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Re: Poulan 3500
« Reply #90 on: March 14, 2015, 09:15:23 pm »
Interesting.  My PP330 was a local saw (Marin County, Ca) on CL.  Muffler halves weren't properly seated and it'd melted a wart/hole in the top cover from leaking exhaust.

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Re: Poulan 3500
« Reply #91 on: May 11, 2016, 08:26:47 pm »
Well I have been working on the 3500 again.   
This time I changed the carb over from a HDA 49 to a HDA 164.
I already had the intake boot that I bought several years ago.
The metal plate that fits between the intake boot and the carb I made myself along with a gasket too.
The conversion is pretty easy and the saw runs good. 
How much better it runs is hard to say since I had not run the saw for several months before converting it to the larger carb.
But the saw should have as much power now as 3750 since it is basically the same now.
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Re: Poulan 3500
« Reply #92 on: May 11, 2016, 09:00:23 pm »
Good job on the conversion.

Maybe I'll convert mine because it's a pretty good saw?

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Re: Poulan 3500
« Reply #93 on: May 11, 2016, 09:11:39 pm »
It is a pretty easy conversion to do.   The tank does have to be separated from the crankcase in order to replace the intake boot to the larger one but other than that not a bad job.
I would like to know what you think with the before and after.
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Re: Poulan 3500
« Reply #94 on: May 11, 2016, 09:21:16 pm »
I've cut with Kevin's 3750's and they have more umph than my 3500 but we'll see?
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Re: Poulan 3500
« Reply #95 on: September 30, 2016, 11:45:11 am »
My last 3450 has front exit muffler. Still have on bench.

This 3500 I just picked up from out west  has front muffler exit too.




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Re: Poulan 3500
« Reply #96 on: September 30, 2016, 11:47:54 am »
If I dont sell this one as it sits local.

I am thinking of doing like I did to the 365. 

But on this one put a green 3450 3750 tank and big intake and big carb.

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Re: Poulan 3500
« Reply #97 on: September 30, 2016, 02:01:34 pm »
The 3500 I got was front exit also on the muffler.    With the bigger intake and carb it will make a great running saw.
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Re: Poulan 3500
« Reply #98 on: October 14, 2016, 01:21:01 pm »
Above 3500 arrived  today I was told. Will check out later and see what I got.

Thinking of testing the 3500 and big carb big intake 365 with same 16" b+c in a cant to see difference.  Should be like comparing 3500 to 380 3750.

Guess I could thrown that new to me 3450 54cc big carb intake in the mix too.

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Re: Poulan 3500
« Reply #99 on: October 14, 2016, 07:11:38 pm »
3500 pulled 160psi and my rebuilt 365 with the old scored cylinder and new piston kit pulled 150psi

The new 3450 pulled 180psi.  :o  Think I saw 185 but went back to 180. 

 

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