What's on your bench today?

[pleasant]

Had a Husky 340 come in last week and the guy had somehow managed to break all the throttle trigger components in the rear handle. Ordered the throttle trigger, throttle lock and return spring and thought this is a five minute job going by the Stihls I've done in the past.

 

Jeez, what a pain in the backside- even with a picture and description from the workshop manual of how to re-assemble it all, the spring took two hours and three mechanics to work out how to re-fit it. Could only charge the bloke £20 labour even though two hours is £90, so that's a winner.

[GardenKit]

Had a Husky 340 come in last week and the guy had somehow managed to break all the throttle trigger components in the rear handle. Ordered the throttle trigger, throttle lock and return spring and thought this is a five minute job going by the Stihls I've done in the past.

 

Jeez, what a pain in the backside- even with a picture and description from the workshop manual of how to re-assemble it all, the spring took two hours and three mechanics to work out how to re-fit it. Could only charge the bloke £20 labour even though two hours is £90, so that's a winner.

Oh well, after what you made yesterday, you will survive.

[pleasant]

Yup- I'll make it up on something else.

[pleasant]

....why is it that when the man of the house has got a problem with his mower/chainsaw/brushcutter etc, he gets the wife to ring up who knows booger all and then relays my questions to him, whilst (presumably) he's sitting next door to her????

 

Happened four time today and in the end I just said "look, why don't I just talk to your husband instead of using Chinese whispers"

[spudulike]

....why is it that when the man of the house has got a problem with his mower/chainsaw/brushcutter etc, he gets the wife to ring up who knows booger all and then relays my questions to him, whilst (presumably) he's sitting next door to her????

 

Happened four time today and in the end I just said "look, why don't I just talk to your husband instead of using Chinese whispers"

 

 

Mmmm stripped, cleaned and rebuilt a Honda mower carb when my wife told me the guy said it was a choke problem, turned out the clutch was buggered - the other way round but similar:001_rolleyes:

[pleasant]

hmmmm.... sometimes "customer self diagnosis" can be very profitable from my experience.

[GardenKit]

....why is it that when the man of the house has got a problem with his mower/chainsaw/brushcutter etc, he gets the wife to ring up who knows booger all and then relays my questions to him, whilst (presumably) he's sitting next door to her????

 

Happened four time today and in the end I just said "look, why don't I just talk to your husband instead of using Chinese whispers"

And, when a customer who usually comes in on his own, comes back with his wife, you know they are going to have a moan about something, and she is there to lead the assault.

[pleasant]

Yeah true. And why does it take the man and the wife to come in and collect the part he's just rung up and reserved 15 minutes beforehand. Does he not take her out much????

[spudulike]

Busy Sunday, Stihl hedge trimmer not starting and fuel primer not working - a trip to the ultrasonic cleaner and all is good again.

 

Had a Stihl pole cutter which was a bit boggy, cleaned the carb and it was still a little boggy so adjusted the tappets (it is a fourstroke), checked the exhaust port for carbon, richened up the L screw a little and all seems fine - did a good test on my conifer hedge:thumbup:

 

Just fixed a Piaggio scooter, not starting after a winter standing idle - charged the battery, that got it started but still bogging. Took the carb slide, needle and diaphragm out, cleaned and lubed it, reassembled and off it went:thumbup:

 

Then started work on a Stihl 084, the top AV mount is shagged and the saw is boggy again! the piston looks good so will clean the carb and check the rubber connectors and filter - the plug was pretty black so the carb settings need checking.

[GardenKit]

I had a non starter MS260 in today. T'was that pesky little impulse pipe again. It had worked its way off the connector to the cylinder.

 

A nifty bit of work with some long nose pliers had it back on and it starts and runs perfectly.