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Both in real world and in a spiking rescue assessment (cs38) I understand it’s beneficial to have a false anchor. I personally have always just done spiking jobs with just a lanyard, but if a it’s an easily tied anchor I will start to use, and also I will need to do it for my cs38. Anyone could explain what a belay system involves as well? Cheers

@Steve Bullman Post the video from one of your Camberley visits please. The manual isn't especially clear.

I've not devoted much time this year to the veg plot. Potatoes have done well enough but could have done with a little watering. Last night, the first sweetcorn, raised at home in fibre pots and planted in full sun with a few squash in between. The taste was...sweet ! Very sweet indeed. The pumpkins, about 40 fruits, are for Halloween, my kids and the local after school club. Onions suffered a lack of water and Red Lily Beetle. Leeks suffered from inattention during my month in Morocco, drowned by woody nightshade which is the most problematic weed I have. I'm on a fertile sandy soil that could always do with more humus.

I imagine avoiding anything with my name on because I generally treat them like an unannounced DEFRA visit.

All the best for the future Pete 👍

I used your guide thanks but the resetting warm was advice I read elsewhere. Anyway, I'm going to remeasure the gaps once I've received the fresh rocker cover rubber seal which leaks a little. Thanks for posting that guide.

That leaking fuel is either the carb needle valve leaking ( most likely) or a severely worn piston skirt on the inlet side causing blowby.

Cheers Mick, Was that the Quad chip back in 2012? The oil filter in a nightmare place above the slewring. It required a home-made 'MouseTrap game' style chute for the oil made from water bottles. I failed every time to cleanly change the oil. The first oil change was done by the dealer who too failed and charged us €80 for steam cleaning on top. Last week I changed the Iveco radiator! I bought one on offer from AutoDoc for a mere €80 ! Took me under 3 hours not rushing. I cheated a little and didn't reinstall the plastic McGuff surrounding the radiator. Saved myself between €600/€900 plus vat Cheapest quote was a mobile mechanic, highest a verbal quote from Iveco main dealer.

So where’s the AA chap that comes on here now and again? Please explain what you’re on about🤔. Or is it a quote from the real AA - Alcoholics Anonymous? - that would make more sense!

the Honda information sheet I linked to doesn't say about reseting the gaps when warm, it just says If adjustment is necessary, proceed as follows: a. Hold the rocker arm pivot and loosen the rocker arm pivot lock nut. b. Turn the rocker arm pivot to obtain the specified clearance. c. Retighten the rocker arm pivot lock nut while holding the rocker arm pivot. TORQUE: 10 N·m (1.0 kgf·m, 7 lbt·ft) d. Recheck valve clearance after tightening the rocker arm pivot lock nut. Not sure if this reseting on a warm engine is the right thing to do? Anyway, at least it's running.

Back to my 661, the reason I was doing clutch springs is that it's been running on very badly during some HEAVY use recently. Maintaining a really high idle until I slowed the chain on some wood and then blipped the throttle. Should I do the M tronic reset? The rev it for two minutes thing.

I struggle to put my shoes on some days Mick 😀

I assume these are pier bits? What's the eventual repurposed use?

tbh, I’m impressed at you changing the head gasket. A few years ago you couldn’t change the oil filter on your chipper. I changed the H gasket on my grinder recently, admittedly with the guidance of my brother on FaceTime periodically, it’s not that easy for guys like us. Chapeau Stu!

Yes .,seems I WAS wrong 😀 Like you a assumed he had read it because he posted it . Assumptions , assumptions !

I've been using Stelite blades I was getting from Germany, but quite pricey. Today I was using a Ripper 37 Bi-metal blade, which is going through it very well. Will see on Monday how long a blade will last. Just taken the battered outside of a 6.6m length today and will start taking it down to 200x200 on Monday.

Aye, they were 3 tonnes at 7m when they were first lifted onto my trailer. Luckily I have a telehandler to move them about.

Funny story, I went out to a council yard who had purchased some Husqvarna 240r brush cutters, they were complaining of the clutch slipping and black gunge coming out of the clutch housing, I asked how often they pumped grease into the gearbox, oh every day they said with an air assisted greaser, they had actually forced grease right up the bloody tube and shaft to the point it was coming out of the top, priceless!

Todays pick.

What blades did you go with in the end ?

Old Christmas tree that went a bit mental. Drop zone was main issue on this one, but nothing broken that shouldn't be😁

You need a pressure tester mate, this will tell you straight away if the needle and seat are leaking, you will never get it to run properly with a leak at the needle, just looking at will not tell you if it is leaking.

Hang on. I’m reading it again and there actually is a bit of nuance along the lines of, “Tree surgeons are criminals that cut down well beloved trees and arborists are better than that.” Not much but it is there. Fvcksake, AA. Grow up.

I tend to agree, whilst the US has picked up the slack and Trump gets slated the fact of the matter is the western NATO countries with the exception of a couple of members have gutted their armed forces to the point that they are virtually useless. The UK in particular has huge problems at the minute, whilst we have politicians grandstanding about “ the coalition of the willing” the reality is we couldn’t even begin to defend our own country never mind venture farther afield. We can’t even stop a few dinghies crossing the channel at the minute.