Treewolf

Yes, and correct for an 86".

It appears to be an 86" (not an 88") and the side windows and safari roof are correct for a factory station wagon of the time. From the photo it looks to be a very authentic and desirable vehicle.

At least reopening Alcatraz raises the interesting prospect that Trump may one day end up as an inmate there himself!

I think that the biggest cause of confusion is that the internet is full of people who actually don't have a clue about (almost) anything spouting off "facts" that simply are not true. Unfortunately there is no easy way for someone looking for answers to tell the difference between an accurate answer from a knowledgeable person and drivel from a moron. The issue of DPV speed limits has been another example.

I'm pretty sure that for several years now the theoretical gross weight of the trailer is immaterial and it is the actual laden weight which matters, i.e., you could tow a trailer with a maximum gross weight marking of 3.5 tonnes provided that the actual gross weight does not exceed the maximum permitted trailer weight of the towing vehicle. I'm sure this has been discussed thoroughly on here more than once before, I suggest that a search of prior posts would be worthwhile.

From the initial reports they key evidence seems to be: 1 - ANPR and cellular evidence that they travelled to and from the scene, 2 - Evidence that they bragged about doing it afterwards, 3 - A souvenir chunk of the victim found in one of their vehicles, and 4 - A video they allegedly made of themselves cutting the tree down! It seems that they are perhaps not the sharpest tools in the toolbox.

If your 24V truck has two 12V batteries just connect the leads two one of the pair.

I understand that there was no TPO because the LA owns the tree and the land it stands on. The LA doesn't TPO its own trees because usually there is no need because it doesn't cut them down. The land is leased to Toby Carvery who contracted the felling without permission of the landlord and without any consultation, TC 'claims now that they were advised by "an expert" that the tree was dead and dangerous however the amount of green on the tree makes this a little hard to accept. Completely unnecessary, a sad loss of a fine tree.

JCB has been running hydrogen IC engines for some time now since batteries are not a credible alternative for earthmovers. Completely agree with your post!

The number plates are visible in other reports. Apparently Toby Carvery which leases the land from the council engaged contractors to fell the tree for "health and safety" reasons. It seems no-one contacted the land-owner nor sought permission, and the Police are investigating possible criminal damage. No TPO apparently because the LA owns the land. I don't think slaughtering a healthy tree of huge ecological importance counts as corporate manslaughter (treeslaughter?) but hopefully a substantial fine may serve as a warning to others.

Just to update this thread, we stripped and cleaned the carb, and adjusted the choke and throttle linkages which didn't seem right. It now starts better than ever before (better even than the day it was delivered new) and I wonder if it hadn't been correctly adjusted when assembled. Many thanks to all for the helpful suggestions, much appreciated. 👍

Yes, Milwaukee can do this too.

I have a Milwaukee grease gun and rate it very highly. I can't compare it to any others though as I've only used the Milwaukee. I have quite a lot of other Milwaukee stuff and it all seems very good. The cordless mag drill in particular is brilliant if you need one.

Not sure of the hours but it's been used weekly rather than daily during the mowing season on a single property so will certainly not be excessive hours. I think a compression test will be the next step. It evidently uses pulses of pressure from the crankcase to work the fuel pump, and the pump squirts well when disconnected from the carb. Does this indicate that pistons and rings are sound, or am I overthinking it? Id so it suggests to me any lack of compression is valves or head gasket. As noted the valves are definitely not sticking and the oily ends look pristine but that doesn't mean they're seating. I'm really grateful for the input, thank you. I'm much more familiar with large engines and still learning with this little blighter!

We have a Grillo Climber with a Briggs & Stratton 8290 v-twin engine, bought new about 7 years ago as far as I recall. Recently it's required quite a lot of cranking to start and finally doesn't want to start at all. We've drained the fuel and filled with fresh, it cranks well (seems fast to me), there is a good strong spark on both plugs, we've checked that fuel spurts from the pump outlet when cranking, and after a period of cranking there's a smell of fuel and the plugs come out wet with fuel. The oil level in the sump is normal and the oil doesn't smell of fuel. With the rocker covers off the valves and rockers are spotless and seems to be working as expected. There's nothing I can see to indicate leaking heads but the cranking speed makes me wonder about compression. It now has me baffled and I'd be really grateful for any suggestions for things to check next, if anyone could be kind enough to have any ideas. Thanks.