Prize plonker award

[manco]

8 hours ago, gobbypunk said:

So I think I defo get the Prize Plonker award I spent ages yesterday trying to start my 880 ,its just back from having the carb cleaned and I am cursing and getting real narked off then I had a light bulb moment  Petrol  is a must for Chainsaws to start 😂😂😂

i concur

we award you the plonker prize

[gobbypunk]

So are we going to do this every month 

[manco]

12 hours ago, gobbypunk said:

So are we going to do this every month 

surely after the first one you will remember to put petrol in it the next month?

[Muddy42]

Anyone who says they havn't tried to start a machine when it is in the off position is either lying or so new they only have the new kit that automatically returns to run.

 

[Trailoftears]

Phew-glad to hear its not just me!My fave go-to ****************up is B/cutter related.Machine placed on the drive at a customers house/handle assembled/choke engaged/petrol tank v.carefully topped up to avoid overspill onto tarmac-then it can break down-sometimes talk to customer/grab helmet and proceed to last pre-use check-lift up strimming head vertically and re-length cord/clip ends of cord-then look with huge horror at the best part of a mug of premix fuel flooding the customers drive due to a  complete dickhead forgetting to replace  the petrol tank cap 😳

[Donnie]

My first Husky about two years ago now I used to shut it off every fill by choking it, unknowingly... And it was a twat to start but it is the in thing to do to blame Husky saws having starting issues...

 

I feel like it made me the man I am today

[Ollie_M]

best thing i done was put a saw back together without tightening down the spark plug, was awfully confused when i went to start it and it suddenly had no compression.... 
took far longer than i'd like to admit for me to check the plug was tight and figure out what id done

Edited April 13 by Ollie_M

[flyingjoiner]

Welllll, list of sins - No fuel, Oil in the petrol, trying to start when off, leaving choke on, you name it, its happend 🤣

[maybelateron]

Yesterday my neighbour was using his BCS two wheel tractor, Honda engined. It stopped running while in use, not sure why. After it wouldn't start he decided that because the engine oil was black he would change this. It has an oil bath air filter on top of the carb (presumably for when rotavating in dry dusty conditions), so he decided to top this up generously. So generously in fact that oil ran into the cylinder.  He then found it would not turn over on the recoil start. So he takes the recoil cover off and uses a metal bar to try and turn it over. When it would not turn over he called me to help. No, I won't be lending him any of my machinery.

[Stubby]

On 11/04/2024 at 18:07, Trailoftears said:

Phew-glad to hear its not just me!My fave go-to ****************up is B/cutter related.Machine placed on the drive at a customers house/handle assembled/choke engaged/petrol tank v.carefully topped up to avoid overspill onto tarmac-then it can break down-sometimes talk to customer/grab helmet and proceed to last pre-use check-lift up strimming head vertically and re-length cord/clip ends of cord-then look with huge horror at the best part of a mug of premix fuel flooding the customers drive due to a  complete dickhead forgetting to replace  the petrol tank cap 😳

Done this , more than once .