Chainsaw Repair

This is the 3400 that I put and 'S' stud spacer, bar plates (slightly modified), and 5/16"-18 (5/8" hex) bar nuts from an early Homelite Super XL-12 onto.  It's also wearing a chainbrake clutch cover that came all the way from a friend in Australia to me.  Sold the saw on ebay (wish I'd kept it, but the $$$ helped last Christmas).  I kept the chainbrake cover (now on my 4000), 'S' spacer, and Homelite bar nuts.  Discovered that 1/2" or 9/16" hex nuts work better on the 3400-4000 Poulans as there's not much clearance between the larger 5/8" hex and the clutch cover (on the rear stud).



Same saw after being stripped of the 'keeper' stuff.  The MMMM (ModifiedMark Muffler Mod) visible here.  Interesting that the Homelite bar plates work fine with the addition of a slot (on the outer plate) for the adjuster peg.  The Homelite has the adjuster in the bar pad, while the 3400-4000 Poulan has it in the clutch cover.  A 306/245 or 361-451 Poulan could probably use the Homelite bar plates (early 5/16" stud versions that is) as-is, as their adjuster is in the bar pad.  Going off on a tangent here......