheap saw.